So, we were away from home for a few days and returned to a surprise. We had planted four courgette seedlings. One did not make it, but three took root. They flowered and tiny courgettes began growing from the blossoms. Nothing looked unusual when we left. Yet when we came back, it seemed all the energy — read: water — had been funnelled into one courgette that had gone completely wild, in the best possible way. :)
We picked her the moment we got back, so she would stop hogging the water and the others could develop more evenly. That is nature for you, right? Whoever gets on top makes the rules and grabs the lot, while our task is to help cultivate nature back into balance — admittedly because we benefit from it and want it to thrive. This is what life with a garden is teaching me now: how to prune vines, fruit trees, and olives; when to plant and harvest; how to feed the soil; all of it.
It is the law by which nature tends to nature. A lovely loop of gratitude.
