Seedlings

Awaken, Little Leafies!

 

I've always loved the process of watching a seed sprout. From the childhood wonderment at that first kindergarden bean plant, it seemed like magic to make a plant sprout from virtually nothing.

The act of propagation is to become a mother.
Until you make that conscious decision,
the seed is just potential.
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You have many needy little children now.
Beans, tomatoes, eggplant, cauliflower, chamomile, cucumber.
I'll sustain them so that they can sustain me.

Standing in the endless field that is one entire acre, I realized how dauntingly few plants I was actually able to propagate. Beloved though they are, my little plant babies were hardly enough to fill 1 of the 4 plots.

That's when the Allie Sunshine Project appeared (http://www.thealliesunshineproject.com/#!blog/ncj4i).

The Allie Sunshine Project is in memory of a woman I never had the pleasure of meeting. Her vibrancy and love I have only heard about through the people she left behind. I can tell from the legacy that Lynn and Dan and Jeremy Hayes have built in her name that she must have been a really wonderful person. They provided Our First Acre with a huge, incredible donation of seedlings. We have planted 2 full rows in our first plot already and we've hardly put a dent in the donation! Thank you all so much.