Farm Notes: Nature's Harmony
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Newly emerged garlic in the snow |
Nature can seem a little crazy. One minute things seem to be going in a nice direction. The first fields are already plowed. The first peas are beginning to emerge. Apple blossoms are beginning to swell. Then we enter April and it snows, and gets cold, and what once seemed to be a beautiful harmony with nature now appears to be discordant and chaotic.
Nature has an interesting way to appear in harmony. Yet, often when we look at things very closely it suddenly looks like chaos. It is like focusing independently on a single instrument of an orchestra. It does not sound like anything very beautiful. Add a second instrument and it sounds discordant. But, when you put all the instruments together and get their timing just right, you have the sounds of beauty. I see nature the same. We see problems in nature when we remove a part from the whole. It does not seem correct and we often try to improve it. But, when it was part of the natural whole, there was no problem, until we removed the part from the whole. In stepping back and trying to see how we fit in the whole picture, we see the beauty in which we can live. It is nice to step back and look at nature and our own lives a little from afar. It is then that what we at first thought was a chaotic life in reality is a beautiful life.
As we are now awake after a winter slumber, this time of year is a time of reflection to see the big picture and our place in it. This is a time of renewal before we plant the new seeds of another season; a time to ensure we are on the right path. This is a time of rebirth into a new harmony; a time to recognize the beauty of the world in which we live and just how lucky we are to be a part of it.
Happy Spring,
Farmer Dave
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