We've had a mild spring, with no later-than-usual cooldowns. We started our garden seedlings indoors in February, to have them ready for early outdoor planting. And plenty of great compost from last season's vegetable and yard waste for the young plants to thrive on. Organic gardening at it's best!
It also serves as a timely reminder of the fundamental oneness of all that is, fitting perfectly with words from the great Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh:
"When we have a compost bin filled with organic material which is decomposing and smelly, we know that we can transform the waste into beautiful flowers. At first, we may see the compost and flowers as opposite, but when we look deeply, we can see that the flowers already exist in the compost and the compost already exists in the flowers."
The unity of life. Yesterday's compost is today's tomato. Today's tomato is tomorrow's compost. And so the cycle continues...
1 comment:
And what a beautiful cycle it is.
I can't imagine my life without composting now. It is the most beautiful, natural form of recycling.
Hooray for your first tomatoes! That is always an exciting day each and every year.
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