grow your flow
Sowing (starting) seeds in eggshells (sanitized) is a practical, sustainable, easy, fun, and super cute greenthumb DIY experience! Plus, it is a great project for kids, families and a way to engage people in greenthumbing that may not have felt the urge before. Add some fun, makes life less ho-hum.
Not only fun, but this technique also “moonlights” as a nutrient fixer as eggshells are super rich in calcium. Without the proper amount of calcium in the soil, plants may produce deformed blooms.
This is everything right now.
Pictured above is the stinging nettle, Urtica dioica, which has a vibrant and rich medicinal history. In medieval Europe, it was used to help people poop and to ease joint pain. Stinging nettle has also been used for hundreds of years to treat painful muscles and joints, eczema, arthritis, gout, and anemia. I often suggest using nettle for skin problems as it helps with inflammation in addition to treating urinary problems during the early stages of an enlarged prostate, for urinary tract infections or for hay fever. I also like to use nettle in compresses and creams for treating joint pain, sprains and strains, tendonitis and insect bites.
Be like a 🌿weed🌿 and never ever give up.
Nothing will get in the way of the journey of a weed. Always reaching towards the light for sustenance and pushing through all resistance with gusto and might. Inspiring little green friends they are. There’s so much to learn from nature. Are you listening in Earth School?
photo: ©Marisa Calderon/Lady Greenthumbs
Yemaya needs our help. Be mindful when consuming as it always has repercussions.
Gratitude. It pumps through my veins like a storm. There is so much to be thankful for, always, all ways. In this moment I am incredibly grateful for my Tico friends I’ve met while in Costa Rica. They get me. It feels so good to “be gotten”. Yesterday was my birthday and their gift to me? A banana tree root ball!!! 🍌🍌🍌
Epic humans all over this epic planet!!!
photo: ©Marisa Calderon/Lady Greenthumbs
In my Element.
Foraging for wild flowers to transfer into the Farmacy at Puerta a la Vida. No allergy will hold me back from one of my favorite flowers, the almighty Lily. Especially when they are growing wild in the precious jungle that I inhabit with my animal friends, flora and fauna. As I was rummaging through the jungle floor, I’m reminded that I lived in NYC before this for 21 years. Wow! For me with nature it was love at first sight. I have been craving it since the first time I experienced trees as a child (on the way home from the hospital:-). This greenery. The prana. The body resonates here. Channels open. Awakened senses. Creativity flows. Earth oozes life.
Lady Greenthumbs RX: Feeling tired? Connect with nature. Feeling blue? Connect with nature. Feeling overwhelmed? Connect with nature. Feeling unfocused? Connect with nature.
Just ten minutes a day. You will feel the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual upgrade. For me, it’s the best way to clear my channel (the energy that runs through the chakras and meridians. Clear channel = more flow, greater manifestation, enhanced creativity etc.). It’s good to be alive. Give thanks all day everyday. Life is a fucking trip.
