Karina Jones is a real-life ranch wife in the Nebraska Sandhills and one of the most highly sought-after speakers in the cattle industry nationwide!
I was looking around my garden beds yesterday and the word “heritage” struck me. The older I get, the more appreciation I have for heritage and legacy. I can even recognize those qualities in the plants I see this time of year.
The centuries old “pie plant” or more commonly referred to today, as rhubarb has been dug and passed down for generations through some families. My great grandma and grandma made rhubarb desserts on the regular. Infact, I feel like rhubarb was the star of every dessert my grandma made growing up. I remember because I wasn’t exactly a fan at the time.
My rhubarb plants were dug from my grandma’s and transplanted to my home. The rhubarb plants that create a border alongside my uncle’s shop were also dug and transplanted from my grandma’s home. I also have irises and day lilies dug from my grandma’s yard and now in my landscaping. It is a gentle reminder that it won’t be silver and gold that are the most important things you pass down; it will be the life you pass on.
These perennials in my yard are my window back in time to my own family’s history, their heritage. These same rhubarb plants fed the generations before me and Lord willing will continue to feed the generations to come as we continue to split and transplant.
While I highly doubt that anyone has to “split the rhubarb and lilies equally” in their will, it is these living things that are so valuable to me that I hope my kids cherish more than diamonds and gold.
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