Скачать или смотреть flattening out and planting the new garlic bed - digging in the Earth is a meditation

I am loving the meditation and rhythm of digging the Earth. Machines are loud and abrasive such that I tire of using them. I want to immerse myself in the peace, the quiet, and the calm of the mountainside. Though my shovel is not very sharp, I chop up grass and roots almost like beating a drum. In the past, my thoughts about needing to prepare a bed for planting was accompanied with feelings of dread in anticipation of moving heavy soil and breaking through grass clumps. This video project has helped me immensely to push on and find more balanced ways to move my body through the tasks at hand. This slower methodical pace of light digging hasn't made my body sore, and it's enabled me to keep working the soil through the Fall.

Here I show a portion of me planting garlic in early October 2025- again, over and over. Finding a different, yet still methodical, rhythm I planted all the garlic and got it all covered with straw. I had anxiety about getting it in the Earth in a good time, so now that it's done I feel happy and satisfied. I hope to stave off the rain just a bit longer to get the oats, rye, and wheat planted. Then let the rains come down in a pounding torrent, washing and flowing through cracks and crevices down the mountain. Ahhhh.

I've been on a journey to self-sufficiency, learning to develop and master life skills, often primitive ones. I love growing and harvesting the food I eat. It allows me to witness the life force moving through all living things. The goal is to connect with the Earth and the other elements as often as possible.

Thanks for watching as I journal my garden projects. May you feel the peace and calm of the Earth as I do.