There is a sense of being mothered when I walk around a garden, as if nature is watching over me. How clever she is to have created such an amalgamation of plants for so many uses. As I walk amongst them, when i am feeling tired or stressed, the joy of just being with them seems to create healing. To be able to grow herbs, veg and fruit, fills us with satisfaction of what we have achieved, and to pass this on in any form to our loved ones and neighbours is passing on something that is personal to us.
All human beings go through life's ups and downs and there has been a time when I truly thought this was hell on earth. Having been brought to my knees by life's experiences, touching the soil and working with the earth has been for me an educational and spiritual passage.