And doesn't this smile tell it all

Smelling fresh cut Sage, Thyme and Basil has become addictive...

Long time...

It's been one month and eight days since I last posted.
Just enjoying the fruits of my labour.
On July 8th

The Garden Grows

I used to visit and revisit it a dozen times a day, and stand in deep contemplation over my vegetable progeny with a love that nobody could share or conceive of who had never taken part in the process of creation. It was one of the most bewitching sights in the world to observe a hill of beans thrusting aside the soil, or a rose of early peas just peeping forth sufficiently to trace a line of delicate green. ~Nathaniel Hawthorne, Mosses from and Old Manse

Gardening days have been few due to rain, rain and more rain, so our community garden group has not been able to meet. I was so excited to finally see my beautiful garden after a few weeks away. The beans are huge, that's them pictured at the top of my blog. Everything else is coming on fine, though I am sharing my lettuce/kale mix with bugs. I did manage to get some to make a salad, they were so tender, they melted in my mouth. My first meal with them was really rewarding, it's a shame you cant see the fresh Thyme on my Salmon.

Ruby's Place

Despite
the hunger
we cannot
possess
more
than
this:
Peace
in a garden
of our own.
--From Absolute Trust in the Goodness of the Earth
Alice Walker

Growing in my Garden

My Hellman's Garden Plot Project


Early Mohawk Bush Bean - Extremely Rare
Blue Jay Beans
Orca Beans
Burgundy Okra
Lettuce and Kale Mix
Turnips

Week Three

Week three, because I accidentally erased the images from week two!! Even so the results are wonderful, even my gardening neighbour is expressing amazement at the progress. it was only about four weeks that I started my patch out of seeds and a few, starters, like the turnips that were given to me by Herma, but the seeds that I received from Rebekka and from Jane they are the big surprise.
So here it is Week Three, my "Hellman's Garden Patch."

Beginning My Garden Plot

Beginning My Garden Plot

The best place to seek God is in a garden. You can dig for him there.
~George Bernard Shaw, The Adventures of the Black Girl in Her Search for God, 1932

I plan to spend my summer doing SOUL WORK in my garden.

Monday, June 23, 2008

Books

You can bury a lot of troubles digging in the dirt. ~Author Unknown


Gardening Books from Greystone Books that I gave away on Covered and Bound the radio show I host.
1. A Passion for this Earth
Inspired by David Suzuki, Writer, Scientists, and Activists explore our relationship with nature and the environment.

2. An Ecology of Enchantment: A year in the life of a Garden by Des Kennedy

3. Gardens: A Literary Companion edited by Merilyn Simonds

4. Deserts: A Literary Companion edited by Wayne Grady

5. Shining Big Sea Water
The Story of Lake Superior by Norman K Risjord