04/22/2026
Earth Day. A beautiful day to recognize the life, death, rebirth cycles that are as much a part of nature as they are in our own lives.
In the garden, these ranunculus are long past ready to be dug up, a task I usually plan for after Mother’s Day. But this year has shaken things up. For the past month since the last ranunculus bloom was harvested, the farm has been in a bit of a holding pattern.
So many blooms leaving the farm in packed buckets, bouquets arriving in my friend’s shops to go home with you, smiling faces appreciating the serenity of the land. Loads of summer blooms and fall Lisianthus getting nestled into the soil. So full, yet, so still.
This usual spring bonanza has just been landing differently here. I suppose it is the world events and the broader reawakening of so many souls. Souls with deep connection to Mother Earth seeing clearly what reality we are in versus the one we’ve been illusioned to think we to live in. What reality will we give our one precious life to?
In this pause between the moments of the last bloom and the next, we are gifted with a time to compost, store, and renourish. We are gifted with a moment of reflection if we choose to take it. A moment to reconnect with our why and root back into Mother Earth. A moment to align with those in our community ready to lay down our comfortable discontent and use our actions to speak louder than this false perception of hopelessness.
On this Earth Day, take a moment to see how strong and resilient you are when you ground down into Mother Earth. And take a moment to hear her cries for help. We can hold both.
Grow plants, eat with care and consciousness, live lightly, and live with joy. Feed the parts of you that know how to be rooted, kind, and whole.
