The secret life of plants

[lightbeing]

Thank you Gaialove

that is so cute and :lol3:
Love it ...

Blessings

lightbeing

[QUOTE=GaiaLove;183225][CENTER]:original: Just.. Relax. :original:

[Fina]

I was recently told of a quicker way of dowsing for a 'yes/no', rather than scrabbling about in ones handbag for a pendulum...

You place the tips of thumb and a finger together, {personally I find my middle finger works vets?}
think your 'question', and if your fingers 'stick together', that's a Positive, if they want to slide apart, that's 'negative'.

... What is this doing on the 'Plants' thread??

I discovered that you can find out if your house-plants need / want water by asking them - as I went around the house with my watering bottle, I touched a leaf, and asked if that plant wanted any water or not?

Instant results!

Some pots seemed quite dry and light, yet the plant said "No water today thanks" - of course, some plants need a 'dry season' at this time of year.
{And I can never mind which ones... so if they 'tell' me, we should do ok!}

So, as well as dowsing to ask if plants are happy with the type of water, which fertiliser they prefer, if they are happy enough in that particular spot and if they 'get on with' their neighbours, ask if they want water at that time?

One poorly fellow also has his own little piece of Orgonite in his pot and he's doing a lot better now :)


http://www.lunarorganics.com/ Sure I posted this link before, but here it is again- Lunar Gardening - lovely colourful wallchart for the year - tells you when best to plant, fertilise, harvest etc.


Ideal xmas pressie... IF you follow that tradition?

Another useful use of the 'finger dowsing' - you can discern 'truth' or 'lie' surreptitiously, when listening to someone being interviewed on the radio / TV / phone ;)

Blessings
Karen

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lightbeing

[mudra]

Oooh GaiaLove ,

What a cutie :)
Thank You

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mudra

[mudra]

Well Fina that was most interesting as your posts always are .
Thank you sooo much for that dowsing tip .
I tried it right away and am most impressed .
It's always lovely to see you around here Fina.
Keep that Light in your heart.

Love from me
mudra

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[Céline]

such a beautiful thread, thank you all for sharing.

i work with flowers and plants on a daily basis. Each one has a story to tell...a character to discover and a destiny...when i go to the suppliers, i see a table full of plants...one ..or two..call to me...THEY tell me , that they want to be in my shop.

i am honored to share my life with these wonderful souls.

[mudra]

Thank you to bless this thread with your presence Celine.
Your words are full of Love.

With Love for You
mudra

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[Céline]

Living Root Bridges in India

In the depths of northeastern India, in one of the wettest places on earth, bridges aren’t built – they’re grown.

Because they are alive and still growing, the bridges actually gain strength over time – and some of the ancient root bridges used daily by the people of the villages around Cherrapunji may be well over five hundred years old.




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[mudra]

Celine thank you for your presence in the garden and the gifts you brought with you .
These bridges are taking my breath away.

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mudra

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lightbeing

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lightbeing

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lightbeing

[burgundia]

BONSAI TREES.....I just adore them....I wish I could lie down under them...:lmfao:

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[lightbeing]

Wow burgundia, those bonsai trees are amazing!
Especially the big one in the garden.


Thanks for sharing.

Blessings
lightbeing

[burgundia]

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This is a private garden or park with bonsai trees ...it is not far from where I live but I haven't been there yet....but it will be the destination of my next trip in the summer...

[mudra]

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[mudra]

Thank you for your recent contributions to this garden friends:wub2:

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[Gemeos]

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Plants Have a Social Life, Too

By Brandon Keim, November 18, 2009

After decades of seeing plants as passive recipients of fate, scientists have found them capable of behaviors once thought unique to animals. Some plants even appear to be social, favoring family while pushing strangers from the neighborhood.

Research into plant sociality is still young, with many questions unanswered. But it may change how people conceive of the floral world, and provide new ways of raising productivity on Earth’s maxed-out farmlands.

“When I was in school, researchers assumed that some plants were better or worse than others at getting resources, but they were blind to the whole social situation,” said Susan Dudley, a McMaster University biologist. “I went looking for it, and to my shock, found it. And we’ve found more of it since.”

In a paper published in the November American Journal of Botany, Dudley describes how Impatiens pallida, a common flowering plant, devotes less energy than usual to growing roots when surrounded by relatives. In the presence of genetically unrelated Impatiens, individuals grow their roots as fast as they can.

Acknowledging relatives in this way is an example of kin recognition. It’s common in the animal world, and is a precursor to kin selection, in which animals help their familial group, not just themselves. Dudley thinks plants have kin selection, too. It’s a controversial idea, but that it’s even being debated shows how far research into plant sociality has come.

When Dudley was in school in the 1980s, the very idea of plant sociality was practically taboo among scientists. It had burst into popular consciousness a decade earlier with the publication of The Secret Life of Plants, a New Age classic which also discussed orgones and dowsing. Later studies on “talking trees” went unreplicated, and the idea fell into disrepute.

But even if full-blown sentience was a silly idea, research on plant communication gathered. Much of it described how plants defended themselves, producing toxins and concentrating resources on their immune systems when unrelated neighboring plants were eaten. That clearly involved some sort of chemical signaling. Further studies conclusively showed plants were able to recognize themselves. Whether plants might respond to their relatives became a legitimate and intriguing question.

