2024 May 23 Full Moon Full Bloom
After reading “Braiding Sweetgrass” by Robin Wall Kimmerer, my perspective about humans’ place in nature completely changed. I always thought humans just mess up nature and the world would be better off without us. However, Kimmerer presented the indigenous perspective that we are nature too. We can love the Earth and the Earth can love us back. That really changed everything about my ecological mindset.
I love to think about our important role here. For sure, I believe we are here to strengthen biodiversity. We’re bipedal, so we can move seeds and plants and spores around. We can easily trade agricultural products. We can study and document changes and share stories and insights. We can dance and sing and drum to change the vibrations around us. We can manipulate the landscape artistically. We can do this joyously.
One of our best human features is that, like the bees, we can appreciate the beauty of flowers. We can plant different colors, aromas, tastes and textures.
I’m proud that our gardens have multiple flowers blooming throughout the growing season. There are Pink Evening Primrose, Clovers, Spiderwort Tradescanthia ohiensis, Anemones Anemonastrum canadense, English Lavender, Peones, Chives, Geum, Valerian and False Indigo Baptisia sp. currently blooming.
Next to bloom will be Coreopsis Coreopsis verticillata, Yarrow Achillea millifoluim, and Milkweed Asclepias sp.
Even though I’m a bit upset with myself for feeling too lousy to actively garden after work today, I can still come out to the porch and see nature is taking care of itself tonight. The full moon will still be bright and special this weekend.
*In this blog, native North American plants are shown with Latin names
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