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Jul 3, 2022Liked by Kim Manley Ort

This is beautiful Kim. I know this to be true. The wonders and miracles brought to light because of covid virus. This little virus brought out the best in us and dare I say the worse. Instead of hiding inside during our forced lockdown a group took to the forest walked, walked & walked, read and read (for me Braiding Sweetgrass became my bible) and learned from others who never ever turned their back on the land. Indigenous women were more than pleased to teach us about edible wild plants, medicinal wild plants.

No seeds? Don’t worry plant carrot, celery, onion, potatoes etc from the tops of grown plants.

Please no monoculture rows of plants. Mix and mingle plants so they can have conversations with bugs, worms, snails and snakes and of course each other. Left alone with good compost, without poisonous pesticides gardens & people thrive, and of course we thrive. All the love we give/gave the earth she returns love to us times 100+.

All the conversation and hands in soil, rejuvenated our souls while many were locked inside.

We now have a bee hive, yesterday we tasted our first piece of warm honeycomb generously provided by our loving bees. Bees know what to do, in the right environment and left alone to bee 🐝 they thrive. Our colony is already ready for another hive. They love all the amazing plants we planted in 2021, even before we knew about having a bee hive.

I love seeing soil under my nails, knees crusted with soil, hair dripping while gardening in the rain, saving bugs and worms, sharing our bounty, loving and soulful conversation with our gardening group. A group of strangers brought together by a little virus, we are so very grateful. And now our group has grown, edible plants, best bee plants and practices and medicinal plant workshops are set for August. I’m in awe.

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