Welcome to my garden. I'm in Zone 6, in Ohio. As an avid gardener, my projects took on a life of their own. Someone asked me once, 'why do you do all of this?' After some pondering, I answered, 'because I'm an optimist. There is always next year'.
A common thread I found in all of us gardeners is that we are not only nuts, but we are nurturers. The garden is a living thing, completely dependent on us.
Being this caretaker comes with responibility. How I was tending the garden became a choice - and I took on the obligation to 'do no harm'.
With this as a theme, I will delve into subjects here that follow my journey from being unaware of consequences from the manner I was gardening, to an awareness that I was not doing all I could to protect this community, my yard, my health, and I was doing more harm than good with the choices I was making.
As I envision my space and enrich my space, I also want to enjoy my space. So I won't be so serious that we can't have some fun too. Enjoy with me. Claudia
5 comments:
I am so glad someone is talking about organic gardening. Keep it up.
Hi, Claudia! I agree with what you are saying about gardening. Your garden is beautiful and you made great choices about how to keep your environment healthy. The butterfly garden which I started at school is completely organic as you know. Our students compost their snacks in a composter and we use the composted soil in our school gardens. We recycle as a neighborhood. It has totally transformed our students, their families, and our staff's way of thinking about our environment and how we can protect it. Kindergarten and First Grade students can do it so all of us should follow their lead.
Merry Christmas, Claudia!!
Jane Eckhart
Claudia,
Nice blog. I'm impressed.
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