Tribute to the garden

One of my best memories form last October was pulling rocks out of the ground to get the garden started.  It was a real therapeutic experience for me.  My life style is so different at home; stressing about work, dead lines, contracts, fixing the house and everything in it, getting mad when my computer crashes or when the internet doesn't work...  In the garden, I was 100% happy.  Every time I pulled a rock out of the ground, I would think; "One less rock in the garden!".  So simple, so tangible, so real...  ...so awesome!  That's when I realized I didn't work with my hands enough and acknowledged that I have a need to build and grow things.  I think that a lot of us are losing touch with that aspect of being human, including me.  Many of the things we do these days happen on a desk or on a screen and we don't get to experience the satisfaction of watching something we created come to life.

Coming back to see the state of the garden 8 months later was truly satisfying.  It looks beautiful.  At least once a day, I take time to walk through, look, touch and smell...  It's amazing to witness how it changes from one day to the next.  Not to mention it will provide food for the kids.  If you've never done it, try growing something!