Garden Season

Learn:

“Up in the garden, I stand and plan - my hands full of seeds and my head full of dreams.” - Kate Messner

As I’m writing this, I’m mentally planning out which plants I still need to search for at our local garden center. I am by no means a great gardener. I’m an aspiring gardener who loves the idea of plants but is not detail-oriented enough to make each type of plant happy. I lean towards easy-to-care-for flowers and herbs in pots, perennial natives that don’t require me to attend to, and non-fussy fruits and vegetables. In all honesty, I’m a great farmer’s market customer…

I love the first line of the featured book this week: “Up in the garden, I stand and plan - my hands full of seeds and my head full of dreams.” That’s the excitement of gardening to me: the possibilities!

Read:

“Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt” by Kate Messner and illustrated by Christopher Silas Neal shows us two parallel experiences of gardening: those of the gardeners and those of the natural animals and processes that help support the lives we’re hoping to grow.

Do:

Have you planned your garden yet? Or perhaps you’ve had it planned for months and already have the first spring produce popping up. Even if it’s just a cherry tomato plant or some basil in a pot, challenge yourself to plant something for yourself this year!