Dwaal

In spring and summer we wander through the food forest, on small paths with overhanging trees. We smell blossoms, taste seed, learn about the seasons. A thorn branch gets stuck in a shirt, a foot glides in the mud. We tread carefully, because every plant, however small, serves a purpose here. There is no unwanted weed. It’s a place where nature reigns, with hardly any human interference. We never know beforehand what we can harvest, we simply go there and see what nature has to offer. The food forest teaches us to find, not to search.