Sacred Soil
"Sacred Soil," she spoke those words a few times this evening; our guest speaker for the Greater Cincinnati Master Gardeners Association. I will share more about her in the next post- she was fabulous! During her presentation about four season vegetable growing I kept repeating her words in my mind - Sacred Soil, Sacred Soil... For her, the sacred soil was in which and from which her vegetable seeds grew to become the food she harvested. The sacred soil nourished her body. I do not grow veggies, my gardens are ornamental in nature but the truth of the sacred soil still applies. The plants that grow from my sacred soil nourish my soul and put me in a good mood. Well, most of the time. ha!
No one gardens because we have to, we garden because we want to. Edibles or ornamentals we garden because we have a love for plants, working with nature, creating something beautiful or growing healthy food. Whatever drives our passion for gardening it all starts with the sacred soil.
Admittedly, as of late there has been very little gardening in my garden life. The annual succulents I am trying to over winter in the house are not too pleased with me right now and the weather is still keeping me at bay from my gardens at the park. However, I have been going to the park several times a week to enjoy the lovely grounds and take photos as part of a re-launch of A Year in the Park. And there has been a lot of daydreaming and planning for what I will do this year with my sacred soil at the park.
The substance of life from Mother Earth, the Energy for life from the Sun! A feminine and masculine dance of Yin and Yang.
ReplyDelete:-) Gardens can teach us a lot, yes? Oh, and walking in the woods!
DeleteI once read in a book about landscape design that you should never allow anyone to take soil from your property because no matter how bad it is, it can be rehabilitated. I have piles of sod turned upside down, waiting for the grass and weeds to die, waiting to be worked into a compost pile. How did I live so long and not learn about compost? Looking forward to your next post.
ReplyDeleteHi Jackie-
DeleteWhen I had a yard I would turn the sod upside down, let the sun dry the soil, then shake the soil (and a few worms) out of the sod. I saved leaves and such to amend the soil. I agree soil has to be pretty bad to get rid of it and start from scratch. Unless.. you are doing something completely different, like turning a yard in a dry rock garden….
I've also heard, 'Be loyal to the soil.' If we screw that up, we are in deep trouble. Glad we can keep reminding folks.
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