Re: what do you get out of gardening
in the bible, adam was a tiller of the earth. in my cherokee culture my family is the bear clan. we are what is called the "wild potatoe" people. we farmed and gardened. when there was no meat this is how the people were fed. i did not know this till recently( about 2 yrs ago). being in the dirt has always been an enjoyment of mine, now i know why. people laugh when i tell them that i smell the dirt first, if it dosent smell right to me, that dirt gets pulled out and new fresh dirt gets put in. i mostly plant for the enjoyment of having my hands in the dirt, the fulfillment of seeing flowers grow, and the fact that i have the ingraned knowledge of the people on how things should grow. also when i get angry i take my anger out on the weeds and soon all but the dirt is forgotten. that is why winter is hard on me...i have to be in the dirt.....its not an option.
p.s. thats why i got smart last winter and started keeping a 55 gallon tote of banana dirt in my den....i can play in it when the ground is frozen....and i can stay warm.
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