The answer isn’t only of concern to people with imaginations stirred by thoughts of chatting flora. It could provide a whole new perspective on plant behavior and evolution. By providing insights that improve agricultural productivity, studies of kin recognition could literally bear fruit.

“We know that in the animal world, kin recognition and selection plays a very important role for family structure, altruistic behavior and those kinds of things,” said Hans de Kroon, a plant ecologist at Radboud University in the Netherlands. “It’s so prominent in the animal literature. Once we start to discover that plants can recognize their kin, there’s a whole set of hypotheses we can apply to studying plants, that nobody ever thought to.”

The field’s landmark paper came from Dudley’s laboratory in 2007, when she showed how American searocket plants accelerated their root growth when placed in pots of strangers, but slowed it down when potted with siblings. Were they animals, they’d be described as sharing water and food.

In a Communicative and Integrative Biology paper published in October, University of Delaware biologists Harsh Bais and Meredith Biedrzycki tried to isolate the means of recognition by exposing Arabidopsis thaliana seedlings, each in its own pot, to root secretions from other Arabidopsis plants. The signal indeed proved to be in the roots — and just as Dudley had seen, growth patterns varied according to whether secretions came from genetically unrelated plants, or family.

Intriguingly, the plants in Dudley’s latest study were potted separately and unexposed to each others’ secretions, suggesting that their leaves emit chemical signals, as well as their roots. That’s supported by the research of University of California, Davis ecologist Richard Karban, who in a June Ecology Letters study showed that sagebrush boosts its immune system when exposed to the damaged cuttings of a related plant [pdf]. It seems to hear warnings from its kin.

More studies are needed to show exactly what sort of benefits are provided by these signaling and response systems. De Kroon said kin recognition doesn’t necessarily mean kin selection: maybe the plants are communicating, but it doesn’t do them much good in practice.

One of Dudley’s students, Amanda File, is now studying whether some trees favor their own progeny, which might grow best near their parents. Dudley and graduate student Guillermo Murphy, a co-author of the American Journal of Botany paper, are looking for for kin selection in invasive plants.

“We’re testing the hypothesis that invasive plants evolve greater altruism within their populations, allowing them to be better invaders of their new habitats,” said Dudley.

For plants used in agriculture, Dudley recommends kin recognition studies to see whether certain arrangements of relatives and strangers would be especially productive. De Kroon is looking at multi-species mixes. Karban hopes to use communication insights to engineer natural defense systems against pests.

“Maybe we thought before that only humans could do certain things, or vertebrates, or animals,” said Karban. “Plants are capable of much more sophisticated behavior than we assumed.”

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[mudra]

Great article Gemeos :thumb_yello:
Thank you :wub2:

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[mudra]

Living with the spirit of trees

Collectively, trees are guardians, protecting all life on Earth, just as a single tree gives refreshing shadow under the summer sun. Because of this guardianship of all life and because of the guidance trees provide us with on our spiritual journey, everywhere in the world humans have respected, loved and revered trees. Evidence for this goes back 6,000 years and more, way back into the Stone Age. Humanity has had a deep, 'religious' relationship with trees long before 'religions' were invented. The wisdom of trees is as old as the dawn of human consciousness. When early humans first ever started to ask questions, about themselves and the cosmos, trees were among the first to answer. The spiritual and practical reverence of trees only fully stopped in the 20th century, following industrialisation and the exploitation-of-resources mentality.

Why are trees so special? How did our ancestors show their respect for them? And what can we do today?

Primeval forests – trees for life

Everywhere in nature we can observe the tendency for cooperation. Even in the subatomic world particles don't stay separate and in 'competition' but 'team up' to form greater structures. Atoms in their turn couple to form molecules and, in the biological dimension, these are organized into living beings of a complexity incomprehensible to us. In the landscape, countless animal and plant species constitute biotopes while in the macrocosm, planets, stars and even galaxies group to make up vast systems with their own rhythms, as well as energy and information exchanges.

But the richest and most perfect example for cooperation and teamwork in nature is the natural mixed woodland. The tree cover creates balanced conditions in regard to light, temperature, moisture, soil, the level of the groundwater table and the electric charge of the air. Thus a habitat is provided for a wide variety of smaller plants, animals, birds, insects, spiders and microorganisms. In symbiosis, fungi help the trees to develop nutrients. The deciduous trees, whose deep roots can reach layers of the soil inaccessible to smaller plants, share these nutrients every autumn by shedding their leaves, which get decomposed in the top layers of the soil. Protected from direct light, hard rain and erosion, the soil of the mixed forest is the richest humus on Earth.

Of course, competition, too, is an element in nature, for example when young tree seedlings race for the light in a gap of the forest canopy left by a fallen old tree. But certainly competition has not the primary importance in nature that Charles Darwin ascribed to it. Soon enough, the 'survival of the fittest' theory was used to justify the social conditions and imperialism of 19th-century society. But nature tries to avoid competition. In the animal world, for example, different species with overlapping habitats generally have a different diet while those species who eat the same or similar things generally live in different places.

With its multitude of thriving life forms, its teamwork and its intelligent adaptability the natural mixed woodland is the most essential expression of the character of planet Earth. And, where water or mountain altitudes allow for it, the forest has been the dominant biotope for hundreds of millions of years.

