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Gardening

onethatcares

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12. there's always something to do

Reply to mopinko (Original post)

Sun Apr 4, 2021, 11:52 AM

Apr 2021

in a garden. Even if it's looking at seed catalogs, the interwebs for problem solving, moving mulch, creating compost, planting, harvesting and all things in between.

the taste of a fresh vegetable or the aroma of a flower makes it all worthwhile.

and it teaches PATIENCE

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sharing a reply to a thread about why people garden- [View all] mopinko Mar 2021 OP

Yes, yes, yes, gardening ties me to the earth and provides such a feeling of joy and ratchiweenie Mar 2021 #1

Gardening has never appealed to me. PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2021 #2

I am from the earth... MiHale Mar 2021 #3

Love this reply AKwannabe Apr 2021 #13

For me. The quality and taste is *waaay* better than what I can get at the market. Pobeka Mar 2021 #4

I like to get dirt under my fingernails. marked50 Mar 2021 #5

I mostly garden to create beauty. SharonClark Mar 2021 #6

Gardening ties me to my mom, to the earth. lark Mar 2021 #7

very much ties me to my da. mopinko Mar 2021 #8

All of the above reasons. 2naSalit Mar 2021 #9

it works on a deep, deep level. mopinko Mar 2021 #10

Its a chance to disconnect from the technical world. NutmegYankee Mar 2021 #11

there's always something to do onethatcares Apr 2021 #12