TENDING LIFE IN WATER
Hydroponics. Hope. Holy Resistance.
For the past five years, I’ve cultivated life in water—hydroponics not merely as a growing method, but as a sacred practice. What began as a practical way to grow kale and cucumbers for green smoothies and salads in my apartment has deepened into a spirituality of care, resistance, and political imagination.
Tending Life in Water is a limited blog series that explores the intersections of gardening, faith, and justice in an age of political upheaval and spiritual compromise. It is a reflection on what it means to prune with discernment and to tend faithfully in systems overrun by rot.
Hydroponic gardening is more than a method of growing plants—it’s become a spiritual and political practice. In this opening post, “Roots in Water: Gardening as Protest, Care, and Hope,” I explore how growing kale and cucumbers in water has taught me about justice, hope, and resistance in a world that often feels uncultivable.
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