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The Pea Blossom
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Published 2014
UNDERSTANDING THAT I COULD USE ALL THE PARTS OF THE PLANT AT ALL STAGES OF ITS DEVELOPMENT WAS REVELATION TO ME.
PEA BLOSSOM / PISUM SATIVUM
HARVEST / LATE SPRING
It all started with a pea blossom. I planted my first garden about nine years ago: for the first time I had a backyard with space for a garden. I started with herbs for use in the kitchen and the first vegetable I planted was the humble pea.
Planting the seed in the earth and watching it spring to life filled me with admiration for nature. This is something we all take for granted, but the cycle of life I observed in my garden is what sustains us and makes life possible. The sprout, coming to life from the earth; maturing into a larger plant that flowered, ready to be pollinated and, ultimately, to fruit; thus recreating the original pea that would start the cycle again. Observing this filled me with awe and connected me to the produce that I work with every day.