More than just lungs

Since the campaigns to save the tropical rainforest started woodlands have been called the green lungs of the Earth. But trees do much more than just producing oxygen and binding the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide.

For one thing, trees are exchange organs between the planet and outer space. The Scottish mathematician Laurence Edwards discovered in the 1980s that the winter buds of leaf trees are pulsating rhythmically, reflecting the movements of the planets of our solar system. In this way, the oak, for example, particularly responds to the movements and positions of planet mars while beech responds primarily to saturn, birch to venus, and elm to mercury.

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The pulsing of oak buds measured in winter 1982-1983. The greatest expansion of the buds is indicated by deepest points of the line. These coincide with the blach arrows which indicate alignments of moon and mars.

Furthermore, the electrical currents of living trees have been examined in extensive measurements since 1948. The bio-electrical fields of trees react sensitively to the changes of light and darkness, to the moon phases, the seasons, the eleven-year cycle of sunspot activity, the changes in the electrical charge of the air, and even the changes of the Earth's magnetic field. Every event, every change in nature is mirrored inside the trees. Since their electrical currents are so closely linked to their biochemical metabolism it is now possible to predict a tree disease before any outer symptoms are evident, just by measuring the electrical currents of the tree.

But trees receive information from even greater distances. In the mid-1970s Russian botanists discovered an 807-year-old juniper tree (Juniperus turkistanicus) in a very high altitude in the Serawashan mountains (Taijikistan). Its annual rings clearly mirrored the supernovae in our galaxy that we know about (1604, 1770, 1952). They slowed its growth down for up to 15 years. No star in our galaxy can die without trees perceiving it.

Their vertical sap stream turns plants into electrical conductors. Trees in particular constantly discharge air-electrical voltage from the positively charged ionosphere to the negatively charged Earth's crust, as can be seen in their role as lightning conductors. Every electrical conductor creates an electromagnetic field around itself while an electrical current flows through it. And, according to another simple law of physics, the electromagnetical fields of electrical conductors amplify each other when they are parallel to each other and have currents running through them in the same direction. This applies to trees as well. Worldwide, billions of trees are participating in maintaining the Earth magnetic field which is the only protection from cosmic radiation which otherwise would be fatal to all life on Earth.

read further here:
http://spirit-of-trees.net/Living_spirit_e.html

With Love
mudra

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[mudra]

Lovely human nests in the trees Lightbeing :wub2:

Love from me
mudra

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mudra

[bushycat]

Thank you everyone for the secret life garden, a very tranquil place to stop at and reflect.
If anyone is looking for me, I'll be in the tree house Lightbeing brought in, reading one of Luminari's books,
and some articles by Gemeos and Mudra. There will be rosehip tea if you stop by.

Love Always,
Bushycat

[mudra]

I come with You Bushy ...let's have some tea down there ..
Anyone else interested ?

Love from me
mudra

[mudra]

http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs10/i/2006/138/c/5/Berry_in_midwinter_by_Iardacil.jpg

Love Always
mudra

[Gnosis5]

The first time I saw plants communicate was when I lived in Nairobi and while luxuriating under some palm trees after a good swim I was lazily looking up at the sky and branches and suddenly I realized that what I was looking at was a patterned motion that clearly told me these trees were communicating. I never forgot that.

Now my lovable cockerpoo ``beams`` me all the time and I am used to his thought beams.

There was a lovely petunia plant in my front yard and like a good Japanese gardener I dreadfully deadheaded it until finally it got the message across to me to stop doing that and I stopped and to my surprise the plant is still putting out blooms and still green at this time of year in Toronto, Canada.

Yesterday it finally told me that I could bring it inside and remove the seed pods and give it a good trim. I thought petunias are annuals, so I`m not sure why this petunia plant wanted me to bring it indoors....

Also I noticed something and hubby has witnessed it: I can stand in front of a plant that is even indoors where there is no breeze and somehow a wind starts blowing it when I focus on the plant and the leaves start moving.

I`ve hugged some trees before but never felt that return of love that a previous poster described -- must be wonderful.

cheers
gnosis

[mudra]

Thank you for sharing your experience of communicating with plants Gnosis.
It is wonderfull to open one's heart to these sentient beings.
I have seen these patterns you describe in the branches too.
Once you become receptive nature's world brings so much perspective and insight.
It is rather impossible to feel alone while in nature ...

Love from me
mudra

[mudra]

http://img8.hostingpics.net/pics/2741330_2a55_70f8ec10_XL.jpg

Love Always
mudra

[Gnosis5]

Thank you for sharing your experience of communicating with plants Gnosis.
It is wonderfull to open one's heart to these sentient beings.
I have seen these patterns you describe in the branches too.
Once you become receptive nature's world brings so much perspective and insight.
It is rather impossible to feel alone while in nature ...

Love from me
mudra

G'day Mudra!

Even though I rejoice in all the life force in the Stream of Life, I am also now looking at it from an Exterior-to-Life vantage point. After many hours of guided looking I was finally able to break free from my attachment to my favorite "Game Lord" and thus the "Stream of Life".

In regards to this system here on earth I see that it is a degraded system for all the life expressions here, but they somehow can still be Life, which ever amazes me.


But seeing the corruption behind it is what helped me to make the decision to step outside the Stream of Life and still addressing it.

