I went Gardening Again on Tues 24 Feb 09. It was Carnival Tues on the island and while some would have no doubt engaged in mud mass I had to me a more beautiful experience with the earth! But of course to each her own...
It was the day of my big transplant and to be honest I wasn't sure which way to go!
I even asked Grandpa Ed from the Intent community for some last minute tips as he was a gardener in his day but in the English countryside not the tropical sun. Grandpa Ed said the herbs that didnt sprout perhaps I was right in thinking they weren't suited for the climate and if I put them in the fridge perhaps they will spring. Here are those none springing pot of herbs here followed by the things that did sprout I admit I need to do some weeding in the tubs but nothing long term is planted there.
The Herbs that didn't
The Herbs that did-
Those little seedlings assorted
Those Little Hot Peppers-
Some of the Sunflowers-
So it was one of those really cool days that we've been consistently having in Trinidad again and so it was pretty easy for me to actually work at midday! Who would have believed it but in my little opinion I believe on the island were are having island cooling not warming! Just ask my good friend Dave from on intent by clicking on this link. But really in the coolish midday sun I hadn't a clue how to get started with my transplanting project. Here is me to be honest a bit confused asking my mum for advice which she could not give in any convincing, detailed way and neither could she convincingly use the camera so she shot me half way in all of this confusion...though it would be funny to include! :) After all if we can't laugh at ourselves well...
So still not knowing what to do I plodded along and created this:
Then my aunt came along and started chatting with my mother and remarked that:
1. "This was no hour to be doing gardening."
2. "They did some work in their garden this morning and now my uncle was resting
but if I waited until around 4 he would be able to help me."
Now I remarked but yea the place is really cool though...but then I contemplated that I really wanted the best for my seedlings and there was no point being hasty and then botching things up for them and their growth big time! Even if I knew what I was doing which I obviously did not, the energy that would go into the whole project would be negative if I let conflict into the whole picture! Perhaps my intent to explore this thing call Satyagraha kicked in then! :) So I waited...by the way all through this I got various onlookers remarks about what I was doing and many were amazed at my big foray into so much manual labour. Now I had expected to get hired help on the project but like is often the case in Trinidad they got ill!
My uncle did show up at 4 though and he said he also thought I was going to get hired help is why he didn't think I'd need the help from him as such. Anyway I did and it was a good thing I waited cause he transformed the bed into this!:
And then both he and I plodded on for some hours. He did the vegetables:
While I did the sunflowers:
And I also threw in some marigold/gainda seeds at the back of the sunflowers:
I started off with gloves but then took them off and was digging holes and things to put the seedlings with my bare hands. It reminded me of playing in the sand as a child. And it made me again think of the Carnival season and people playing mud mass...made me wonder...I mean don't we all just want to be a child again and play in the sand? Perhaps a lot of what we do in society is rooted out of this need to return to childhood...to go back to the basics...as I always tell my mother with all this financial crisis and stuff people forget all they need are the basics...one of those basics is to eat...and so despite the ridicule of me doing hard labour and the all night pain that ensued in both my arms...there I was ensuring myself of one of my basic core needs...food.
I wish I had pics to show of my labourious struggles but my neices and nephews refused to show on this day even as photographers! The things I had to say to them! :)My uncle remarked that it was probably the hardest I worked in my life! He may be right at least in a very long time...even my Habitat dig was easier!
The dog did make an appearance though but among people who I know would not want to be made famous on this blog so I have cropped him out to show him off! :) And he did try to kiss and try to hug me and even throw me on to the sunflower bed for sure! But only have the pic of him like this!:
The next day my sis in law put up these two scarecrows to mark the area in case cars parked on it and to perhaps ward off birds. Although they don't look scary to me more like little girls in pastel dresses! :) Kiddies have been dropping by to look at the little stick people! :) And so finally here is how my garden grows! :)
And I leave you with two songs that feel applicable as I write these words...Return to Innocence by Enigma and All You Need is Love by my fav although some find odd for my age The Beatles! As I felt like a child again planting returning to the earth...to innocence. And food is a basic need but so is love as Jesus said "Man cannot live on bread alone!" Enjoy the tunes! :)
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