Tag: the joy of gardening

A Beginner’s Guide To Gardening Lessons

A Beginner’s Guide To Gardening Lessons

There's a lot for us to learn about gardening. But there's also a lot we can learn from our gardens. I've certainly learned some patience. And I'm pretty sure every gardener has  
An Indoor Healing Garden of … Cacti?

An Indoor Healing Garden of … Cacti?

Sharp. Prickly. Spiny. These aren't usually the words I associate with an indoor healing garden. As much as I love cacti, they aren't the plants I look to first when  
Finding Family In a Garden

Finding Family In a Garden

It's Spring as I write this and we've already harvested some early greens and a few root vegetables like radishes. Daffodils, tulips, and hellebore brought some much-needed color to the  
The Unique Beauty of Gardening Joy

The Unique Beauty of Gardening Joy

Like most gardeners, I experience gardening joy almost every time I walk into my garden. Admittedly, sometimes it feels more like gardening anxiety when I come across pests like aphids  
The Accidental Meditative Garden

The Accidental Meditative Garden

As an idea, I think almost any garden is a meditative garden. Some, like Japanese rock gardens, are established with the intention that they will be a place of reflective