Garden of beauty in
Southern California

Writing on the web like this posting is easy but trying to communicate personally by email is difficult. Personal communication depends on voice and/or site which are not possible in email. Without voice or sight words are frozen in place and are susceptible to interpretation. When possible I try to do personal communication by phone or in person where dialog is possible. But I notice a few people prefer the frozen words of emails than personal communication of phone or in person.

This brings me to yet another reason to have a home growing power model garden. When life gets to abstract, too much in the head, frozen in words that do not say what you want to say, it is time to get down and dirty in the garden. In gardening not only can you hear and see but you can feel your communication with the earth. Flowers shine with beauty and are not up for interpretation. Plants bear food that can be taken into body, mind and soul.

This morning in a farmers market I met the person a friend had told me about in an email. He had said she was into urban gardening and turning garbage into gardens. In purchasing some coir and worms from her I felt I learned more about her than any email can say. She has a face and voice now in my mind. She had heard about me but now I am a face and voice with her.

In personal emails things can be confusing. In a garden atmosphere, be it at a farmers market, everything is grounded and clear. Gardens are grounded and emails are abstract. Emails are the opposite of gardens.

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