Good gardening writing

Posted on May 21, 2008 by bipolarlawyercook| 6 Comments

I am not a gar­dener. My proud­est accom­plish­ment is not killing the Spawn of Larry the Jade Plant, a jade plant at my brother-in-law’s work the size of a tricer­atops. But I have always helped my Dad plant his gar­den, and harvesting’s not a prob­lem– I am a cook, a for­mer CSA sharer, and a lover of veg­eta­bles. I am all about help­ing har­vest, help­ing bed the straw­ber­ries and braid the dry­ing gar­lic. I so enjoy the fruits and flow­ers of a gar­den, and I rel­ish the metaphors that the con­cepts of grow­ing, tend­ing, and nur­tur­ing that gar­dens lend to speech, as well as the cre­ative flow­er­ing of thoughts and deeds that gar­den­ing inspires. Which is why, among many other rea­sons, I so enjoy read­ing the posts that Cathy at Grow­ing Curi­ous and Angelina at Dust­pan Alley share with us. I’m a gar­den­ing lurker, a vic­ar­i­ous farmer. Maybe some­day I’ll man­age not to kill those herb pots on my win­dowsill, and tend my own, for once. Here are recent posts from Cathy and from Angelina that made me want to get my grow on.

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6 Responses to Good gardening writing

  1. Mariposa | May 21, 2008 at 7:14 am |

    Ok, let me take care of the gar­den while you cook me some­thing, deal? ;)

    I’m been every­where but not so myself lately…had been away from work for days…either I have flu again (which I doubt) or I’m just feel­ing the “downs” again.

    Nice to be back here though!

  2. Janet | May 21, 2008 at 9:45 am |

    thanks, going to visit, maybe i can get some tips!

  3. MamaBird/SurelyYouNest | May 21, 2008 at 11:13 am |

    Thanks! I need gar­den­ing tips. I am lov­ing being out in the dirt. But not so much a mas­ter if you kwim? What does “bed­ding the straw­ber­ries” mean, btw? Do I need to put straw around them or some­thing? We have lit­tle tiny green berries com­ing and I am sooooo excited (I mean my 5 yo is). Off to check out yr links. Tx.

  4. Angelina | May 22, 2008 at 8:27 am |

    I’m glad to make you almost want to gar­den. I am def­i­nitely going to check out your other link!

    I think it’s pretty amaz­ing in this world to even be a per­son who loves to cook and to help with the har­vest­ing. I don’t believe in green/black thumbs…I think it’s more about incli­na­tion and where you want to spend your time. It is no less impor­tant to be a per­son with kitchen love who knows how to han­dle veg­eta­bles than it is to be the one to grow them. It’s incred­i­ble how few peo­ple know what to do with veg­eta­bles once they’ve got them. I’m actu­ally going to be address­ing that this sea­son at our local food bank.

  5. nyjlm | May 22, 2008 at 8:41 am |

    I love love love Cathy’s post. I will have to read the other link too!

  6. LawyerChick | May 23, 2008 at 10:28 am |

    angelina, i beg to dif­fer! i have black thumb when it comes to the plants i love most:

    gar­de­nias (# killed before i finally gave up: 3)
    basil (7)
    mint (5)
    laven­der (2)
    rose­mary (3)
    peonies (3)

    i give good orchid, though.

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