Our Co-Creative Garden

I am surprised that no one has asked how I could possibly think I could manage a 2000 square foot garden and have it produce enough food to feed 10 families.  After all I have always until fairly recently been a city kid and could barely handle growing houseplants.  Well 2 growing seasons ago I talked my employer into letting us build him a raised bed vegetable garden for his 5 acres in Shingle Springs.  It took a lot of talking as he was of the mind that you just threw some seed into the ground, watered it, and waited for it to grow just like his dad and grandparents had done.  But they didn’t live in Shingle Springs and I’ll bet they didn’t have clay for soil.

A Bed in the Square Foot Garden, Shingle Springs, CA

Michael and I did it with the help of two books about square foot gardening and we made our own soil from a recipe that included compost, peat moss and vermiculite.  Things actually grew!  I surprised myself having only grown radishes and a few herbs in the prior 50 years.  We had tomatoes, zucchini, pumpkins, lettuce, basil, carrots, cucumbers, peppers, chard, kale and of course radishes.  I was absolutely amazed at how different a salad would taste when I used my own home grown produce then when it was only the produce from the store.  Even though most of what I purchased from the store was organic there was still a missing component.  I don’t really know how to describe it except to say that salads from our garden had a different energy about them.  They tasted fresher, better, and more alive.  Was it just that they were so recently picked or had it made a difference that I was out there checking on them each and every day, showering them with love and affection?

Claudia in the Square Foot Garden in Shingle Springs, CA

There is talk in some circles about things like race consciousness, universal intelligence and other entities channeling us earthlings information.  However, many in our culture do not even believe that there is life on other planets so these conversations are very difficult for many to listen to much less comprehend.  Some have told me to not talk of such things so I usually choose my words on these subjects very carefully.  But here on my blog I’ve decided to speak more freely.

Amendment Truckload #1, Garden Valley, CA

I have read a few books by Machaelle Small Wright.  It started with her book on the Medical Assistance Program (M.A.P.) where I was introduced to muscle testing that could be done on yourself using your own fingers (as compared to the 2 person process I knew using extended arms).  Then I became fascinated with her flower essences and learned that they all came from flowers that she had grown.  Next was her books on Co-Creative Gardening where she shared how she set up a partnership with Nature who then gave her the details of what and how to grow her garden.  The books were not just a biography and the development of Perelandra, Ltd., but a How To manual that any of us can use.

Amendment Truckload #2, Garden Valley, CA

Connecting with the Deva of Our Garden and using muscle testing I have been shown where on the 10 acres we inhabit is the best place for our garden.  I sent out that I wanted a garden that was only large enough to require about 2 hours of work per day and would feed approximately 10 families and was given its dimensions, how many raised beds to build and where exactly to place them.  The Deva of Soil for our garden has shown me the types and amounts of amendments to add to the clay that we have and has given me a 13 step process to follow over a 6 week period to turn what was once a small animal pasture into the garden that keeps filling my dreams.

Amendment Truckload #3, Garden Valley, CA

Nature seems to be very happy that we are building this together.  It doesn’t seem as if we humans consult them for much these days which may explain why we are encountering the problems we are with genetically modified animal feed and the problems associated with the weed killer, Round-up.  I still get nervous some days, sliding back into my old habit of feeling like I have to have all the answers before I even start a project and start questioning what in the hell do I think I am doing.  Then I will remember that I am not alone, have never been alone and never will be.

South Fork Naturals (SFN) whose motto is, “Healing ourselves and the planet, one forkful at a time,” will be set up as a small Community Sponsored Agriculture (CSA) organization.  We are looking for 9 more families who are interested in: improving their health by eating more fresh whole foods infused with Divine energy and improving the planet by buying locally from an organization employing natural growing methods.  While most organic CSA’s cost upwards of $600 for a 20 week growing season, often paid up front, we will only be charging $100 a share per production month for the 2011 growing season.   

So leave us a comment and let us know, what is your favorite vegetable?