This is my first post so I shall first declare that I don't intend to write about digging, planting, sowing, fertilisers or making compost. Yes, this is a blog about gardening alright, but it's not about how to garden. I'm sure there must be thousands other blogs that tell you how to plant stuff, but chances are you won't find it here.
What I found when I'm in the garden is that my mind goes into overdrive. Every day I learn something new- mushrooms that pop up in the thousands after the rain dies in the thousands too when the scorching sun comes up; most flowers wither the same day they bloom; not all seeds are alike; life is indeed a miracle... because it all starts from one tiny seed.
Everything in the garden is a life lesson by itself. Gardening teaches many life values not found in the best of encyclopedias or the internet- you just have to dig your fingers into the earth to find out.
My sincere hope is that everyone who passes through this blog will look at plants and planting differently after reading the posts. Plants may not speak to us in a language we understand but they interact with us on a different level, one so subconscious that we need to go deep down our inner selves to 'hear' what is being said.
So to borrow Nike's famed line- Just Do It- let's just get our trowels and spades to work in this journey of self-discovery. Just dig it, people, you'll never know what you'll find!
What I found when I'm in the garden is that my mind goes into overdrive. Every day I learn something new- mushrooms that pop up in the thousands after the rain dies in the thousands too when the scorching sun comes up; most flowers wither the same day they bloom; not all seeds are alike; life is indeed a miracle... because it all starts from one tiny seed.
Everything in the garden is a life lesson by itself. Gardening teaches many life values not found in the best of encyclopedias or the internet- you just have to dig your fingers into the earth to find out.
My sincere hope is that everyone who passes through this blog will look at plants and planting differently after reading the posts. Plants may not speak to us in a language we understand but they interact with us on a different level, one so subconscious that we need to go deep down our inner selves to 'hear' what is being said.
So to borrow Nike's famed line- Just Do It- let's just get our trowels and spades to work in this journey of self-discovery. Just dig it, people, you'll never know what you'll find!
looking forward to your next blog :)
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