{"id":1033,"date":"2023-02-01T17:08:17","date_gmt":"2023-02-01T17:08:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/?p=1033"},"modified":"2023-02-01T17:08:18","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T17:08:18","slug":"growth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/?p=1033","title":{"rendered":"Growth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We are feeling excited\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Things are growing in the Sanctuary – overwintering plants, tiny chicks and\u2026 ideas. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ideas, plans, hopes and dreams for what The Sanctuary Garden could be this year, next year and into the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many of you already know that there are plans to build a housing estate on land directly adjacent to the Sanctuary. Beautiful farmland lost to housing, but we also see beautiful people on our doorstep who, through interacting with us in a variety of ways, could learn to love, grow, cook and eat locally grown, wholesome food. And not to mention you – yes, you, reader – now! You\u2019re with us now, and have been for yonks – you\u2019ve known what we\u2019re about before we even really do. This amorphous vision of good food, nature and the outdoors, hard work, clean and local, personal – this is us, and we so appreciate you being with us as we begin this journey.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this moment, we are the seed packet. Not a single seed, a bit further along than that – but a seed packet filled with tiny little beads of hope, inspiration and determination. This spring we plant the seeds. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Have you ever grown asparagus from seed? The seeds are small – maybe a bit bigger than a lentil, black, shiny and with an impenetrable look about them. You plant them under cover in early January and up pops the most fragile looking frond. And thus it stays, producing tiny little fronds, which slowly increase in size – surely, you think to yourself, I\u2019ll be eating a delicious plate of asparagus soon?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Friends, the asparagus is a slow-grower. There is a traditional Chinese saying that goes something like this: \u2018The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago. The second best time is now.\u2019 Harsh, but honest! Whilst asparagus will be ready to harvest well before 20 years, you will need to give it 2-3 years before you eat from it. It will then honour you for years, producing more spears every year, requiring very little upkeep, producing new plants that you can lift and transplant\u2026 it is a fruitful friend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And yet, right now, we are the seed. Inert, just ideas in a drawer somewhere. Yet just as seeds transform with warmth, water and care, we are about to begin our journey (we also appreciate warmth, water and care \ud83d\ude02). Time, effort and gumption are about to transform our ideas into reality – we\u2019re no radish, going whole-hog ready to eat in a matter of weeks, we\u2019re no tatties, a full crop in one growing season – we are the asparagus, hard black seed to tiny frond to tender plant – but we see the fruitful future ahead. Each idea, a seed planted into this year\u2019s warming soil, to take this beautiful vision and let it grow: to nurture nature, our bodies and our souls. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Radishes, Mystery Mix, Real Seeds: https:\/\/www.realseeds.co.uk\/radish.html<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Come along, friends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83c\udf31If you had a wee bitty land, some time and ideas – what would you do with it? Personally, I\u2019m desperate for a yurt and a wood-burning stove, but that might be a bit self-serving, I fear! \ud83d\ude02 Let us know what you would do in the comments below – we promise to respond. \ud83c\udf31<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best wishes from The Sanctuary Garden<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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