The Spiral of Existence

Spring’s surge begins while the wind still blows frigid air from Antarctica, while the ocean roars and crashes under stormy skies, while we humans settle into the long, cold nights of winter.

Daylight increases, very slowly at first. The legumes and grasses sense it. The sun is returning south. Sunlight is eaten, carbon is drawn from the air, and both are trickled down through tiny root hairs penetrating the earth. The life beneath the soil awakens as the sweet exudes ignite the community surrounding the plant’s roots.

Soil organisms breed, reproduce, proliferate. These are the mineral miners and organic matter digesters, the underground communication network, the tunnellers who open air-pockets and increase water penetration. They symbiotically transform organic matter, carbon and weathered rock into stable humus—the perfect structure of moisture and minerals which protects both and allows the transfer