Happy Earth Day 2010.
Forty years ago, in 1970 amidst the Vietnam War and the last of the real hippies, the first Earth Day was celebrated. I don’t think I took much notice back then and for the next two decade
s. I was too caught up in my own world of abundance and working for a large corporation where the money seemed endless. As long as my own little world wasn’t affected it was hard for me to feel that anything was going wrong. Sure there were movies that brought things to light, like Erin Brocovich and Three Mile Island, but again those things happened to other people, not me, so I never felt the impact.
But now days I DO care what happens to the Earth. And one of the things that has been the most FUN for me is figuring out how to NOT buy new things, especially in the garden, except of course plants. But even with plants I am learning more about propogating and collecting the seeds from my own plants and flowers so I do not need to buy anymore.
As my plants begin to end their life they will flower and go to seed. I am learning patience as I watch nature’s life cycle unfold before my eyes. Last week, a started to collect the broccoli seeds.
I have hundreds of seeds for next fall now all off of 4 plants that I let go to seed! And this morning I started taking out my wildflowers and have hundres of blue bells, african daisy and soon California poppies. Next will be the sunflowers. These seeds then becom the gift of life I share with friends!
I now find I am happy sitting on the front porch stoop each evening, cleaning the chaff from the seed, waving to the neighbors who walk by with kids and dogs and just observing the interaction of life with nature.
What will you do for your Mother – Earth that is – this Earth Day and EVERY day?
Happy Digging
The Garden Goddess
PHOTO (cc): Flickr / chuckthephotographer
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