I'm not totally home free yet :-)

love,
gnosis

[mudra]

Life just is ...Now the many ways we look at it give it some color or shades .
When we look for beauty it 's always there to be find .
Sometimes it 's hidden to our eyes but to the soul's heart there is always Light
to be shed in the darkest corners.

Love from me
mudra

[mudra]

http://apu.mabul.org/up/apu/2008/03/27/img-0111186xbsh.jpg

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mudra

[mudra]

http://apu.mabul.org/up/apu/2008/03/23/img-001345guti3.jpg

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mudra

[Luminari]

http://i717.photobucket.com/albums/ww178/luminari_2009/EnchantedForest2.jpg

[mudra]

Thank you for your lovely contribution to the garden Luminari :wub2:

Love from me
mudra

[mudra]

http://www.dorothyphoto.com/photos/arans_colour_and_glaze_st/12012003_19.jpg

http://www.dorothyphoto.com/photos/arans_colour_and_glaze_st/11282003_28.jpg

http://www.dorothyphoto.com/photos/arans_colour_and_glaze_st/07112003_114.jpg

http://www.dorothyphoto.com/photos/arans_colour_and_glaze_st/12272003_55.jpg

http://www.dorothyphoto.com/photos/arans_colour_and_glaze_st/01032004_2.jpg

Love from me
mudra

[mudra]

http://www-personal.umich.edu/~jensenl/visuals/album/2008/winter/IMG_1167.jpg

http://www-personal.umich.edu/~jensenl/visuals/album/2008/winter/IMG_1163b.jpg

http://www-personal.umich.edu/~jensenl/visuals/album/2008/winter/IMG_1141.jpg

http://www-personal.umich.edu/~jensenl/visuals/album/2008/winter/IMG_1094.jpg




Love Always
mudra

[mudra]

The birds and the bees : binaural beats

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DV9ChtdIk74&feature=related

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mudra

[mudra]

http://www.hardygardening.com/images/quail_9c3a.jpg

How to Make Wild Bird Seed Suet Cakes

Making wild bird seed suet cakes is one of the best things you can do to help the wild birds through the winter. It is easy to make and easy is to keep suet available for them.

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

1 cup Crunchy Peanut Butter
1 cup Lard or Shortening
2 cups Oatmeal
2 cups Cornmeal
1 cup Whole Wheat Flour
1 cup Wheat Germ
1/2 cup Hulled Sunflower Seeds (no salt)
1/ cup Chopped Dried Cranberries
Saucepan
5 - 6 Plastic Sandwich Containers lined with Foil

Step 1
Wild Bird Seed Suet
Assemble all ingredients, chop the cranberries and line the sandwich containers with foil.

You can use raisins or dried currants, but I find that my local birds like the tartness of the cranberries.

Step 2

Wild Bird Seed Suet
Melt the lard (or shortening) and peanut butter in a medium saucepan.

Step 3

Wild Bird Seed Suet
Add all of the rest of the ingredients to the pan and mix well.

Step 4

Wild Bird Seed Suet
Scoop the mixture into prepared sandwich containers and allow to cool and harden. We set ours outside, if it's cold. Otherwise, putting them in the fridge for about and hour or two helps speed up this process.

Step 5

Wild Bird Seed Suet
Remove from containers, when suet cakes have hardened completely. Wrap in plastic wrap and store in the freezer until ready for use.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/gloucestershire/content/images/2009/02/04/rob_winter_bird_1_470x300.jpg

http://www.northforkaudubon.org/images/mourndovesnow.jpg

http://i.ehow.com/images/GlobalPhoto/Articles/4562321/WinterBird-main_Full.jpg

Love Always
mudra

[Clarityofawareness]

I'm sometimes a veggitarian, but only when ever I hate plants. lol. Kidding.

Seriously though, I think that plants were like animals at one time and that they have evolved into who they are now because they are much closer to oneness than us.

[Gnosis5]

Thank Mudra for the recipe. We have furry black squirrels here in Toronto and they are a bit more aggressive than the birds about reaching for the feed, but the birds do manage to get some.

love,
gnosis

[mudra]

http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs51/f/2009/336/0/2/02d57e4bc6ac3a8e6356e893a3d1e8c8.jpg

Love Always
mudra

[mudra]

Seriously though, I think that plants were like animals at one time and that they have evolved into who they are now because they are much closer to oneness than us.

I can see what you see Clarityofawareness..In the realm of evolution I believe humans come last .In the mineral kingdom crystals seem to have reached enlightment, the vegetal kingdom has done through the expression of the flowers, the animal kingdom shows empathy and unconditional Love that us humans are often lackiing .
There is a lot to learn from the silence and peace a rose bud carries.

Love from me
mudra

[mudra]

Thank Mudra for the recipe. We have furry black squirrels here in Toronto and they are a bit more aggressive than the birds about reaching for the feed, but the birds do manage to get some.

love,
gnosis

Prepare some extra one for the squirrels too .. they too need to find their way through the lack of food that winter brings .

