Living by the Seasons

When they ask me what’s in your remedies and i try to put it into words 🤷

The more I tune into the cycles and seasons the more I’m in awe of how everything is interconnected, to each their role unfolding at the right time and place !

Personally I consider this time as my first harvest of the year.. The greens are at their peak and while we are making space and preparing the land for gardening season before the rain comes , we are harvesting what most people consider weeds.
what we fail to recognize that the so called weeds are actually natures gift to us, our best medicine for the season .. the land knows us, she knows when and what heals us , us & her are made of the same atoms!

She sends us bitters, mullein and thyme to purge out the old so the new can emerge, sweet violets to moisten and cleanse our waters, some clover to purify our blood and life energy force, and of course the calendulas to warm our core, ignite the fire, and initiate the birth of the new

The relationship is a mutual one for the plants also. They thrive with human intervention only if humans know how and when to mediate: we are in web of reciprocity of giving and taking ..
When nettles and mints are picked at the right time and place, they come back with two stems instead of one giving the new growths more, space, sun, vitality and strength. However, picking them at the wrong time & place will also hurt them & weaken their propagation..we need to know the ways & cycles of the ones who take care of us so that we may take care of them!

No matter how disconnected we are, we need to remember that we are already in a symbiotic relationship with the plants because of the mere fact that we breathe! we are breathing out carbon dioxide which the plants are breathing in & we are breathing oxygen which they are breathing out.. our lives depend on that! It is time we viewed the natural world as kin and a living being rather than just a resource 🌿