Greetings dear friends of Hive Garden, I'm happy to be participating in week 18, Freestylin' of the Hive Garden Question. Nature is wonderful and always surprises us. Initially, after returning to my parents' house a couple of years later, I started growing some plants to liven up the garden. However, nature, in its infinite kindness, began to delight my soul with some gifts that surprised me and that I hadn't expected. So my little garden began to fill up with a lemon tree, papaya, tua tua, noni, and the lochita.
These plants didn't spring up out of nowhere. There are reasons for this. Water is life, and life also comes to the corners where it flows, with the herbs we call bushes, which many people remove from their gardens. Pollination has a lot to do with those gifts that emerge in our gardens. It's an invisible process that materializes when we least expect it, and wild life begins. Thanks to birds, butterflies, bees, the wind, and water, to name just a few responsible pollinators, nature begins its list of gifts for us. Have you ever had something growing freely in your garden, but still considered it an important part of your life? In answer to this question, I must say yes. I greatly value the plants that have grown freely in my garden, but I'm specifically going to talk about a herb that I long for today. I had it, and today it's back: lochita. It's a creeping herb with very fine stems and is also invasive; it spreads quickly and leaves us with a delicate green carpet. Because of the thinness of its stems, I personally find it difficult to plant, but not impossible. It is possible, but you have to have a lot of patience and dedication.
After suffering the loss of several plants in my garden, the lochita has reborn, alone, beautiful, but above all, with great strength and in the place I least expected. I longed for it, and it seems Mother Nature listened. A single lochita began to sprout in a gap near the pavement that has now been extended, and I have called it my lochita nursery. All the plants that have grown freely in my garden have been important in my life because they have given me fruit and also medicinal benefits. The lochita has been and is important to me because, in addition to fulfilling aesthetic functions by dressing the soil of my small orchard, it helped us with its oxygenating and antioxidant properties, as well as its flavor in the salads we prepared. Not only did it serve as a low-maintenance ornamental plant, but it also contributed to the health of my parents and myself. Today, thanks to the return of my lochita grass, I decided to plant it in other places in my garden so that it continues to expand, filling my eyes with beauty when I see it growing freely and happily.
What about the things that have grown unexpectedly or surprised you? The truth is, they've surprised me because we usually expect to see the seeds we've planted germinate. When one of those plants grows freely, it surprises me personally and, at the same time, I'm happy that nature has gifted me with it. Currently, a lemon tree has grown in my garden. I was surprised, and of course, I wasn't expecting it; it's still small. I'm taking care of it to see it flourish. Purslane also grows a lot, which is edible and has many vitamins, including vitamin C. However, papaya, passion fruit, and noni plants have grown freely in my garden. They all gave us their fruits, medicinal properties, and vitamins. Thank you again, Mother Nature.
Do you have any plants that grow freely outside your garden and you can't stop them? The truth is, not a plant as such. Outside of my garden, there's only a square where grass grows freely. A few years ago, when I was very young, I remember that grass has always been there; many children used it to play and throw garbage, so they made it look ugly. My parents decided to remove it, but it, wild, free, and austere, grew back and has been with us ever since. So I can't stop it, but times have changed. There are no longer children to damage it. We prune it occasionally, and it remains in good condition. I'm always grateful for the gifts of Mother Nature, who shows us that where there is love, there is life, and that if we want to move forward, we will; it's a matter of attitude. Water irrigates with all its love. This is demonstrated by the little loach, which was born near the pavement. It grows and tells us that it is strong, just as we should be in life, despite adversity.
This has been my participation in WEEK 18 - Freestylin'.
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The photos are originals taken with my Xiaomi Redmi 9 phone. Las ediciones las hice con la aplicación GridArt