Love from me
mudra

[mudra]

http://www.linternaute.com/nature-animaux/magazine/photo/la-nature-sous-la-neige/image/sapins-vetus-364086.jpg

http://www.linternaute.com/nature-animaux/magazine/photo/la-nature-sous-la-neige/image/orgues-364126.jpg

http://www.linternaute.com/nature-animaux/magazine/photo/la-nature-sous-la-neige/image/tanargue-364124.jpg

http://www.linternaute.com/nature-animaux/magazine/photo/la-nature-sous-la-neige/image/veloute-364091.jpg

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mudra

[mudra]

http://fizyka.phys.put.poznan.pl/~pieransk/Physics%20Around%20Us/Rain%20drops_%20non-wetting.jpg

http://7art-screensavers.com/wallpapers/raindrops-0/big/7art-00020_yellow-flower-with-rain-drops.jpg

http://www.free-slideshow.com/screens/rain_drops/flower-after-rain.jpg

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mudra

[mudra]

http://photos.cristinsculpture.com/gallery/flowers/little-white-rose.jpg

http://photos.cristinsculpture.com/gallery/flowers/enlightened-flower.jpg

http://photos.cristinsculpture.com/gallery/flowers/pag3/little-beautiful-flower.jpg

Love Always
mudra

[mudra]

Healing Gardens
Hand in Hand with Nature

Time spent in nature’s embrace is a soothing reminder of the fact that we also are products of the natural world’s ingenuity. We feel at home in a quiet forest and are comforted by the pounding surf of the seaside. In both the sunny meadow and the shaded waterfall’s grotto, stress and tension we have long retained melts away. Finding opportunities to reconnect with nature to enjoy its healing benefits can be difficult, however. Planting and tending a garden allows us to spend time with Mother Nature in a very personal and hands-on way. We work in tandem with nature while gardening—honoring the seasons, participating in the life cycle of various organisms, experiencing the unique biorhythms of our environments, and transcending all that divides us from the natural world. As we interact with the soil, we are free to be ourselves and reflect upon meditative topics. Fresh air invigorates us, while our visceral connection to the earth grounds us.

Though you may plant a garden to grow food or herbs, or for the pleasure of seeing fresh flowers in bloom, you will likely discover that the time you spend working in your plot feels somehow more significant than many of the seemingly more important tasks you perform each day. Whether your garden can be measured in feet or is a collection of plants in pots, tending it can be a highly spiritual experience. You, by necessity, develop a closer relationship with the soil, seeds, water, and sunlight. Nurturing just a single plant means cultivating a deeper understanding of the mechanisms that permit it to thrive. A true healing garden is simply one where you feel comfortable plunging your hands into the earth, lingering over seedlings and plants to observe their growth. And yes, even caressing and talking to plants. Creating beauty through the creative use of space, and giving yourself over to awe when you realize that you have worked hand in hand with nature to give birth to something, is truly wonderful.

The partnership that is formed when you collaborate with Mother Nature through gardening is wonderful in that it provides you with so many opportunities to be outdoors. You will be reminded of not only your connection to the earth but also of your unique gifts that allow you to give back to the earth.

From DailyOM

Love Always
mudra

[mudra]

http://aiguebrun.adjaya.info/public/image/Insecte/coccinelle-envol-4_8759.jpg

Working with Our Insect Neighbors
The Insect Kingdom

A change of season may bring about a change in the insect activity in and around your home. Rather than heading for the fly swatter or bug spray or calling the exterminator, try working with the insect kingdom rather than fighting it. Making this choice on a conscious level puts you in touch with nature, allowing you to create harmony within your ecosystem.

Insects "bug" us for shelter, water, or food, but they can also come into our lives to bring us a message. Though many cultures have decided what insects represent to them, you may be able to decipher their message just by thinking about their attributes. For example, bees may be telling you to communicate psychically with your family or to spread your talents like pollen. Their buzzing could be warning you about someone who could sting you or reminding you to stop and smell the flowers. Once you get their message, they may leave on their own. But if they don’t, you may want to spend a few days patiently inviting them to leave. In meditation or aloud, explain that this is your home and that the insect world is outdoors. While you understand their hunger and thirst, you will provide them with a designated place outside. Be sure to offer them appropriate food and make a commitment to replenish the supply regularly. You can even make a ceremony of it: Choose a time such as sunset every Sunday, or every full moon, then create a line of demarcation around your home with sage or by sprinkling some herbs before giving your offering. This serves the dual purpose of keeping your bargain with your insect neighbors and keeping you in sync with nature’s cycles.

As we make the decision to respect nature, whether inside our homes, outside enjoying a picnic, or while gardening, we acknowledge that we all share the earth and need each other for our mutual survival. As we work together, we learn how to live in harmony with all living beings.

[mudra]

http://www.wwinventorytrading.com/product%20pictures/peas.jpg
http://www.babyfoodfacts.com/wp-content/uploads/fresh-carrots.jpg
http://www.pierrelafond.com/blog-images/113cabbage.jpg

Know Your Food
Eating Close to the Earth

The food we eat is a multidimensional aspect of our lives. Food provides us with the energy that enables us to grow and prosper. Yet it can be, and frequently is, much, much more. Our food can be an experience in and of itself if we allow it to be. The dishes we remember from childhood offer unmatched comfort. The act of preparing meals can be an art form of the highest caliber. And the nourishment we derive from this fare promotes wellness within us. But many of us, distracted by daily affairs, forget that the profound pleasures of eating go beyond simple sustenance. We eat foods that are convenient or we eat unconsciously, snacking on whatever happens to be on hand. To understand the true value of food and the impact it can have on our lives, we should acknowledge and honor it by eating close to the earth.

