tinted green

I have another word press blog, it’s call playing n the dirt.  It’s main page is about gardening.  Any type of gardening, but a lot of vegetable growing.  I’ve always loved to play in dirt.  My mom could keep me busy for hours when I was a kid with a spoon, a bowl, some water and dirt.  When my mom or grandfather wanted to garden, I wanted to be with them.

As an adult things didn’t change much.  Even if it was just house plants in an apartment, I’ve always grown something.  I’ve never used chemicals of any kind.  Long before I read all the bad stuff about them, it just didn’t seem right to me. 

Shortly after I started researching Alternative Religions, I found a group of them called earth based religions.  It would take several books to describe them all, but most earth based religions have one thing in common.  They all have a strong link to nature.  They respect nature and it’s forces. 

Most of these religions have roots that are much older than any type of Christianity.  There are still traces of the religious rites in our societies today.  Ground hog day, February 2nd is one just day.  So is May day and any harvest festival.

It all began it click into place for me.  I had always felt so at peace outside.  I loved the smell of dirt in the spring and waited each year for the first sign of tulips.  I could stare for hours at the night sky or the clouds.  I had struggled for years to understand Christianity, for it to make sense.  But all of nature was in my soul, it always had been.  No one needed to teach me about this, because some how I just knew.

I have continued to garden and with even more respect to nature.  I no longer till the dirt, it destroys the ecosystem of millions of living creatures below the surface of the dirt.  I try to make sure I can replenish the nutrients in the soil the plants take out.  I try to grow native plants.  I try to provide for wildlife, birds and squirrels to name a few.  One rule my daughter hates, if the bug is outside you can not kill it.  If it frightens you, move.  I try to study any new garden area before I plant in it.

As a result of reading a lot about earth based religions I feel more connected with nature than ever.  My gardens are also doing better than ever.