Good evening dear community!
Undoubtedly, gardening is one of the therapeutic activities par excellence, since it not only helps us to clear our mind, but it also gives us a special connection with nature and the energy of the plants.
If I had to make a comparison I would say that it is very similar to what I feel when I meditate. Plants fill us with peace and harmonize our energies achieving wonderful results.
A little more than two months ago our car, which was parked in front of our house, was crashed causing considerable damage that we are still trying to repair. This situation caused us to lose most of our summer and beach days.
You can imagine that this situation has been a hard blow that has affected us on an emotional level.
At first it caused us a lot of anguish and my wife and I decided to find an activity that would allow us to spend our time productively in our house. So we decided to fix our garden and dedicate the time that we would have spent traveling with the car, to materialize an old project that we once planned: "Reproduce the plants" to be able to sell them in the future.
The patio was somewhat abandoned, since on weekends instead of working and tidying up the garden, we opted to go for a trip to the beach or to the mountains.
Without a doubt there was a lot of work to do out there. From throwing away unused items, changing pots of various plants and clearing weeds. In some of them we also had to fight against the aranilla, aphids and a kind of cotton that settles on the back side of the leaves.
The work was not easy and we used potassium soap to remove these parasites.
At the same time, we replaced the soil in many of the pots with soil produced with Californian earthworms, which had a positive effect on the plants due to all the nutrients it provides.
We also had an arduous work in the distribution of the plants, paying attention to the light needs of each one of them.
It took several weeks in which we managed to transform the back garden into a place where it was a pleasure to be and which we learned to enjoy as a family.
Looking at it from a distance and after a lot of work we concluded with my wife, that it was a very good decision to dedicate ourselves to fix and beautify our garden because today it is a place where we usually meet to have a snack with the family, something that until a few months ago we could not do.
My wife made several decorations with crochet fabrics, which gave a special corner to the garden. She made several pot holders and several colorful hanging bows.
This experience helped us to realize several things. On the one hand, we felt how rewarding it is to work with plants and the wonderful energy that is generated. It is also a wonderful opportunity to do activities with our daughters, who really enjoyed this experience.
It is always good to perform tasks that gratify us and much more if with them we manage to beautify some space in our home.
I leave you a big hug
