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i said to self that i would be conscious of the thoughts that came and went as i worked there today.  Make a point to know.   But when it was time to come back,  walking up,  and i remembered this….i realized that it IS true,   the reason i don't remember thoughts there is because i don't have any.    The Garden is a world of the senses.   Today was spent deep into the effort of pulling up the Clump Grasses…only some but large and fiercely connected.    i need to find some kind of tool that will work,  their roots grip the rocks,  who knows how far down.  The shovel doesn't penetrate.   and then,  that other Grass that travels…i meant to take a pic but forgot that too.   They are long  earth vines with small clones of themselves every inch or so…each  node having it's own potential root system.  They climb  and cover everything.    All i did was separate these,  find the rooted place and do what i could to dislodge them.   Breaks inbetween i gathered the bamboo supports,   looked long under the pieces of decomposing  cardboard,  emptied some more  soil from  last summer's grow bags.   Sun was warm.   There was a bee now and then.   The Daisey Shrubs continue blooming  after a short rest at the end of summer.    Crows flew and called overhead.  I called back.  That's all.   Total reprieve.   

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18 responses to “Garden ….Free”

  1. Peggy McG Avatar
    Peggy McG

    What joy to read of your day digging and tending the garden in tune with nature!

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  2. Nancy Avatar

    Sounds refreshing. Warm sun sounds luscious. xo

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  3. grace Forrest Avatar

    the joy belongs to the day itself, given as a gift

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  4. grace Forrest Avatar

    it was COMPLETE. in and of its Self

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  5. Liz A Avatar

    you have given voice to a truth I hadn’t realized … that it is in the garden, on my knees with hands in the earth, when I am most in the moment … and while I may not have (many) thoughts during that time, for sure I make memories of the look and feel and scent of earth and leaf and limb

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  6. CatherinE Avatar

    Last season I had to dig up horseradish roots, which were taking over a part of the garden. It’s hard work but I do enjoy grubbing around in soil. Too cold yet here to do anything like that.

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  7. Marti Avatar
    Marti

    The joy of growth: we put the baby Colorado blue spruce, a live tree, that we used for our holidays, outside, against one of the pillars, facing the apple tree. It can take the cold and this morning, in fact, just a few minutes ago, I noticed new growth and what appear to be the buds of tiny pine cones growing…cannot tell you how much joy it felt to see and gently touch them.
    No dirt here to put hands into but each day, as I remove the coverings from the herbs on the patio, and check the Egyptian walking onions in their pots, I marvel that they are all still here, the big Egyptian onions, seemingly stalled have not, green shoots are coming and when I take my fingers and reach down in the pot soil, a bulb is forming…
    When someone asks me where do I find hope these days, all I have to do is look at the blue spruce tree, look at the onions, the rosemary, the oregano, the Swiss chard on my patio table, plants that grow even in the most cold conditions, plants that appear to halt for a time but reveal their strength and just keep on going…that is hope in action and that is enough for me, at this moment in time.

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  8. Joanne in Maine Avatar
    Joanne in Maine

    I will try this a second time. I use a gardening knife- Hori Hori knife. Will try to find in freezing cold garage and take a picture for you. Most garden centers carry them here in Maine. Digs deep and serrated edge cuts roots. But perhaps if you have internet today, you can find faster than I can find…..
    My Earth is frozen solid and we have big footprints on the house roof. Something up there walking.
    Strange but true- second winter of roof foot prints.

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  9. jude Avatar

    thoughts are a from. of considering. can be awful slow, but here they are!

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  10. Faith Avatar

    I clicked. It looks like the flower didn’t mature enough to produce seeds, but I love looking in and seeing where they would form. Seeing that gave me an idea of how to stitch it.

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  11. Deb G Avatar

    Working in the garden today, one of the most healing things for me.

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  12. grace Forrest Avatar

    yes…it’s the Imprints of Garden…the touch
    we have Felt/Sense, but not thoughts

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  13. grace Forrest Avatar

    i wish. i wish i had horseradish

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  14. grace Forrest Avatar

    you Garden, Marti. still. with such Love

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  15. grace Forrest Avatar

    it’s the rocks here, Joanne. 50% rock or more…the Earth, just inbetween the cracks. Weaving and twining between
    rocks. Today…Saturday, i went back to using the
    pick axe.

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  16. grace Forrest Avatar

    Slow is good. Slow is very very good.

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  17. grace Forrest Avatar

    it didn’t. was an accidental event

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  18. grace Forrest Avatar

    there’s no way to say it. it is EveryThing

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