#garden therapy

[androdconstruction]

The glory of gardening: hands in the dirt, head in the sun, heart with nature. To nurture a garden is to feed not just the body, but the soul.

~ Alfred Austin

[panic-sl0th]

My tomato and strawbb plants are on their waayyyyyy

My seedlings, the ones that popped anyways, are doing amazing and are ready to go in the ground after this weekend

ALMOST OFFICIALLY GARDEN SEASON, baybeez

[dead-n-cide]

Garden therapy is one of the best things to happen to me. I just love all my lil babies so much and they will always listen to my problems 😂 anyway here's some progress pics!

[fidgetwitch]

Trimmed some things in the garden today, and planted some salad leaves. Merry had the very important job of sniffing dirt.

[teacheratnmbr3]

Happy weekend from ID Bishop's Castle

[wondersofgardening]

The Serenity of Gardening: Mind, Body, and Earth in Harmony

The Serenity of Gardening: Mind, Body, and Earth in Harmony

Amid the chaos of modern life, tranquility can be found in an unexpected place: the garden. Beyond its vibrant blooms and nourishing produce, gardening offers an array of benefits for the mind, body, and the planet. This post explores how gardening's transformative power cultivates serenity on multiple levels.

**1. Nurturing the Mind:**

Gardening isn't just about planting seeds; it's about sowing mindfulness and reaping mental clarity. Engaging with nature reduces stress and anxiety. The rhythmic tasks of planting, weeding, and tending plants provide active meditation, offering solace in the present moment.

**2. Healing the Body:**

Gardening's therapeutic impact extends to the body. Its movements improve flexibility, strength, and cardiovascular health. Sunlight exposure promotes Vitamin D production, crucial for bone health and immunity.

**3. Environmental Connection:**

Each planted seed benefits the environment. Gardens attract pollinators, enrich biodiversity, and reduce carbon footprints. Growing your own produce reduces packaging waste. Composting kitchen scraps enriches soil and minimizes landfill waste.

**4. Lessons in Patience and Growth:**

Gardening imparts patience and nurturing skills. Witnessing the cycle of life teaches resilience. Failures become lessons in adaptation, reflecting real-life challenges and fostering personal growth.

**5. Community and Connection:**

Gardening unites people. Community gardens foster belonging and shared purpose. Sharing tips, produce, and stories nurtures relationships, building stronger communities.

**6. Sustainable Lifestyle:**

Gardening encourages sustainability beyond the garden. Attunement to nature leads to Eco-friendly choices, like reducing plastics and conserving water.

Lastly, dear readers, Gardening transcends hobby—it's a journey of self-discovery, mindfulness, and Earth stewardship. As we nurture growth, we connect with ourselves, the planet, and others. Embrace gardening, whether in a backyard or on a balcony, and embark on a serene path of transformation—one seed at a time.

[themethereoncewas]

Zaterdag 3 juni 2023... de 1e korenbloem is open

[ineffable-suffering]

Trauma-Dumping on your plants: The Anthony J. Crowley Chronicles

This has been living in my silly head rent free for so long, I finally decided to slap it on here in hopes of thinking about it a little less (than three times a day. It's been years. I need to get over it.)

Also, I'm absolutely certain I'm not even remotely the first person to realize or post about this, since it's not the hardest of parallels to figure out. Alas, I still shall, because out of mind, out of sight and all that. So:

Let's talk about how Crowley is using his houseplants to work through his own Trauma of the Fall. Or, well, maybe not work through it per se, but more so roleplay it to give it somewhat of an an outlet because he never got over it. Lol.

It's not rocket science to figure it out and God Herself actually gives us a pretty spot-on explanation of it in her own narration.

Crowley's plants are perfect. They're, as God Herself tells us, the most luxurious and beautiful in all of London. He takes great care of them, waters them, mists them. Does any and everything to give them the perfect conditions so they won't have a worry in the world.

