Yeah, no kidding!
No, really!
Think about it.... Life - is - a - journey.
We all know what life is and we all know what a journey is.
Just think about a journey, though, and what do you think of?
A Destination? The process of going somewhere? Palm trees? Growing?
I think it's a little of all of those things.
Today, I was reflecting on the word organic. (Tomorrow's post will be on the subject of Organic).
My thoughts rippled out until they hit the side of the cliche, "Life's a Journey".
When I started gardening, it was very traditional, follow me:
Tilling, perfectly straight rows, sow in a trench, cover said trench up, water, weed some, water some more, maybe fertilize with a conventional fertilizer, then possibly spraying for beetles, harvest, till everything back up and repeat in the spring.
Then, as the years went on, I discovered heirloom seeds, natural fertilizers, manual pest control- read, picking the bugs off- and crop rotation to help prevent pests.
Further along I discovered companion planting, intensive "square foot" gardening, native (three sister) type gardens, pot gardens, organic, open pollinated, heirloom, saving seeds for myself, and most recently permaculture.
I look back and when I started gardening, I started a journey that isn't over with yet!
The key here is that I started! I started a journey, without my knowing, and it's taken me to some really cool places, meeting really cool people and it all boils down to this: It doesn't begin or end at gardening.
This applies to everyone. Until today, I didn't realize the garden journey I've been on for over a decade now. I guess I have been "savoring the journey" without even realizing I was on a journey! I was just living life. Therefore, "Life's a journey" is a right on cliche.
Love it!
So, my friends, garden on and live your journeys to the fullest!
~KT~
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