Grow Your Own Garden

The biggest thing I learned was — it’s easy! Do not be intimidated in this subject area. I learned that certain herbs in particular are among the heartiest plants to grow and will do well even in adverse conditions. So an important takeaway for you is — grow plants which are hearty and tough and can survive even if you forget to nurture them as much as you should. Many people get overwhelmed by and fail with gardening because they try and grow plants which are too delicate and high-maintenance. I also became somewhat of an expert on container gardening, which was the type we were doing mostly in greenhouses. This approach is applicable to other homes or more urban settings where access to abundant land is not always possible.

I also came across an amazing discovery at this time. I learned the powerful effect that happens whenever you eat a plant which is literally picked minutes before you put it into your mouth. I had always enjoyed herbs like basil or mint — but the difference you get from something store-bought, which has been sitting in a container for days, versus snipping some leaves right off the stem is extraordinary. I could feel the electrical power and genetic intelligence transferring and interacting with my body at a very high-vibrational level. There is truly nothing like it!

The next year, I decided to do a garden of therapeutic herbs, since I have found those to be so powerful in their supplement form (cold-pressed, tinctures or capsules) over the years. Here in Central Texas, I was able to successfully grow the following herbs quite easily using the same method as I did previously with the food herbs:
— Mullein
— Lobelia
— Motherwort
— Betony
— Skullcap
— Comfrey
— Echinacea
— Bugleweed
— Cleavers
— Wood Betony
— Valerian
— St. Johns Wort
— Burdock
— Marsh Mallow

I found the same powerful effects of eating these incredibly potent plants immediately after picking them — it was absolutely extraordinary, and I felt my body thanking me for giving it this extra boost from the plant world.

The maintenance for both the food herbs and the therapeutic herbs was really not difficult. All I really did was generously water the buckets once every other day. Because of the buckets, no weeding was really needed, and these plants are generally naturally pest-resistant.

Aside from being an amazing way to produce cheap and powerful food and beneficial healing compounds for your body, gardening is also such a therapeutic activity. Just getting out into the sunshine and watering your plants, trimming off and collecting food, and watching your creations grow from seeds into the most amazing full-sized beauties — yielding more produce than you can possibly eat — is such a rewarding, deep and meaningful experience. If you have children, surely this would be a great bonding experience and a great life lesson for you to share with them side-by-side.

Please, do not be intimidated — try it out for yourself!

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