9/7/2006 - Spiritual Gardening at Home

This is something I came across in a magazine I subscribe to and thought it might be useful and benefial to my readers so I thought I would post it up here.

Spritual Gardening At Home

Set an intention

State your need or purpose for the garden and the nature of the relationship you'd like to have with it.

Create a design that refelects your intention

Choose a mix of plants that nourish the body, mind and spirit, such as herbs that are flavorful or medicinal of hat spiritual importance. For example

• White Sage is an herb with antioxident and antibacterial properties that can be made into tinctures, teas, and incense.
• Tulsi or holy basil is used in Thai recipes. Hindus also grow it outside the door of thier homes and temples to purify the space.

Don't wage war on weeds

They are not your enemey! Here are some things to do instead

• If they cannot be eaten, chances are they can be turned into medicine. Certain weeds such as dandelion, burdock, chickweed, and nettle are full of vitamens and medcinal properties
• Practice patience. Use weed pulling as a chance to remove blockages to kindness. Don't think of them as "bad" just remove them to refocus energy and conserve soil nutrients for prefered plants.

9/8/2006 - G'day from Australia.