Not knowing where your food comes from is a primary form of alienation.
In addition to all its rich offerings to the body and its five senses, gardening engages the mind.
An angel, legend has it, took pity on a little shepherd girl who had nothing to give to the Infant Jesus in his manger. The angel handed her a weed, but first transformed it into this beautiful flower of winter.
We quickly discovered that two kittens were much more fun than one.
In a well-made garden every day is new.
But there is one place where a person can make choices that will lead in a small way toward greater sanity in dealing with the natural order. That place is the private garden.