Click below to listen to my 2 min. Garden Bite radio show: Earth Day 2021
Happy Earth Day 2021
While many have sounded the alarm for years, more of us have seen, over the last year, what human industry has done to our beautiful planet as skies cleared over once smog-filled cities and wildlife returned as OUR lives slowed up and closed up in some places.
My friend, Hayes Scriven, and the man who is the Executive Director of Split Rock Lighthouse in Two Harbors, MN took this amazing photo of the Aurora Borealis this year. How spectacular is our planet??!! View all his photos here and you can also buy prints! And here’s a link to his Facebook page.
As Van Gogh said “if you truly love nature you’ll see beauty everywhere”. It’s true, even the weeds can be pretty amazing.
Seeing weeds force their way out of pavement can be annoying or be awed that you can’t see an ounce of soil but those weeds don’t give up, life doesn’t give up!
I so appreciate the life that lives in our soil, allows us to grow our own food, feeds the trees that offer us shelter, warmth and some really tasty maple syrup, as well as a myriad of mouthwatering fruits and nuts!
The flowers that bring a delightful scent to our gardens while also attracting beneficial bugs to help our veggie gardens produce.
Gardening is a great physical activity as well as a release for the mind.
Today, more than ever, the garden brings a calm amidst our worldly chaos. I get peaceful out there digging around, it lifts my spirits. I wonder if our ancestors thought much about the body, mind, spirit connection when they were gardening. They most likely didn’t have time to, but I’ll bet they felt it. Celebrate today our beautiful Earth.
