Living in a fast paced world leaves us feeling disconnected from nature. By taking the time to realx in our backyard garden using natural treatments for the plants and soil we can find peace and even regain our health.
We live in a time of fast and easy. We want everything in our lives to appear before us before we have even had a chance to think about what we really want. We seem to have lost the ability to slow down and enjoy life a leisurely pace like in our backyard garden.
Even this computer often just is not fast enough. It takes five seconds to open up a file when I want it open in one second.
We used to think we were getting away with something if we drove 10 miles per hour over the speed limit. Now if we aren’t doing at least 30 miles an hour over the speed limit we are likely to get run over!
Our food is the same way. No more getting out the old recipe book mom used for fifty years. No more hand selecting the veggies at the market or haggling with the butcher for a nice piece of meat. It is just rip open a package of processed food, throw it into the microwave and gobble it down.
In the garden, it is pesticides, herbicides and genetically modified seeds. Plants are supposed to grow wherever we put them! No wonder we are stressed out! How do you think the plants feel?
We are a part of nature… just like the plants we put into our backyard gardens, the soil we plant them in and even the weeds we tear out of the soil to replace with our GMO plants.
If we are to survive and enjoy living on this planet I really feel that backyard gardening is a necessary gift for gardeners and anyone who wants to live a healthy sustainable life.
Digging your hands into the beautiful soil of your backyard garden is a pleasure beyond compare. Embellishing the backyard garden with garden furniture like cedar benches, cedar trellises and cedar bridges complemented by the tinkling of wind chimes is a healing force beyond compare.
Choosing to garden in a manner that supports nature allows you to slow down and be one with yourself. This action alone can be the greatest healer for you and our beloved planet.
In order to really feel connected with the earth, through working with the soil and engaging with the plants, natural gardening allows a much more healthy and intense connection since we are communing in a manner that is clean and pure.
Is it fair to day that we all want to live a long and healthy life?
Isn’t the best way to live a long and healthy life based on allowing ourselves to connect with nature in its various aspects in a manner that most appreciates the reality of the way that nature functions in its purest form?
Natural soil treatments, natural seeds, good water, plenty of sunshine, right soil, correct planting times, pretty backyard decorations and a big smile on your face as you dig your hands into the soil. That is natural gardening at its best and the best gifts for gardeners.
So please take the time to make your backyard garden a real respite for yourself from the outside world. Respect the soil, the plants and yourself by working with nature in its simplest form, the backyard garden.
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