Tuesday, July 15, 2025

THE GIFT OF GARDENING

BACKYARD GARDEN, JAMESTOWN, NC

The difference between the man who just cuts lawns and a gardener is in the touching.  The lawn-cutter might just as well not have been there at all; the gardener will be there a lifetime.

 ~Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451 

I recently had three trees removed from my backyard to allow more sunlight to enter and facilitate a healthy environment.  As it turns out, a brighter spot on the edge of the grass now receives a nice dose of sunlight to stimulate both the grass and a new garden of flowering plants.  So, I’ve had the pleasure over the springtime to add a little more interest to the small piece of our planet that I’ve been entrusted to oversee. 

 I also do the lawn cutting around the little space that I maintain and will relinquish one day.  But hopefully, my springtime gardening project will also add a sense of solitude and joy to some fellow sojourner as it has to me.

 

 

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