Abundance is a curious thing. It is simple. A garden has a limit against which light, soil, care and the plants we grow will reach their natural lushness, the amount of fruit they will produce. That is their abundance. For the gardener, abundance is having had enough to enjoy.
From the first shoots we see after we have planted seeds, life in itself is abundant. It is a miracle. How we see our garden is in itself as important as what it produces. The herbs we dry as the season progresses will feed us no matter whether we match last season or not.
The garden is different to the world which is driven to sell us more. More is not abundance, it is just another consumable. The garden is a quiet space, offering enough, and if we have the wisdom and gratitude to see it, enough is abundance.
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