18/02/2024
Hello Spring and Hello again all. I've been quiet for the last 6 months due to ill health, and last month, my ex-husband Steve passed away suddenly. The reasons you fall in love and marry aren't the same reasons you separate, and that separation doesn't shield you from the pain of loss💔
But this is spring, and life goes on with or without you. Snowdrops and crocuses are blooming, the redwing and fieldfares have moved on, and soon, our summer visitors will be arriving.
Robins, wrens, and blackbirds are all getting ready to build their nests, and the bumblebees are emerging. There's work to be done.
20 odd years ago, Steve and I started this garden as a sanctuary for wildlife. It's now an all-consuming part of my being, and in its own way, it's a comfort.
I've also been doing a lot of research on how industrial food is produced but more importantly what our food consumed before we get to eat it. My own health was brought to its knees because of some of these processes, even though I'm pretty careful about what I eat. I did have a period when it wasn't as good as it should have been.
Because the 'icide' doses allowed in our food and recreation are small individual doses, they don't kill you, but the cumulative effects eat away at your immune system and can take years to manifest.
I will be going into more detail and explaining the correlation between our health and the health of our soils.
Healthy soil means healthy people and healthy ecosystems
As always, bee kind Mags xx 🐝🐝🐝🐞🦋🐦🌱
