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Journey to a peaceful soul..

Category: My Garden Blog | Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2011 5:20 am

Overworked, Overtired, Overspread, over everything you name it and that is me. Im tired, Im stressed, Im a worrier as it is. Im a city girl. I have never been one to fair well in heat, sweat, or even be in dirt. Bugs? Forget it. Im so unattached to what I eat it is insane. Slowly but surely all that is changing now. Last year I decided to work less hours and concentrate more on family. Still it does not take away the stress of the workplace. I use to come home cranky and tired. I did not want to spend time with my kids let alone go outside. I think I might have been paler than casper the ghost himself! Some how I got a brilliant idea to plant a garden! I could never even keep a cactus alive but the drive was definitely there. It was extremely hard work. Probably the hardest work I have ever done. First I had to clear a huge wood pile out to make work. If that was not hard enough then I had to hand till rock hard dirt in extreme heat! I wanted to give up but something inside of me kept me going! Instead of telling myself that I could not do it everything in me said yes you can! Once I dug up the 25 ft garden it was go time! I started seedlings in peat cups, being incredibly hyper I could not just start a couple I had to start atleast 20 different things. Each morning I would run outside to check and see if anything grew. It was a mini miracle to see each new seedling peek-a-booing from the li'l peat cups each day! I never thought I could be so amazed to see something grow! I never knew they could grow so fast! Better yet, I actually kept them alive! It was addicting. I had to plant more and more. Each thing I planted felt like I had buried some stress with it. Before long it was time to plant them in the garden. I actually enjoyed it. It felt like therapy. The only thing on my mind was sinking my spade into the dirt and planting my prize masterpiece. I felt the same way I did in kindergarten when we planted our first flower! To my amazement everything in my garden flourished! Sure I had my obstacles with pest, and dogs, but for the most part everything is growing lovely. The most amazing thing was seeing how incredibly fast the lima beans grew. One day they were seedling the next day they had huge leaves! Each day instead of rushing into my room I would rush out to my garden. Id pick weeds and turn soil. I would water and set cages. Each day I grew happier. Each day when I came home I felt more at peace. I can work in my garden and spend time with my daughters as a happy family. It is the most time I have spent with my teen in a long long time. Having a garden has been a huge benefit to my emotional life. It has restored balance. It has made my family a better unit. I must admit the first lettuce that was ready took a whole lot of self convincing to eat! Once I did though I was proud. Im learning to wrap my brain around where food really comes from. Im feeding my family better in the process! We even bought some laying hens and fruit trees. There is something amazing about watching things grow. There is also something amazing about the bonds it build and stress it lessens. It also makes my pocket book feel a little more heavy in the process so it is a win win situation! I read a quote that said if you want to see a miracle plant a garden! I truly believe this now!


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eileen wrote on Wed Jun 01, 2011 10:22 am:


Ahhh it's so good when we hear about another convert to gardening. There's just nothing like watching our gardens grow and feeling the dirt between our fingers.




 

toni wrote on Wed Jun 01, 2011 1:17 pm:


Creating a garden, watching it grow and enjoying the fruits of your labor is better than just about anything else for centering your soul and helping you find yourself and your connection with family again.

May you have many, many more gardening seasons that continue to strengthen you and your family





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