For some, these guys are enemies and sources of great grief and anxiety.
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They are everywhere! This one was on our building project inside the aloha lodge. And last night I found a streak of dried slug slime on my pillow.
Made me smile.
They are everywhere! This one was on our building project inside the aloha lodge. And last night I found a streak of dried slug slime on my pillow.
Made me smile.
I'm slowly starting to appreciate their presence and work with them. Sometimes our challenges come from a lack of understanding and inviting problems into our lives. When I was farming in the tropical dry forest of Costa Rica, I was one of the few people with a luscious garden during the dry season (locals farm during the raining season....makes sense). 3-4 months after the rain had stopped the roaming cows jumped over the barbwire fence and ate all the corn and rice I had planted. I was devastated. One, because it was the first time I planted rice and they were just starting to form. And two, because they stepped in the garden beds and compacted them a foot down which I had no way to fully remedy.
With some annoyance and anxiety I replanted the beds. A month later they returned. In the 6th month of no rain, they became daily visitors. Then I realized they are my zen teachers. Nothing is gaurenteed in gardening/farming. It is a long journey to a harvest and I just need to be in the present moment and work with what I have. I also realized that I was the one who invited the cows, as nowhere else could these starving cows find fresh green grass. I gave up growing grass and enjoyed the tomatos, eggplants, beans, etc that the cows and the horses didn't care for. I do hope they enjoyed what they ate....I did feel sorry whenever I saw their rib cages bulging through their skin.
Permaculture ethic, sharing the abundance.
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