by Juliet Batten | 30, Aug, 2023 | Seasons Newsletter
Do you struggle to find stability in spring? Don’t feel there is something wrong with you. The nature of spring is change. It’s a season of uncertainty, and for most of us, uncertainty is not easy to deal with Spring is full of... 
by Juliet Batten | 27, Apr, 2023 | Uncategorized
Autumn is a season of release. Leaves fall, light fades, crickets slow down then cease their song, the days shorten, and flowers drop into the earth. I’m in the flow of the season, letting go of small things (and some big), taking stones to... 
by Juliet Batten | 22, Jul, 2021 | Seasons Newsletter
What do trees and grizzly bears have in common? According to forester Peter Wohlleben, who wrote The Hidden Life of Trees, bears prepare for hibernation by eating and eating to grow fat and sustain themselves for months of sleep with no food. And would... 
by Juliet Batten | 17, Jun, 2021 | Seasons Newsletter
Do you ever allow yourself to lie fallow? — like the land after harvest, when its energies are spent? — when you know a growth spurt cannot be sustained and it’s time to rest, recover and regenerate? Fallow ground is land that has been ploughed and... by Juliet Batten | 26, Mar, 2020 | Seasons Newsletter, Uncategorized
Two weeks ago I was striding along a coastal walkway, looking out over a sparkling sea, feeling free and expansive. I had just planted autumn kale and spinach in my bach garden and had the soil ready for the next stage of broad beans and carrots. Two...