If you have ever shelled and eaten garden-grown peas or bitten into a sun-warmed apple freshly plucked from its tree, you likely understand that there is a marked difference between these foods and those that are processed and stacked on supermarket shelves. Food recently picked contains more of its original life force and thus has a greater store of energy and nutrients. You can ensure you are eating close to the earth—and enjoying the many benefits of doing so—by shopping at a local farmers market and getting to know the individuals who grow your food. If you make the experience of shopping in this way enjoyable, you will be more apt to reject more convenient canned, packaged, and frozen foods in favor of the real delight you feel while browsing stalls of fresh foods nourished by the same soil you can find in your own backyard. You will soon learn what foods are in season in your area and how to prepare them.

As you savor the vivid flavors of juicy ripe fruits and the hearty crunch of unprocessed vegetables, you can also take pleasure in the fact that, by eating close to the earth, you are supporting farmers in your region, connecting with your local ecosystem, discouraging those who would waste precious fossil fuels by carting produce cross-country, and helping to preserve healthy culinary traditions that have existed for centuries.

From daily Om

Love Always
mudra

[Gnosis5]

Life just is ...Now the many ways we look at it give it some color or shades .
When we look for beauty it 's always there to be find .
Sometimes it 's hidden to our eyes but to the soul's heart there is always Light
to be shed in the darkest corners.

Love from me
mudra

I won't argue that with you that's for sure. You speak higher than I do.
I still miss that first flower I created.

[Gnosis5]

http://fruitfly.files.wordpress.com/2006/11/fruitfly.jpg

[mudra]

I won't argue that with you that's for sure. You speak higher than I do.
I still miss that first flower I created.

It's all there in your heart dear Gnosis
No time ..only Love
The next time you are witness to the blossoming of a flower
just know you are part of it's creation.

Love for You
mudra

[mudra]

LOL .. what 's the recepy for Long term ones ?

Love Always
mudra

http://fruitfly.files.wordpress.com/2006/11/fruitfly.jpg

[mudra]

http://www.thepriceofphotography.com/USERIMAGES/03%20red%20squirrel(1).jpg

http://k43.pbase.com/o4/81/596981/1/53377745.Stormrcu.jpg

http://www.amateurphotoart.com/pictures/fullsize/12-02-2006/SQUIRRELS_AND_BIRDS_FEEDING_ON_SNOW_COVERED_RURAL_ COUNTRY_FOREST_FLOOR_PICTURE_1.JPG

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mudra

[mudra]

http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs41/i/2009/053/b/7/A_Tree_in_Dam_by_porbital.jpg

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mudra

[mudra]

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http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs49/i/2009/208/3/4/Siam_Tulip_by_porbital.jpg

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mudra

[mudra]

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mudra

[mudra]

http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs37/f/2008/285/4/0/something_in_the_air_by_vonrubinstein.jpg

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mudra

[mudra]

http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs40/f/2009/004/5/a/chariots_of_water_by_vonrubinstein.jpg

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mudra

[mudra]

http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/016/8/f/Brown_in_winter_by_andokadesbois.jpg

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mudra

[mudra]

http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa119/chasitytoo999/SECOND%20album/MOUNTAIN-1.jpg

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mudra

[mudra]

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d155/bannanapop331/birds/Humming_Bird-1.jpg

http://chattamom.chattablogs.com/archives/Humming%204-thumb.jpg

http://www.pdchost.com/sites/TMDJ01_812708/images/hummingbird.jpg

http://www.betterphoto.com/uploads/processed/0819/0805090830141dsc_0919.jpg

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mudra

[mudra]

http://www.floridahorsebacktrailrides.com/images/Birds/RubyThroatedHummingBird.jpg

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mudra

[mudra]

http://www.allbestpictures.com/wallpapers/flowers/image/frosted_pinky_purple_flowers.jpg

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mudra

[mudra]

http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/8409575.jpg

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mudra

[mudra]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3038/2933933269_512c668709.jpg?v=0

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mudra

[mudra]

http://www.mooseyscountrygarden.com/seasonal-pictures/frost-rose-flower.jpg

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mudra

[lightbeing]

http://bamfbackgrounds.com/upload/e8azwp5d-winter-wallpaper.jpg


http://dara.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/winter-wallpaper-47.jpg

http://www.naturewallpapers.in/bulkupload/Nature/Winter/winter6.jpg

http://www.wallpaperpimper.com/wallpaper/Landscape/Mountain/Winter-Wonderland-1-1024x768.jpg



Blessings
lightbeing

[lightbeing]

http://gallery.photo.net/photo/6751403-lg.jpg

http://gallery.photo.net/photo/1239004-md.jpg

http://gallery.photo.net/photo/6956240-lg.jpg


Blessings
lightbeing

[mudra]

Inspiring pictures Lightbeing.
Thank you for your Light on this thread :wub2:

Love from me
mudra

[mudra]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2235/2167792000_d226f2eb57_o.jpg

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mudra

[mudra]

http://www.ars.usda.gov/images/docs/18205_18400/2009-03-23-Winter%20Birds1.jpg

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mudra

[mudra]

http://www.redfernplace.com/wp-content/gallery/BackyardBirds/_Z1B9895.jpg

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mudra

[mudra]

http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/8649642.jpg

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mudra

[mudra]

http://fineartamerica.com/images-medium/the-hathaway-diner-carmen-hathaway.jpg

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mudra

[mudra]

http://www.fileguru.com/images/b/fog_lake_screensaver_desktop_screen_savers-61316.jpeg

