“Secret fertilizer” that nobody talks about

Over 50 years ago, my wife’s grandfather shared the wisdom that got stuck with me: “The best fertilizer is the shadow of the gardener.”

It was not about compost, fish emulsion or the perfect pH balance … no. It was about presence. Time. Observation. Growing your hand and sometimes a little muddy.

When we are going to the growing season 2025, let’s not miss the opportunity to rediscover what gardening really is. Let’s not only plant seeds and withdraw to the comfort of air conditioning. Rather, let us immerse ourselves in the beauty, secrets and small miracles, which only happen when we appear consistently in the garden.

Let’s be at the moment this year … and grow more than just vegetables.

Your garden wants you!

You don’t have to be a gardener champion to change something in the soil. It just appears regularly … checking pests, pulling a few weeds, noticing what the leaves look like … They can change the entire trajectory of your season. Plants react when someone cares. And strange, like people.

The garden visited often becomes more productive. You catch problems before. You see what blooms and what is not. You experiment, adapt. And through this process you become part of your garden eco-Sanda, not just a manager. The garden begins to shape you just as to shape it.

Sitting in the first place to miracles

Something magical happens when you spend time in the garden. What begins as an obligation becomes a form of therapy. The act of watering, observing, harvesting – even standing still and listening to … begins to eat your spirit just as it nourishes your body.

You notice how bees choose one flower above the other. How quickly the soil dries after a hot afternoon. Like a tomato can go from green to mature almost day by day. These are not only nice moments … They are reminded that life is happening here in your yard.

Don’t miss the program

In spring and summer, if you are at the moment and you actually devote time to looking, transformation takes place every day in your garden. If you only check in once a week, you will miss your daily drama … New mustache reaching for support, night flowering and squash vine suddenly stretches in the yard.

Life is short … Don’t miss the program!

Instead of just planting and waiting, try to spend time a little. Take out the coffee in the morning and just go with rows. Pull out a few weeds while talking to your wife or children. Deadhead Flowers when you think about a problem with work.

The more time you spend, the more you feel. You will soon find out that you can’t wait to be there. This is not a duty … it’s a privilege, a special time only for you and your garden.

The best gardens are not necessarily the largest, the most technical and even the most productive. They were loved.

Where satisfaction can grow

It is true that there is something deeply healing in being among living things. The garden does not care about stress, terms or internet. I just need your attention, patience and shadow.

Studies show that gardening lowers cortisol, reduces anxiety and improves mood. But you don’t need a pencil scientist to say that … just five minutes among beans or tomatoes will do the trick. Especially in a world that already moves too quickly, in which the screens dominate our attention, the garden invites us to something slower, something ancient, something true.

Do it in the year in which you will stay for a moment

What if this year your garden not only fed your body … but also mind and soul? What if instead of just planting and leaving, you appeared again and again … not because you had to, but because you wanted?

What if you bring your shadow to the garden, day after day and allowed the magic of presence to perform it quietly?

Spring 2025 is a new beginning. A chance to grow nutritious food, clear … but also a chance to increase peace, presence and joy. Plants will make their part. Do you?

Return to Eden … Return to your garden

The best gardens are not necessarily the largest, the most technical and even the most productive. They were loved. I went through. He watched carefully. Nurtured with caution and sometimes.

Your garden does not need perfection. He just needs you.

So go outside. Slow down. Let your shadow fall on the soil from day to day. And watch what grows … not only in the ground, but in you.