Tag: Garden in progress
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My garden is real & messy & slow, just like me
The grass is always greener on the Astroturf, but the price you pay for that instant lawn is a soul-crushing sense of a life surrendered to convenience and inauthenticity. Exercise your patience, nurture your garden, and you’ll feel better for feeling real. By Sarah Rice
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My new mantra? BE the basil!
When an unlucky break leaves you feeling helpless and low, the inspiration to get better soon can come from the unlikeliest of places. Sarah Rice, nursing a fractured ankle, gazes into her garden and learns a life-lesson from a humble, resilient herb.
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Why I dig gardening with Elvis
Well, it’s a one for the money, two for the show, three to get planting and go-go-go. When your gardener is named after the King, there’s no way your garden can’t be a showbiz spectacular. By Sarah Rice I know that most of you think gardening is about growing plants, stressing about aphids and figuring out…
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Happiness is a garden you can call your own
Life changes with the seasons, and whatever the weather holds in store, there’s nothing like a well-tended garden to make you feel at home. The well-tending is never easy, but with the help of the Internet and a gardener named Elvis, it’s time to put down new roots and nurture a blooming good tomorrow. By Sarah…