I think this will be my year of plants. It makes me so immensely happy to grow a garden. It’s manual and repetitive tasks, mixed with growing knowledge and a whole lot of patience that results in immense beauty. I’m hugely enjoying growing flowers then bringing the outside into the house to continue the enjoyment. These are my sweet peas, cornflowers and dahlias.
Planting a garden gives you hope. I recommend it for anyone who is struggling with mental health. Not only does it get you outside and moving, but you are planting a future too. It gives you a different sense of time passing and something to be responsible for.
My next project will be to dehydrate some of the flowers so I can enjoy the fruits of my labours when the glorious sunshine has gone. I want to figure out which are edible for making teas, and which are beautiful in hand poured candles. Issue three of @plants_are_magic has also given me so much inspiration to think about how plants are seriously magical creatures.
