Abundance in the harvest.

September 2018

Autumn meals , harvesting, freezing and canning. No matter how tired I feel, how draining things may be the garden always brings me back to center.

Today was one of those days where you feel you might just fall over and sob from all the things swirling around. No breaks, no naps, and little self care.

So when I was done with the chaos of the day I walked into the garden and just got to work. Clipping back flowers, saving seeds, harvesting, taking out plants that were done fruiting, all the while noticing the little crawling creatures, buzzing bees and singing crickets. Slowly...all of the things that made me feel defeated melted away, washed clean by the relationship to the plants and all they give.

Then dinnertime arrived, I started a fire for the beet sausages, made a potato leek soup with chanterelles, and an insanely good apple dutch baby. The scent of the apples wafting through the air, the cool breeze moving into the kitchen was all so dreamy.

I wonder sometimes if my kids notice the incredible abundance they have. I wonder what they will choose to remember most. Will they remember tonight, when we ate a meal around the fire, watched the sunset, giggled and listened to the sounds after the sun sets? Now they are fast asleep while we work in the kitchen freezing tomatoes and canning pickles.