they grow up so fast

they grow up so fast

I equate having a garden as being a bit like having kids (albeit this analogy is from someone that has no kids, so you might want to factor that in). I imagine what it will grow up to be like long before it is ever conceived. I wait anxiously for the first signs of...
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...