And yet, we're immediately shown that despite the seemingly perfect conditions they're living in, Crowley's plants still get *gasps quietly* spots. And we all know how Crowley feels about that:

It seems like such an unnecessary tiny thing to get upset about, right? Like, plants get spots all the time. They're not perfect, they're part of nature and nothing is ever perfect in nature. Crowley would know that by now. Imperfection is the whole point of nature. If everything had stayed exactly the way it always was, nothing would have ever changed or evolved.

Besides, Crowley is a demon. If it were merely about aesthetics to him, he could easily miracle away any spot with a blink of his serpent eyes. But he gets so angry about it, it's almost comical. At first we think it's just to show us, the audience, that, in contrast to Aziraphale, who cares very dearly and lovingly for his books, Crowley is a mean, mean demon who, instead of being outwardly nice to the things he loves (like Aziraphale does), yells at his plants because he's a mean meanie.

But! If you look at the whole scene and what God says, it's pretty obvious what he's actually doing is something else entirely: "What Crowley does is he puts the fear of God in them. Or, the fear of Crowley. The plants are the most luxurious and beautiful in London. Also the most scared."

Folks, this man dude serpent is literally roleplaying the concept of God/Heaven threatening angels with their Fall in order to keep them obedient ... with his houseplants.

Have I mentioned yet that I am absolutely obsessed with him and also desperately wanna get him a therapy voucher?

Because what does he do once he sees a plant disobeying his rules of perfection and acting out? The same thing God did to her questioning, equally disobedient angels (including Crowley): Parade it in front of the very scared rest, making an example of it ...

... only to then, well ...

... quite literally chuck it out.

To anyone else, this seems like a completely ridiculous thing to do over a tiny, minuscule spot. There would have been a bunch of other ways to go about fixing that spot.

Figuring out what it was the plant needed that might not have been given to it yet.

Taking care of it in a different, individual way so it would have been able to thrive again.

Listening to the plant and letting it tell you why its spot appeared in the first place.

Telling the plant, that loves and relies on you entirely, you love it too, despite it not being without fault, despite of it not fully living up to your unreachable standards of perfection.

Caring for the plant not because you want it to be perfect, but because you're okay with it being imperfect.

(We're no longer talking about plants here, as you are probably aware.)

Alas, this isn't what Crowley does. Because it wasn't what God did, either. We still know very little about Crowley's actual Fall and the Fall of Lucifer and the rest. But we do know that Crowley was never like or even with them.

All he did was ask some questions. A tiny spot. A seemingly insignificant blemish in the luxurious, beautiful flora of Heaven.

And yet, before he knew it, he did a "million lightyear freestyle dive into a boiling pool of sulfur". Cast out, chucked away, just like his little spotty plant. And for what? Well ...

... to keep the others angels plants check, for the rest of time.

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(Addendum from the comments: If we go by what the book tells us, Crowley doesn’t actually end up violently throwing out the ‚bad‘ plants. He just finds a different place for them and makes sure they‘re looked after. So much to him being a big, bad, meanie-mean demon.)

[vanalex]

[panic-sl0th]

I'm not usually a fan of yellow but this year I kinda love it (tiny cucumber flower)

My biggest lesson this year was that these were vine cucumbers and not bush ones like I originally thought so next year I'll have trellises and stuff ready to go for them but hey 1st year garden over here 😂

[dead-n-cide]

Wishing everyone a berry good day!

[moonhedgegarden]

Send your butterflies to my inbox🦋

+1 if you decorate it

[madb0nes]

castoff fanart marathon

1. fav character

2. vector time 1/2

3. vector time 2/2

4. au or headcanon

5. arianna time 1/2

6. arianna time 2/2

7. fan oc

8. frankie time 1/2

9. frankie time 2/2

11. marina time 1/2

14. rori time 1/2

[virsancte]

hey buddy

[themethereoncewas]

Woensdag 8 februari 2023... vandaag werden de zaadjes voor de moestuin geleverd 🥳