Compost pile of Waste

Cucumbers, Tomatoes, Green Beans, Mint, Basel, Eggplant, Hot Peppers, Lettuce and Flowers of all kinds are a few of the things produced in our gardens as of today. I have noticed that the three pictures of the gardens appearing at the beginning of Diary of Worm are outdated and do not look much like the gardens of today. I have taken some new pictures and now need to put them on the web page.

The three gardens are always changing, the vegetable and rain gardens in front of the house and the garden in the backyard. Now my wife, Pat, is encouraging me to redesign the garden in the backyard. I agree it needs redesigning and will start this fall and continue into the spring of 2015.

If you just count the amount of flowers and vegetables realized by the gardens against the hours and money invested the gardens are a waste of time, money and effort. But gardens and working on gardens are a spiritual creation and produce more than flowers and vegetables. Making the fertile soil, planting, picking and even weeding bring us closer to the earth and the natural cycles of life.

Working in the garden, like today, brings peace and frees our minds from so much burdens of information. It brings me into the natural cycles of myself, people and earth around me.

Growing power types of gardens like mine use waste, cut grass, coffee grinds, discarded vegetables, leaves and other ‘waste’ to build fertile soil. Nature can turn waste into something fruitful and productive. This is a nice thought especially on days when you feel you wasted. Waste with time makes healthy ground.

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