GARDENING

I love growing fruit trees. I love home grown vegetables.

 I do not care to get down and dig in the dirt. So I have pots. 

Recently transformed the place where the boat was stored at the end of the driveway into a mulch covered potted plant butterfly garden.

Then  a torrential rain fell and unmercifully flooded the pots.. 

Some did not drain so I had to re pot them, making sure the new pots have drainage holes.

 Who knew?  The weather is either to hot and dry or too hot and wet. While there is a constant  - hot - the extremes are difficult to balance for the average home gardener. 

Gardening to be a spiritual exercise. Pouring energy into planting and nurturing seeds or sprouts, listening to what each needs in order to flourish,and  tending to them regularly is healing to the weary soul. 

I call this" gardening meditation". Being mindful of being present in the garden energizes growth of Self and plants. 

This us a view of a garden planted in North Carolina by a gardener who loves to dig in the earth.