Look to the Garden for a Remedy
"Nature itself is the best physician." - Hippocrates
It was a crisp, cool summer Saturday morning at the beginning of August. The gentle morning rays of sun were just peaking their heads over the horizon and streaming through the tree leaves. Each breeze brought a pleasant puff of the summer flower fragrance. The urban farm was buzzing to life with goldfinches sitting on top of sunflowers, garter snakes slowly slithering on the ground and countless amounts of bees collecting pollen as quickly as they could.
I was quickly moving from task to task trying to hurriedly check items off my endless to-do list while also fully enjoying and appreciating the bountiful beauty that only the early morning on a mid-summers day brings. I briefly stopped to appreciate the amazing diversity of all of the different types of bees that were present on the newly flowered mountain mint plants. The vast majority of bees I had never laid my eyes upon before as I puzzled over what types of bees they all were.