Nourishment

I had an interesting thought today when thinking about the vegetables we have begun to harvest. For the past couple of months we have worked hard to nourish our garden: we figured out what spaces in the plot would give the most sunlight to the vegetables that required it, we watered our garden every day, we took out the dried leaves that hadn't decomposed because it would take away from the nourishment of our plants, and we have weeded the pesky weeds that compete in the soil with our vegetables. We have done this to keep our vegetables healthy, and so that they can grow.

Now that we have begun to harvest our vegetables, the roles have changed. These plants will nourish us and provide us with the nutrients we need to grow big and strong.

To me, this partnership is a pleasant example of how you will get back what you put in.