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Surprise! (Spring’s Coming)

You’d think a 51 year-old gardener with lettuce and broccoli plantlings under grow lights in the front room would have an inkling that spring is on the way.  So why did that flash of purple, four perfect crocus plants blooming … Continue reading

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More Wanton Optimism: Spring Garden 2010

March 7, 2010 I committed a random act of optimism today.  Barely a week after the end of February I planted seeds in my gardens.  The day was perfect for such behavior, the warm sun sowing its own seeds in … Continue reading

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Publicly Committing Acts of Wanton Optimism

February 13, 2011 I planted seeds today.  Outside.  In two of my three gardens.  It’s not even March yet.  It’s barely the middle of February, a fact my inner sense of what’s done and not in a garden can hardly … Continue reading

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Optimism Needs Light

January 2010 –  I planted 72 seeds today, lettuce, cabbage, spinach, bok choi.  I planted them in an indoor, domed seed starting flat I bought at Ace Hardware for $5.99 yesterday.  I planted seeds I bought last year.  The whole … Continue reading

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Breaking Soil

I marvel at happy, green broccoli seedlings breaking soil after only three days, but only some of the lettuce is up.  I worry when I don’t see sprouts as soon as I think I should.  Planting seeds stretches my ability to trust … Continue reading

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A Hare-Brained Act of Hope

2011 – Last night, January 30, I planted seeds, a hare-brained act of hope.  Green Buttercrunch, Red Velvet loose-leaf, Speckled Trout Romaine lettuces, Piracicaba broccoli, bok choi and parsley, improbable bits of almost nothing, each with a spark of life.  … Continue reading

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