#garden wisdom

[androdconstruction]

"I grow plants for many reasons: to please my eye or to please my soul, to challenge the elements or to challenge my patience, for novelty or for nostalgia, but mostly for the joy in seeing them grow." ~ David Hobson

[natureisthegreatestartist]

We use the expression 'being grounded' or 'keeping your feet on the ground' to indicate being in touch with reality, keeping ourselves honest. I feel exactly the same way about having my hands in the soil. It keeps me true and rooted.

English horticulturalist Monty Don in “Down to Earth”

[bugbite7]

Gardening gets you out of your own head and helps ground you. We all spend lots of time “in our heads” thinking, worrying, and planning but gardening gives us time to connect with something tangible and real.

[petula-xx]

Tomatoes naturally produce ethylene gas as they ripen. This is handy when a few of you little babies have accidentally come off the vine too early.

In this cosy box my ripe tomatoes are sharing their ethylene gassy goodness with their green counterparts to help get their ripening started.

The big red tomato top left started the party and the good vibes are spreading!

[bugbite7]

Deep within your garden is a door that opens in a world of wonder. Open that door and let the magic begin.

[bugbite7]

You are stronger than this challenge, and this challenge is making you stronger.

[bugbite7]

Now read it from the bottom to the top.

[androdconstruction]

"To forget how to dig the earth and to tend the soil is to forget ourselves." ~ Mahatma Gandhi