🌱A Gentle Start: Making Space to Grow Fall seedlings can be deceptive—tiny at first, then suddenly crowding one another as cooler weather encourages steady, steady growth. Thinning is not about waste; it’s about stewardship. We create space so the strongest plants can flourish, knowing that in the process, nothing truly goes to waste—many thinnings can…
🌿A Gentle Start: The Gift of Rest In a culture that praises hustle and constant productivity, the garden quietly reminds us that rest is not wasted time—it’s holy time.The Sabbath, woven into creation itself, is God’s invitation to cease striving and delight in what He has already made. In the garden, a Sabbath rhythm means…
A gentle practice to mark transition, release the past, and welcome grace into your growing space 🌱 Opening Reflection: Sometimes You Start Over There are moments in the garden that feel like failure. The squash vine borer got to your favorite plant. The tomatoes blighted. The heat came early. The plans didn’t unfold the way…
A reflection on holy pause, soil-deep stillness, and trusting what’s already growing 🌱 Opening Reflection: The Weeds Can Wait Sometimes, the weeds feel louder than the flowers.The undone list creeps in every time you step outside.And even this garden you love can start to feel like another chore. That’s when it’s time to rest.Not because…
How to nourish your soil and welcome beauty with purpose, rest, and rooted care 🌿 Opening Reflection: Growing What You Don’t Harvest I used to think every inch of garden space had to produce something I could eat. But the more I’ve grown (in both soil and soul), the more I’ve come to love the…
How to Water Wisely in the Evening—and Tune Into Your Garden’s Natural Rhythms 🌿 Opening Reflection: When the Garden Whispers “Wait” The older I get, the more I find that the garden teaches in whispers, not shouts. And one of the clearest lessons I’ve received during long southern summers is this: You don’t always have…
