Pictured Above: Broccoli plant that is going to seed by growing pods following its flowering phase
Late summer is the time of year when the tender plants that love cool, spring days begin to look wild. What were once tame and organized beds of lettuce, arugula, broccoli, and the like now expand into unruly and wild endeavors to develop seeds for the next generation of growth. Over the years, I've come to embrace and enjoy this wild state of the garden, understanding that it's necessary if I'm interested in saving seeds for next spring's planting or simply letting spring veggies drop their seeds for succession planting a la natural into the fall.
Watching this wild and wondrously necessary creative expansion in the garden is reminding me to let my own orderly life grow wild from time to time. This cycle-of-life inspiration encourages me to take stock of what, in life, has already provided all of the fruit it will. What careers, relationships, or other life situations have run their first course and are ready to expand wildly to produce the seeds of the next iteration?
As uncomfortable as embracing the wild can be, I'm learning that these nerve-wrackingly unpredictable and seemingly chaotic moments are as natural to life as watching my broccoli plants turn their last side shoots of tiny broccoli heads into beautiful yellow flowers and then promise-holding seeds pods that will give birth to the next season of growth.
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