With the @Ecotrain Question Of The Week there will be four parts this time around.
The theme for the first two parts is on Abundance.
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Abundance for All!
Question for part one -
Abundance Woes: What have you had too much abundance of, and how did you deal with it?
What would have been the likely outcome if you had not dealt with it both short and long term?
This round of questions has me thinking back to earlier years. I recall a time when some friends of my sisters (and were becoming my friends) lived on communal land, sharing and working together.
Often at their gatherings they would sing this song:
Abundance for all
Abundance for all
Please hear my call
Have abundance for all!
They, in their communal life with lots of gifting and sharing, seemed to be enjoying that abundance.
Myself, living a more isolated life and having more of a scarcity mindset, was left wanting.
It was not until I became part of a community, where people were working together and sharing, did my mindset change and I began to enjoy more abundance.
In this community, most of us had large gardens and that is where I really saw the abundance and over abundance.
I would see it in nature too, with the abundance of seeds often produced to ensure the survival of species.
Often in gardens, plants that perpetuate themselves with abundant self seeding were considered weeds. Personally, I have learned to embrace many of these "weeds" with some studying to their benefits and uses (and knowing their hardiness for growing in harsh conditions when other things may not grow). I even learned what the "weeds" are trying to tell us about the condition of our land where they grow profusely.
Where we garden, we have a very short gardening season and I like to get a jump on the season by starting seeds indoors. I'm never too sure of the germination rate of my seeds and sow them very thickly to ensure I get the plants I want. This often leads to an over abundance of seedlings (which I hate to discard) so I gift them to my neighbors, take them to plant exchanges, where they are eagerly scooped up. I even randomly gifted some to a stranger who was walking by admiring the seedlings. She was tickled pink to receive them for hers hadn't grown. That made her very happy and me too!
With gardening and producing abundance, it can help to prevent hunger, especially when combined with some generosity. With our modern food production, there is often an abundance produced but the generous aspect is missing and this often leads to wastage.
That seems to be a thing with gardeners - we love to share!
I love to get new gardeners off to a good start by sharing some of my well established perennials. I even have begun the process of opening a store at the Homesteaders Coop where I will share my plants and seeds in exchange for Steem, SBD, USD or bartering and some gifting.
Homesteaders Coop
If you are enjoying an abundance from your gardens, homestead or handmade goods, check out the Homesteaders Coop- A Free International Community Marketplace that transacts in STEEM, SBD, USD plus bartering and even the opportunity to engage in a gifting economy.
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