The Secret Hidden in the Heart of the Grain
The Earth and the Seed We Give Her
When we put the seed into the dark earth, we are asking the soil to do a heavy work. The soil must wrap the seed in warmth and give it the rain, and in return, the seed must build a house of starch to protect the life inside it. This house is not built the same way for every plant. The rye builds it one way, and the wheat builds it another, because they are different families of the grass. The variety of the grain decides the very shape of the walls inside the seed. Continue reading “The Secret Hidden in the Heart of the Grain”