The Seed 25: Let Freedom Grow

Sharpen your shovels, and turn your compost pile, Spring Has Arrived! Nation wide, gardeners are busy preparing for the upcoming growing season, and from the look of things, this year will be a time of garden expansion throughout the land.

Even in this troubled market, seed sales are a boom industry raking in 20-30% gains over last year’s sales. Gardening is the new favored pastime of many a cash strapped American family. Presenting an example to the world, First Lady Michelle Obama’s even getting in on the action, as she put her strong arms to work digging a Victory Garden into the White House lawn!

This profuse blooming of garden interest is just what the world needs right now. The U.S.D.A. is about to release a new Plant Hardiness Map that details what anyone with a lick of sense has by now accepted as fact, the “inconvenient truth” that the earth’s climate is rapidly warming. Vegetable gardens and local composting efforts are two of the best ways for folks to work at home toward a healthier, happier planet.

While the Obama’s of the world may be planting the seeds of victory in their gardens, I reap the bounty of freedom in my back yard. Freedom from chemically grown, dangerous, over priced food, the freedom to enjoy the beauty and bounty of life on earth, and the freedom to live with respect for the planet that raised me are all a part of my garden harvest. It’s this humble gardener’s opinion that victory without freedom is meaningless! This spring and summer as I install gardens throughout the Twin Cities, I’ll be sowing the seeds of freedom. I invite everyone reading this newsletter to do the same. Together we can reclaim our planet and our lives from the carelessness of our elders, to give our children and grandchildren hope for a healthy life.

In this month’s issue of The Seed we’ll take a look at some of these garden headlines that define and inspire this new movement to reclaim the good life. With a little luck, and a whole lot of compost, this spring gardeners everywhere will help freedom grow!

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