Gardening Is a Family Affair

Ann H GabhartAnn's Posts, One Writer's Journal 18 Comments

  “A garden is a grand teacher. It teaches patience and careful watchfulness; it teaches industry and thrift; above all it teaches entire trust.” — Gertrude Jekyll Do you have a vegetable garden? Or have you ever had one? When I was a kid, I assumed everyone had a garden. Out where I lived in the country, everybody did, and …

Hands in the Dirt – Gardening Time

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            The glory of gardening: hands in the dirt, head in the sun, heart with nature. To nurture a garden is to feed not just the body, but the soul. ~Alfred Austin Do you have a garden? I’m a farm girl so having a vegetable garden has always felt like a necessity and not a …