Anna Scarlett

Gardening Chronicles

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Anna Scarlett
, 07-13-2010 at 02:34 PM (543 Views)
Hello my fellow gardeners. I am writing this blog for fun and to begin a discussion about how gardening reflects the many aspects of our lives. If you will pay attention I propose that you will find either a link to your childhood, a glimpse of what you believe in, or maybe even a vision of your hopes of the future.
What do you think about when you are weeding? I usually think about sin and the devil when i weed the place that last week took so much of my time and effort. Seriously,I curse those relentless blades of grass that don't even need to be watered to thrive. I think about the attention I gave to selecting just the right seed packets or small plants, considering the needs for sunlight and water. Then the care I took in planting them etc. It seems to be the same with the other areas of my life where I care so much. I'm always watching, guarding against evil, and wondering if there will ever be an end to the ugly that messes with beauty.

Updated 07-16-2010 at 01:33 PM by Anna Scarlett

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  1. Anna Scarlett's Avatar
    You know sometimes it seems like the smallest reward or acknowledgment is enough to give us hope. This year my garden is doing better than the last few years, but is not the garden that I had before when we lived in a yard with basically no trees for shade. My garden was great then, lots of harvest. Now we have trees, shade and my garden struggles for one reason or another. How did my grandparents do this!! First of all, they had fields not a shaded back yard. I'm determined to get it right before I turn 42. Some things should just be second nature by now...right? My answer just may be in square foot gardening. I used to think I was such a great gardener, it was the sun all along
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    I have a very different approach to weeds than you. I look at weeds as beautiful and when properly placed, cultivated and pruned you can have a wonderful wildflower garden of weeds. I often find myself thinking about how your garden reflects the aspects of your life. I cultivate the outcasts of the garden into beautiful plants. I have a bull thistle that has survived 3 winters and looks like a woody tree, 5 ft tall. It gets an amazing bloom every year. When I got married my garden became married too, a fusion of mine and my wife's style and taste. It is really cool to think how your garden changes with you.
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    I don't know if what I am saying is relevant to the topic but I view my gardening as a form of saving grace. I have had many turmoils in my life, lost of family members and jobs and my gardens have always been there allowing me to get through the toughest part of life by allowing me to lose myself in the daily tasks needed to maintaining it. In doing so I've sorted through my thoughts and came to peace with some of these turn of events. God gave me this gardening interest and in return it has kept me sane. I now have a high respect for gardeners because each one has a story to be told and like their gardens each one life is constantly evolving. I love gardening not only for the beauty of it but for the beauty and peace it bestows to my soul:)