The Mindful Farmers Daily Diary Day 1136

The Mindful Farmer is very happy and excited because yesterday we reseeded three paddocks on the farm with a new multi species grass mixture, one that incorporates grasses, red clover, white clover, plantain, chicory and timothy grasses. When germinated they will give great colour and fragrance to the fields and will be of great benefit to biodiversity. When I was a child this was the type of grass we grew and our forefathers grew. My Dad used to say "you can't put the cows into the field yet, there isn't enough colour in it." What have we learnt about the basics of farming and nature over the past seven decades? It would appear very little but at least now farmers are beginning to work more with Mother Nature. It is up to our generation and future generations to bless the imagination of the earth, to salute its silence and certainty and above all its humility. It is my prayer for this spring that the earth will renew its trust in the intention of the farmer's hand, opening it, softening it into a domain of shelter and nourishment and continuing to pray, bless, power healing, peace, hope and love to all and wear your Wednesday smile.

The Mindful Farmer

Patrick