A stunning post!
Growing food and letting the plants go to seed and then harvesting the seeds give you a certain feeling of empowerment
Oh yes I feel kickass. Especially when you get to stage where you don't need to buy compost or fertiliser!
I just pulled up SO much pumpkin vine for compost... It made the cutest sound as the stalks broke and the moisture escaped. Layering with chicken waste, straw, artichoke leafs, rhubarb leaves, and the fallen leaves of the ornamental apple and the oak was SO satisfying.
Oh, yes! That satisfying feeling from all the various things. To me it was the cutting down of the amaranth stalks. The feeling the clippers made in my hand when I cut them down. I just loved it.
This! Exactly, and knowing again that YOU made this! You created something from basically nothing. Or you transformed something "useless" into something tremendous worth.