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mudra

[mudra]

http://images2.layoutsparks.com/1/108404/going-down-with-sun.jpg

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mudra

[mudra]

http://icons-pe.wunderground.com/data/wximagenew/t/taylor1/738.jpg

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mudra

[mudra]

http://swick.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/waves/glint.jpg

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mudra

[mudra]

http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs51/f/2009/288/f/e/I_love_my_world_by_colorrrs.jpg

http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs51/f/2009/287/a/4/Time_to_go_by_colorrrs.jpg

http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs50/f/2009/278/f/5/Purple_Flower_III_by_colorrrs.jpg

Love Always
mudra

[rhythm]

http://www.communityplantshare.org/sharing.jpg

[rhythm]

http://www.seedsofchangetherapy.co.uk/assets/images/death_dandy203.jpg

[mudra]

Thank you Rhythm .. make a wish on that dandelion :wub2:

Love Always
mudra

[mudra]

http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs29/f/2008/150/e/3/Green_Canyon_by_yuniarko.jpg

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http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs29/f/2008/134/3/4/344135913315d8de77f54ea6ad9c80e4.jpg

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mudra

[mudra]

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mudra

[mudra]

http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs48/f/2009/236/7/7/Flower_Power_by_CharlieMacBell.jpg

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mudra

[mudra]

http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs38/i/2008/364/6/7/Nanojungle_by_CharlieMacBell.jpg

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mudra

[mudra]

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http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs50/f/2009/278/f/5/Purple_Flower_III_by_colorrrs.jpg

http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs50/f/2009/275/e/8/A_time_in_the_purple_by_colorrrs.jpg

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mudra

[mudra]

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mudra

[mudra]

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http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs40/i/2009/040/b/3/Goldregen_II_by_Frostschock.jpg

Love Always
mudra

[Gnosis5]

My windowsill morning glory plant tripped out when I accidentally broke a stem. I won't go into details.... :original:


http://www.moplants.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2006/09/morning%20glory.jpg

[mudra]

Beautifull Gnosis :)
Thank you for bringing a litle of your surroundings here .

Love from me
mudra

[mudra]

http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/030/b/9/Autumn_and_Winter_by_BenHeine.jpg

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mudra

[Gnosis5]

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[mudra]

http://www.findhornnvc.org/images/35%20park%20garden1_1.jpg

Findhorn

The Findhorn Foundation is located near Findhorn Village in Scotland. It is a classic example of "the desert blooming like a rose." The founders of this community communicated with plant devas to learn the needs of the plants they were growing and as a result accomplished a miracle as sandy, rocky, salt soil was cultivated to yield vegetables they were not only enormous but highly nutritious.

Love Always
mudra

[Majorion]

http://i462.photobucket.com/albums/qq348/majorion/FishhookCactusfws.jpg
Fishhook Cactus

Beautiful but frightening. :original:

[Majorion]

http://i462.photobucket.com/albums/qq348/majorion/hq_palms_1_big.jpg
Wind against the Palms.

[Majorion]

http://i462.photobucket.com/albums/qq348/majorion/Sunflower.jpg
Sunflowers

[mudra]

Thank You Majorion :) :) :)

Love for You
mudra

[mudra]

http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs29/f/2009/246/5/0/5073f7c88298735d70743a3142be3d3b.jpg

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mudra

[mudra]

Thank you Gnosis for Stevie Wonder's vid.
Nice find :thumb_yello:
Here are the lyrics :

"The Secret Life Of Plants"

I can't conceive the nucleus of all
Begins inside a tiny seed
And what we think as insignificant
Provides the purest air we breathe

But who am I to doubt or question the inevitable being
For these are but a few discoveries
We find inside the Secret Life of Plants

A species smaller than the eye can see
Or larger than most living things
And yet we take from it without consent
Our shelter, food, habilment

But who am I to doubt or question the inevitable being
For these are but a few discoveries
Wwe find inside the Secret Life of Plants

But far too many give them in return
A stomp, cut, drown, or burn
As is they're nothing
But if you ask yourself where would you be
Without them you will find you would not

And some believe antennas are their leaves
That spans beyond our galaxy
They've been, they are and probably will be
Who are the mediocrity

But who am I to doubt or question the inevitable being
For these are but a few discoveries
We find inside the Secret Life of Plants
For these are but a few discoveries
We find inside the Secret Life of Plants

Love Always
mudra

[mudra]

http://img5.hostingpics.net/pics/4420210_aa22_1b353a40_XL.jpg

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mudra

[mudra]

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[ubiquitousquintessence]

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[mudra]

You have added so much color and Light to the garden Ubiquitousquintessence.
Thank you so much :wub:

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mudra

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[Phtha]

Here we are in the middle of March, and it has been absolutely beautiful these last few weeks where I reside.
In fact, the weather has been so nice that I was able to get a jump start on this years garden. This will be my second go at gardening, and this time I even half know what I am doing. :thumb_yello:

I can't wait tell its ready! Yum I miss garden food so much. Who else is planting a garden this year?

