Many, many seasons tending a Victory Garden in my childhood home where my dad filled up the whole back yard of our inner city lot to grow all the veg we needed to feed seven through a Minnesota winter. Most years we made it through; some not because the crop yield was bad, probably because we kids didn’t weed or water or till properly... very Calvinist man, the yield was always a result of our ... productivity.
I don’t miss it and I wouldn’t willingly tend a garden again ever, but I knew I could if I had to. 😁
It's important to give time to the things that bring joy, not just utility. My garden is always joy for me, even when I'm chasing bunnies out. It isn't that way for most of the people I know, and so I also get to grow things for them.
Many, many seasons tending a Victory Garden in my childhood home where my dad filled up the whole back yard of our inner city lot to grow all the veg we needed to feed seven through a Minnesota winter. Most years we made it through; some not because the crop yield was bad, probably because we kids didn’t weed or water or till properly... very Calvinist man, the yield was always a result of our ... productivity.
I don’t miss it and I wouldn’t willingly tend a garden again ever, but I knew I could if I had to. 😁
It's important to give time to the things that bring joy, not just utility. My garden is always joy for me, even when I'm chasing bunnies out. It isn't that way for most of the people I know, and so I also get to grow things for them.