Angels in My Garden  Week #24   June 15, 2010

 
A human being is part of the whole,
called by us "Universe,"
a part limited in time and space.
He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings
as something separated from the rest
- a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness.
This delusion is a kind of prison for us,
restricting us to our personal desires and
to affection for a few persons nearest to us.
Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison
by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures
and the whole of nature in its beauty.
                                                              ~ Albert Einstein, 1950 ~


Dear Fellow Gardeners,

I hope your gardens are thriving in the garden-loving weather we've been having.

I'm going to talk about companion planting today. Plants are a lot like people; some other types of plants appeal to them and others will repel them. When certain plants are grown in close proximity, they will nurture one another and help each other to reach their fullest potential.

For Example:  (I hope this chart is lined up right.  If not, let me know and I'll send it as an attachment.)

Plant                                                  Do Well With                                             Do Not Do So Well With

Beans                                         cucumbers, potatoes                                            onions, chives, beets
Beets                                                 onions                                                               pole beans

Carrots                                        leaf lettuce, chives, onions                                             dill
                                                        Tomatoes              

Cucumbers                                  beans, radishes, lettuce                                  aromatic herbs, potatoes

Eggplant                                             beans                                                           potatoes

Lettuce                                carrots, radishes, cucumbers, onions

Onions                                    beets, tomatoes, lettuce                                              beans, peas

Radishes                                  peas, lettuce, cucumbers

Soy Beans                               grows with anything,
                                                   helps everything

Spinach                                      strawberries

Tomatoes                       onions, parsley, carrots, basil                                                 potatoes


This year I'm trying my hand at Interplanting. This is a term that means to plant two different plants that really like each other in the same space. The most common way to do this is to plant a small, fast-growing plant, such as radishes around a larger, slow-growing plant, such as lettuce or a vining plant such as peas or cucumbers. I understand that parsley will help tomato plants to flourish.

So I've planted parsley around my tomato plants and radishes around my lettuce. The radish/lettuce combination is already doing well. I'll let you know how the tomato/ parsley combination goes.

Reflection: In the Essene texts we learn that there are three sources of knowledge – intuition, nature and culture. Gardening, like life, calls upon us to tap into all three and gives us the opportunity to join in His creative process.

With the help of thy Angel of Wisdom,

Who guides us by means of thy Heavenly Order,

And with the actions and the words inspired by thy holy Wisdom!
Come to us, Heavenly Father,
with thy creative mind,
And do thou, who bestoweth gifts
Through thy Heavenly Order,
Bestow alike the long lasting gift of Wisdom
Upon the Children of Light,
That this life might be spent in holy service in the
Garden of the Brotherhood.
Essene Gospel of Peace   Book 3, page 52
 
 
Until next week,
                 Peace be with you,
                                    Rose Mirabai Lord
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