The Dirt
Garden Makeover in One Step
How To Dramatically Improve Your Gardening Space This is now the amazing third year I’ve written twice a week for this blog and I’ve heard the question before: how do you come up with ideas for so many posts? One answer is that I simply look at what I am doing in one of the […]
Too Many Seeds, Too Little Space.
Winter Sowing to the Rescue! I remember when I first started gardening. As I recall, I went to the hardware store and bought three packets of seeds which I planted that afternoon. I’m not sure how I followed my lust for seeds until today when my saved and leftover seeds now require two shoe boxes….and that’s after I […]
Gardening as a Spiritual Path
Gardening is the New Meditation by Sandy Swegel Over the last few months, I’ve recommitted myself to a meditation practice. It’s a simple practice of Centering Prayer, sitting 20 minutes twice a day, although most days I’m lucky to manage one session. The fruits of a meditation practice (like those of a garden) come over time. […]