Every friend is to the other a sun,
and a sunflower also.
He attracts and follows.
~Jean Paul Richter
Over the years, I tried starting a few things from seed but never on a large scale. Then a year or so back after I pulled up and out two poorly producing raised beds, I claimed the space beneath them that fall as seed beds. In one I sowed poppies and in the other I sowed larkspur and was thrilled at the success of both the following spring. After the poppies and larkspur were spent that spring, I sowed several types sunflowers in their stead so that I’d have homegrown food for my birds during the winter months. Again I had great success, and so now, though not on as large a scale, I have several places around the yard where I reserve space for sowing morning glories, poppies, larkspur, and sunflowers. And I have to say that the process still affects me in the same way as Celia Thaxter. There is just something so terribly awesome about putting a tiny, almost nondescript seed in the ground and then after a period of watering and waiting discovering the tiniest of green shoots emerging from the blank soil.
The land produced vegetation: plants bearing seed according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good. ~Genesis 1:12 ✝
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I agree completely! Much of what happens in a garden is mindblowing and faith building! Blessings. Natalie
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Sowing seed is showing faith in the future, taking cuttings is mindblowing, how do they grow into completely new plants?!
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It is a showing of faith, and mindblowing is a good way to describe most things that happen in a garden. Blessings, Natalie
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Sowing is a process that never ceases to fascinate and please me. You and Pauline are absolutely right – have a good weekend, Natalie 🙂
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It never ceases to amaze me either as do most things that happen in a garden. Like a child I even sometimes squeal with glee at what I see in mine.
I hope you have a great weekend too, Annette. Blessings, Natalie
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I’m the same, dancing with joy when I see some things popping up. Gardening is happiness, most of the time anyway.
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You are so right. Most of the time gardening is great happiness! Enjoy yours! Natalie
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