Part 1 – Notes from the Garden. Click here to see series (https://notesfromthetrail.org/notes-from-the-garden/)

I have a passion for gardening.  It started in early adulthood when Vicky and I bought our first home and has grown over the years.   Our current home is on the tip of a cul-de-sac with a wrap-around back yard which provides good space.  

 One of the benefits of staying in the same home (over 30 years now) is that you can “make it your own”.  Except for a few big trees, I have planted everything in the yard and have had the joy of watching everything mature over the years.  I planted lots of vegetables early on as the original vision was to use the vegetable garden to teach the kids – including the joy of weeding.  That part didn’t work out so well :).  It’s trees, shrubs and flowers nowadays – and getting more native and perennial to cut down on maintenance.  

 Showing you my garden is an act of vulnerability. I have years of thought and sweat equity in it.  Being in the garden raises my joy meter and supplies endless life lessons.  I will share a few of them in this series of “notes from the garden”. I hope you like them. For a closer look I will include a few “stroll thru the garden” videos later.

 First and foremost, my garden is a spiritual place.  I meet God in the garden.  God teaches and stirs my spirit there. I marvel at His creation and all the magic found in it.  The garden highlights the inherent creativity, beauty and power that God imbued into His creation – perpetually pregnant and ready to bring forth new life. Just drop a seed in the soil, add some water and voila!  Life and beauty emerge.  Magical.

Thank you God for the garden.