Feeding the Earth, nourishing our Soul/ Soil

a lot of people
sweet wonderful people to be
sure
think gardening
is about planting plants
and watering and growing them

that's a lot,
lot
lot
better than not growing
anything

and is on the way
to what gardening is
really about:

feeding the Earth
so the rich wonderful
soil
can feed the plants

Marlie
and I plugged away today
and converted some old falling apart plants
and bare ground
to a living mound of composting
soil
in
which just about anything will
grow fabulously

and
if you are in mild climate areas:
now's great time for
getting beds ready for winter vegies
and
in other areas,
getting soil ready for spring veggies

how to get soil ready:
like nature does,
drop leaves and grass and anything
organic on top,
stir around,
let the micro orgamisms be your rototillers

enjoy
the
work
the motion of your body
the breathing of the air
the creation of a new soil place

it's all pointed in the
fine direction:
slow down
feed ourselves
stay out of cars
feed the Earth
come back to the slow sweetness

of
Now