Have hope as spring is here writes Roy Edmonds

Don’t despair, it’s the first day of spring tomorrow; the season of fresh beginnings. Even our weather now feels like spring!
Nature holds the key to our health and happiness; the food we eat; the way we live, how we treat ourselves.Nature holds the key to our health and happiness; the food we eat; the way we live, how we treat ourselves.
Nature holds the key to our health and happiness; the food we eat; the way we live, how we treat ourselves.

Yes, these are worrying times; some are panicking, adding to shortages, and most of us have fears or concerns. That’s only natural but let’s hold on to common sense and keep the faith.

When illness is about, it’s sensible to avoid crowds and, as always, keep ourselves clean, while helping others and being good neighbours. For those lucky enough to be retired, it makes sense, too, not to swell crowds. Let those who work get around at busy times.

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For what better time to be at home, in your garden in spring sunshine?

As the poet said, ‘We’re nearer God’s heart in a garden than anywhere else on earth.’ Nature holds the key to our health and happiness; the food we eat; the way we live, how we treat ourselves. What we sow we reap, it was said, and that goes for planting too.

I read in a magazine that the 20,000 leaves of a mature oak release enough oxygen into our atmosphere for the needs of half a dozen people. Trees also lessen storm disasters, preventing ground saturation. A large tree can suck up 500 litres of water a day, through roots to leaves, enriching and binding the soil while drying land and offsetting floods.

Reforestation in the Sahara has apparently rehabilitated five million hectares of desert, now producing 500,000 tons of food a year. There’s nature at work for you; also offering shelter, shade, sweet fruits and lifting our spirits too!

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With the end of winter our blossoming trees are a sign of hope.

The good book had another tip for us too, as told to that multitude on the mount: ‘Think not of tomorrow, for tomorrow shall bring thoughts for all its own things.’

We must be patient.

* Roy’s books are on Kindle or paperbacks at royedmonds-blackpool.com.

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