WHAT's YOUR GARDEN ABOUT?

It's that time of year

Planting the Garden

Dona Anderson

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What is a Garden

This is from a few years ago

It seems every year our garden produces one thing in abundance over the rest.  

We never know until the fall what that will be - but wishing & hoping is part of the process. 

The list over the years has included the cherry tomatoes, apples, spaghetti squash, peppers, snap peas, and basil to name a few. 

And it seems that over 200 beautiful walla walla sweet onions is not too many for us to consume every summer.  

We'd grow more but they

don't last for keeping. 

It's my husbands garden.

The late winter is a busy time getting seeds started and then some move into the green house for more start ups. He tends to them until the right time for them to stand alone and be planted. 

He keeps a watchful eye as they grow and we celebrate when it's time for some picking and not shopping at the store.

This month we've been enjoying a mixture of wonderful salad greens, radishes and other herbs.

At each harvest time, I get to see him travelling to neighbors and friends with bowls full of whatever he has, and it's always wonderful to watch the smiles and sparkle in the eyes of others as they gaze at and sample whatever is being shared.

It's just as wonderful to know the gardener passes these gifts on with just a much delight.
 

So it is true - the old Chinese Proverb “he who plants a garden plants happiness”

I’d like to think that perhaps a garden is not just a plot of land for growing vegetables, flowers, fruit or shrubs - to me there may be other kinds of gardens.

I wonder if anywhere we are nurtured and allowed to grow, develop and flourish is a garden setting. 

Our home and neighborhood is a place where we plant roots and provide an environment for our family to be cared for and grow to be healthy and strong.

It’s a place where we want to be and feel nourished, supported, protected and safe. 

Our many levels of schools and learning centers nurture and tends to us from childhood to adults so we can establish a strong foundation from which we can give our best and blossom through our accomplishments.

Our job, hobbies and passions can also be a place for us to establish ourselves, to grow, mature and display our potential and talents.

So here’s the question - could any place that nourishes and supports our body, mind and soul to blossom and flourish also be a kind of garden?

I wonder if perhaps it might even be that place in someones's heart that fills up and sometimes overflows with pleasure, caring, giving and love ... oh, I think this one sounds like the gardener.

Something to think about ...

I really appreciate your visit and I'll let you know how the garden turned out in the Fall. 

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