Gardening With Nature

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Our Own Backyard

March 1st, 2010 · No Comments · The new paradigm

We’ve been living here in West Sedona for four months now, and enjoying the views, sitting in the yard when it’s now snowing, fooling around a bit in the garden, and walking the neighborhood. Pretty terrific.
And then this week, I hooked into the trail system attached to the wash that runs by across the street. [...]

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Use Your Imagination!

December 14th, 2009 · No Comments · The new paradigm

The message I got yesterday surprised me. At first, I just didn’t believe it. But I checked and rechecked, and I think it’s something worth passing on. Nature Spirits have no imagination.
What do you think of that?
Nature Spirits are unable to imagine something greater than themselves; unable to imagine becoming more than they are; [...]

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Little Maple Leaf

November 25th, 2009 · No Comments · The new paradigm

At tonite’s Thanksgiving meditation at church, during the ceremony part, the minister gave each of us a little maple leaf, as he said, in the perfect state of decay.
Maple leaves look a lot like hands, with points like fingers. When he placed mine in my upturned palm, the fingers were pointing opposite from mine, as [...]

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How to Talk to a Tree

September 30th, 2009 · No Comments · The new paradigm

Here’s an interesting article written by Mara Freeman (& Valerie Reiss) – hope you enjoy – and try it!
Take a walk in your local park or woods and learn how to tune into these wonderful beings and listen to the wisdom they may have to impart. You may have to overcome some feelings of self-consciousness–which [...]

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My To-do List

August 31st, 2009 · No Comments · In my garden, The new paradigm

Just as we are given to co-create our gardens, so we may rise to the challenge of co-creating our life. It is my intention to experience Gardening With Nature in these ways:

walking and hiking in Nature
tending my garden
tending the gardens of others
designing gardens
consulting regarding gardens
teaching gardening
writing about gardening
researching Nature
working with kids in the garden
supporting church [...]

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Welcome!

July 23rd, 2009 · No Comments · The new paradigm

Today we begin.
Our mission is to bring forth a new paradigm for gardening, which we call “Gardening WITH Nature.”

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