More and more I find myself understanding that my aim in gardening is not to grow plants but to grow systems. With minimal effort, this salad appears -- a colorful play of greens wild and domesticated, flowers and herbs that return year after year, a brocade of the stitches that gather this particular space into a place.
For me this is what the EarthStoreHouse is, this mutual arising that feeds me, that is me.
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| Five minutes of harvesting from the yard. What's in it? |
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Top (l to r): red onion, basil, bee balm flowers, daylily bud, sage
Middle (l to r): salad burnet, bronze fennel leaf, calendula petals, wood sorrel, spinach, borage flower, kale
Bottom (l to r): royal oakleaf lettuce, 'Bright Lights' swiss chard
 
Earlier today I also harvested fava beans. Here they are whole and shelled. After peeling away the thick seed skins I also added these beautiful emerald fresh beans into the salad.
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More and more I find myself understanding that my aim in gardening is not to grow plants but to grow systems. With minimal effort, this salad appears -- a colorful play of greens wild and domesticated, flowers and herbs that return year after year, a brocade of the stitches that gather this particular space into a place.
For me this is what the EarthStoreHouse is, this mutual arising that feeds me, that is me.
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