Plan: Our 2024 Garden Plan + Goals
This year’s garden plans are created with the deep understanding that whatever ideas I have in my head for how things are going to go are completely irrelevant in the grand scheme of things. I am working this year to set aside my ego’s need for control, while still diligently putting in the effort (and a sprinkle of faith), and simply enjoying the ride that the 2024 garden will take us on.
Enjoy: Homegrown + Handpicked Tea All Winter Long
In my tiny kitchen on the wooden shelf above my sink, you’ll find glass jars full of dried leaves, flowers, and berries. I love they way they look and the Good Work they represent. It takes time and intention to fill those jars. I work at it from the beginning of spring, when the primrose and violets are blooming to the end of fall, when I get my last batch of peppermint from the garden and wild thyme from the field. every year when I’m harvesting the 4th batch of peppermint in the boiling sun, my back hurts and I wonder if we really need this much tea.
This Project is for My Babies
To my children,
This is a gift from me to you. It is my heart, my soul in writing for you to seek comfort and wisdom in whenever you might need to. Life is unpredictable, challenging, exciting, and full of twists and turns. I don’t know where we will be in 20 years, 5 years, or even 5 hours, and I want you to have some of the inner workings of my mind and the lessons from my life experiences with you, in case they might ever help you.