Regenerative gardening with Farmer Rishi (seeding change. EP1)

Urban gardening is important because it helps us reconnect with the earth and recognize the worth and power of the soil that has been suffocated and abused under concrete and asphalt. It also allows us to build a relationship with the soil and help it express its inner message.

Rishi's personal health, particularly his digestive problems, led him to explore more nutritious food options. This eventually led him to urban gardening as a way to grow his own food and improve his well-being.

Rishi observed the existing conditions, such as the rooftop shedding water onto the asphalt, and the neglected soil. He then implemented a process of soil therapy by covering the lawn with cardboard, horse manure, woodchips, and compost to improve the soil's health. Afterward, they planted trees, native plants, and wildflower seeds.

The perspective shift in regenerative gardening is moving away from the need to control and be the master of the garden. Instead, it emphasizes understanding our role and assisting plants, trees, and soil in their own expression. It recognizes that plants, soil, and humans are not separate entities in competition but rather interconnected and working in union.

Dissociation is a more accurate term to describe our relationship with nature. It means that we are no longer recognizing ourselves in the heart, soil, plants, and trees. We are still connected to nature, but we have dissociated ourselves from it. Disconnection implies a complete separation, which is not possible since we are inherently part of nature.

Rishi asks us to consider the overall conditions that allow a problem to form, metaphorically referred to as the "soil of the problem." For example, carbon is not