gardening

it was a good week in the garden world.

lots of visits to happy, growing community gardens.

lots of mucking through wet, muddy dirt that is keeping the plants and seeds happy and wet.

lots of looking at happy green plants that are growing taller in spite of their not-so-happy green weed neighbors.

lots of watching the beginning formations of eggplants and peppers, radishes coming up and carrots growing strong.

lots of conversations about why we garden and how we garden and how we learn and why the rabbits eat everything no matter what we do :-)

i love walking around these gardens in such diverse and interesting neighborhoods and then going to the farmer's market on Saturday mornings and knowing that similar vegetables are being grown right here in our city and their farmers are folks who may have never been to a farm in their lives.

they're being grown on parking lots and in raised beds, in yards and next to playgrounds. they're being grown at churches and food pantries, non-profits and schools, by refugees and children, senior citizens and teenagers.

we all need vegetables.

and for that, I am grateful.