To be a Gardener Means to be an Optimist

To be a Gardener Means to be an Optimist

It was not too long ago that our community garden group was sitting around a dining room with packets of seeds spread out dreaming of what we’d do with all the bounty. Soon after that  we worked the soil into rows at a Sunday afternoon work party and buried...
Garden of Eatin’

Garden of Eatin’

I grew up with a huge garden – and by huge, I mean feed-a-small-third-world-nation kind of huge. There were rows of berries and grapes, suitable for constant grazing. Tall stands of sweet yellow corn to play hide and seek amongst. Melons and zucchinis sending...