How does your garden grow?

how does your garden grow?

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On facebook, today, we asked, "how do you start your garden?"

I have had a great time on the Central Coast

tending a garden

(while friends tend my tomatoes - and the house - at the beach)

I have planted seeds directly in the ground

I have planted seeds in flats, in my secret soil mix

I have planted cuttings

And I have planted runners

And I have learned

patience.

Mind you, I can make a quilt top of 45 squares 

each containing 54 pieces each square

but I just can't wait for the seeds to sprout.

I mean, shouldn't we be already eating the veggies?

I planted them a week and a half ago.

Isn't it time to grill the goods?!?

Okay, okay.

I do eat a handful of fresh strawberries every morning.

And for a late morning snack, I saunter over to the berries bush.

And in the afternoon, there are oranges.

Dinner will yield asparagus and artichokes as we speak.

So I shouldn't complain.

But I want warm peaches, nectarines...

I want radishes and spinach and kale and arugula

and zucchini and squash and garlic and corn

and carrots and cantaloupe

and I want the sage and leeks and chives and basil

that were planted in the giant barrels by the house.

I want it,

and I want it now.

(Buddy's paw next to sprouts, for some scale)

So what do you have going on in your life

that your quilting habits

could help you with?

And what is going on with your quilting

that your garden could

shed some light on?

How does your garden grow?

p a t i e n t l y

beginagain

2010

natalie.

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