The diary of any gardener will have many chapters over a lifetime. They will span many topics and be full of accounts of good years and not so good years. In many cases, it will be a love story.
Long ago when I was growing up in rural North Carolina, country folks had a garden. It was considered of great necessity. Not to plant a garden was just lazy. Some of my very earliest memories, are “in the garden”. It was always on a sunny Saturday morning, that I would wake up to the sound of Pop’s tractor. It was always on a Saturday as the rest of the week, he was farming. Soon I would smell dirt and I would go out to sit on the garden gate and watch his progress.
I did not like the planting that came next. The children had to drop the seed with…
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Sometimes I think about growing a garden, but I don’t know anything about it.
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maybe you could start with a potted tomato or herbs-squash and peppers would grow in a flower bed and are pretty! thank you Lynn!
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My grandparents immigrated from Hungary 🇭🇺 Having a garden was essential for living. There was never a year they did not have one. I dearly miss those days. Thank you for this heartfelt post. 😀 John.
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thank you John-The kitchen is especially wonderful, when there is a garden, too. My counters are full of baskets of tomatoes and squash-cucumbers and peppers etc-My friends find it odd when I decline an invitation, because I have to can tomatoes! Kids now may not know how things grow-but I never knew you could BUY all this! haha! thank you again and please visit when you can!
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You are welcome. You’re making me hungry. Hungry 😋
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Well you brought tears to my eyes on this one. My Mom was a good gardener, she is gone now and my precious Grandmother and my wonderful Mother-in-law.. These 3 ladies were the best gardeners and could can anything in their fruit jars. I am going out today and begin to plant this half acre garden with my husband (Whom I call the “Garden Boss” ha). Working in the garden always brings back wonderful memories of those who are now gone. Beautiful post my friend, xoxo
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you are just precious! Best wishes-that is a huge garden! Make some sweet memories and eat well! thank you so much for your touching comment!
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Such a beautiful post. So sad about your grandma.
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thank you and it was so sad-I still miss her!! all this time. you know exactly about this too! xx
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Yes I felt emotions
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