Saving seed from our garden is a ritual of faith, a slow-rhythm practice in a world running on instant reward. When we set aside seed from the best plants of our harvest for the next season, we make a covenant with our future selves.
The life of the garden is a gift echoed in the acts of selecting, drying, sorting, and keeping the seeds safe over winter. Just as a gardener quietly banks seed from the strongest plants, so too we can save the insights, the quiet victories, the good habits, that bear fruit in our inner life.
Season after season, the saved seeds become more attuned to our garden. In parallel, our character deepens: when we consistently nurture small things — kindness, reflection, discipline — they root and yield in our lives. Seed-saving reminds us that tomorrow is grown from today’s intention.
When next spring comes, the seeds remember, the soil remembers, and so do we. We are stewards not just of the garden, but of the life within.
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