Singing to our garden encourages growth and invites the elementals. Singing is also soothing for us as we sow, water and tend to the needs of soil and plants.We are building Winter gardens in a planter box and a barrel. Asparagus, broccoli, brussel sprouts, chard!
Our side yard gets the best sun, so we prepped an area with organic composts and biodynamic tea, while carving a geometric pattern around the birch tree. We've heard that planting celery in a circle makes it grow well, so the circle row is for celery! Radishes, beets, carrots, onions, kale, lettuces, chives, parsley. And, some pansy seeds in-between for color. 
Now, what should we sing? Sometimes we make up songs. One of our favorites is a German song that we wrote about thanking the Earth. We have movements that go with the song to help us remember our German vocabulary.
Danke fur die Erde
Danke fur die warme Sonne
Danke fur den Kletterbaum
Danke fur den Bach
Danke fur den Garten
Danke fur den kleiner Frosch
Danke fur die Schnecke
Danke fur mein Freund!
Edelweiss (alpine flower) from Sound of Music is another favorite...especially the part about "bloom and grow"!
Edelweiss, Edelweiss,
Every morning you greet me,
Small and White,
Clean and bright
You look happy to meet me.
Blossoms of snow may you bloom and grow,
Bloom and grow forever
Edelweiss Edelweiss
Bless my home land forever....
A Waldorf verse (we do this with movement, too)...
I dig, dig, dig
And plant some seeds
I rake, rake, rake
And pull some weeds
I wait and watch
And soon I know
My garden sprouts
And starts to grow!
What songs do you sing to your garden?
