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Sweet Basil and the Circle of Life

Today the basil seedlings that were started on February 1st graduated to larger pots from the tiny terrarium that incubated them through germination.

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I carefully pulled each cluster of three seedlings out of the plastic soda bottle terrarium, lifting them out with a fork and then right into place in the waiting fiber pots.  The pots are then placed on a tray and watered from below to feed the roots.

I can’t help but to feel an increased sense of purpose when I am tending to tiny seedlings. This close relationship that I build with my food from the moment seed touches earth nourishes me tangibly and intangibly, neither less than the other.

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Depending on how the clusters progress they may be separated into their own individual pots or they may be left as they are and planted in their new outdoor home with ample room to spread and grow. 

They don’t look like much to the untrained eye of course but in a matter of weeks there will be bowls overflowing with pasta and fresh pesto that would not exist were it not for these precious days spent with dirty hands working with a surgeon’s precision. I nurture the seed that grows into the plant that produces the fruit that will nourish me in return.

Quiet moments caring for my food are a spiritual and meditative time for me and whether that food is animal or plant-based is irrelevant.  Call me old fashioned or a hippy if you will, but the magic of that circle of life will never be lost on me.

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