Growing peace of mind
Back in the early nineties after surviving a psychotic break due to unmanaged cannabis withdrawal and was learning to live without its emotion-numbing effects, a dear friend loaned me his abandoned garden. It was a sunny circle of 12 raised beds of soil enhanced with composted sheep manure and chicken-poop tea overlooking the Salish Sea. March through October, with fingers deep in the living soil, I tilled, planted, weeded and harvested herbs, carrots, peas, beans, squashes, cabbage, beets, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, onions, tomatoes, peppers and my Self.—MR
When mental health therapy starts in the garden
By Hannah Furfaro, Seattle Times, July 23, 2023