Here are some pictures so far. Still a month off at least before I can plant it, but I've been starting all sorts of veggy plants already, and I'll just transplant when the soil is warm enough outside. Last year I never started my garden until the end of may, so I have a few months head start, and I'm pretty excited as already many of my plants are starting to bud...

This is the back garden, its going to by my juicing garden and personal garden mainly, some before and after pics:

Before:
http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb50/Iysun77/seedoflife_before.jpg
After
http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb50/Iysun77/seedoflife_before2.jpg
And then this is the seed of life, but a little hard to make out in
the photo because of its size:
http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb50/Iysun77/seedoflife.jpg

This next garden is in the same area as the first one. This one I make as a
giant pentagram.
Before:
http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb50/Iysun77/pentagram_before.jpg
After:
http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb50/Iysun77/pentagram.jpg
http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb50/Iysun77/pentagram2.jpg
http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb50/Iysun77/pentagram_after.jpg

Here is another garden in the works, this one is right by the back
porch of the house.
Before:
http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb50/Iysun77/porch_garden_before.jpg
After:
http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb50/Iysun77/porch_garden_after.jpg

And here is a way to make organic starter pots incase you are trying
to cut plastics from your food chain.
http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb50/Iysun77/starterpots.jpg

And here is a panoramic shot of the full acreage, I'm hoping to get at least 6 acres or about 1/4 of it growing by the end of this year. All of it will be done using circles and stars, as well as other sacred geometric shapes.
http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb50/Iysun77/panoramic_small1.jpg

[mudra]

It is a breath of oxygen to read your post Phta :wub2:
I am glad you are doing so well in close connection with mother Earth.

Love from me
mudra

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[THE eXchanger]

WOW, that is an amasing design for your gardens :)

[Nebula9D]

Plants Have Souls - And Gifts for Humans

Plants are intelligent forms of life who are capable of intention, preference, and a will to survive, thrive and interact. Scientific research indicates that plants communicate with insects, animals, human beings and other plants in order to keep themselves alive and safe. Evidence also reveals that plants are telling us how to achieve health and wholeness for humanity and the earth herself.

Plants Are Just Like People

In the book, "The Secret Life of Plants," authors Peter Tompkins and Christopher Bird describe how plants "talk to" people and what plants "talk" about. Staying alive and safe tops the list.

To protect themselves, plants have developed highly adaptive and strategic ways for living. According to the authors, "Plants seem to know which ants will steal their nectar, closing when these ants are about, opening only when there is enough dew on their stems to keep the ants from climbing. The more sophisticated acacia plant actually enlists the protective services of certain ants which it rewards with nectar in return for the ants' protection against other insects and herbivorous mammals," thus serving the same function as friends and allies do in the animal and human realms. Some vegetation develop a bitter taste, some ooze gummy secretions, while others grow thorns to defend themselves.

Prickles for the Pussy

Once plants feel safe, however, they may drop their need for defense. In one study, a scientist wanted to determine if cacti grow needles primarily for the purpose of keeping themselves from harm. Safely housed in a greenhouse, the scientist talked to numerous cacti assuring them that they were protected and that he cared about them. He encouraged the plants to feel even more secure by playing soothing music in the greenhouse. Within several months the cacti dropped all their spikes. The offspring of these bare cacti were born without needles. Defenseless within this nurturing environment, the mature and new-born cacti prospered. After a period of a year of being without their protective quills, the cacti suddenly began re-growing their bristles and new baby sprouts were born with needles again. After some investigation, it was discovered that a house cat had found its way into the greenhouse. Suspecting that the cat may be the source of the perceived threat to the cacti causing the reemergence of their means of protection, the scientist blocked the cat's way of entry. Once the cacti sensed they were once again safe, all of the cacti dropped their prickly means of defense.


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mudra


Love this thread Mudra :) One of the treasures of Avalon. Thank you

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[QUOTE=Phtha;254718]Here we are in the middle of March, and it has been absolutely beautiful these last few weeks where I reside.
In fact, the weather has been so nice that I was able to get a jump start on this years garden. This will be my second go at gardening, and this time I even half know what I am doing. :thumb_yello:

I can't wait tell its ready! Yum I miss garden food so much. Who else is planting a garden this year?

Here are some pictures so far. Still a month off at least before I can plant it, but I've been starting all sorts of veggy plants already, and I'll just transplant when the soil is warm enough outside. Last year I never started my garden until the end of may, so I have a few months head start, and I'm pretty excited as already many of my plants are starting to bud...

This is the back garden, its going to by my juicing garden and personal garden mainly, some before and after pics:

Thank you for these beautiful pictures.
This is what I'm visualizing to be doing in near future :wub2:

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[tintagelcave]

1144 At my front door.......Danish roses.
Dear Mudra, thanks so much for your tip on The Secret Life of Plants and beautiful flowerpictures, they're so brilliant! I love the world of plants and here's a title of a book that maybe interests you: Healing the Earth by Marko Pagacnik.
It's about working with the elementals in nature. Also Rudolf Steiner, the Austrian visionary and teacher talks about the life of plants, he found in Goethe a like minded approach towards the consciousness of plants and the energies of nature. But even without these studies, the language of flowers is universal and aims at our hearts and souls, I find. Thank you for placing this thread, Mudra!

[mudra]

Thank you Tintagelcave,

I am taking note of that book your recommend.
Sounds great .
Thank you for sharing :wub2:

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mudra