22/05/2026
Some beautiful photos from our Planting Seeds for a Brighter Future Cows and Farm Retreat! 🌱✨
Seeing these photos reminded me of when I worked on a farm in Portugal and wrote this poem about my experience, hopefully it resonates 🥰
The Ranch
Working with the land,
You begin to see.
Everything has its purpose,
Its place, its reason for being.
A complex, yet simple,
Construction, created by God.
Nothing by accident, nothing by chance.
A cycle, a system,
An organisation, made up of many organisms.
Working together…
To keep it moving and continually flowing.
Through death comes birth, new life emerges.
Abundantly giving, frequently gifting,
Us with the riches that grow from the soil.
Something not to be ruined or spoiled.
For we should seek to serve,
Our one and only planet earth.
She has always given, asking for nothing in return.
Now it’s our turn to show her what she rightfully deserves.
Keeping our natural land, sacred and preserved.
Co-existing hand in hand, together as one.
Now this journey for me has finally begun.
I’d like to give thanks for my experience in Portugal,
For being my first permaculture guardian.
As now I understand the beauty of working on a farm,
Collaborating with the land, no longer doing it harm.
Samantha Stocker-Harding
Hopefully we will see you at the next retreat! 👩🌾
