I took so much pleasure in picking the silverbeet and rainbow chard this morning for our veggie boxes. I had to search through the mandala gardens to find the chard amongst so many other herbs, veggies and weeds .
It made me appreciate the amazing wild confusion and vibrant colors that nature gives us in our beautiful organic garden. The perfect imperfections of slightly chewed leaves and finding tiny snails and slugs under some of the stems. For me it's a sign of all the elements working together beneficially without the need for chemical control or forced neatness.
This is nature at it's best. One thing that has stood out for me as a participant in PEACE Farms first PDC (Permaculture Design Course) is a quote from Bill Mollison's PERMACULTURE A Designers' Manual: 'Order is found in things working beneficially together. It is not the forced condition of neatness, tidiness, and straightness all of which are, in design terms, disordered. True order may lie in apparent confusion'.
Helping with the veggie boxes is also a way to truly connect with the veggies that we eat and enjoy.
Thank you to our active members Rachel and Angela for helping with today's pick and pack, laying out our gorgeous multicolored beetroots.
Some more perfect imperfections...
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