Tag Archives: Garden

dig, lift and turn – May 14

Posted on May 16, 2017 by

5.14.2017 dig lift and turn, let the dirt fall from our shovels into the barrow.   the garden emerges from our struggle. ————– Advertisements

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Lent Prayer 35 – April 8

Posted on April 9, 2014 by

Lent Prayer 35 in the garden a knowledge was sought   that we could not deal with   of good and evil not as measures   but from the inside.   that dark knowing breaks us still.   deliver us … Continue reading →

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pulling out summer’s weeds – September 27

Posted on September 28, 2013 by

9.27 pulling out summer’s weeds, crop, mixed veggies, to free the soil for a winter breath.   the soils roil and roll, sift and smother, indentations marking where the spade dives under   to separate, chop, cleave, roots that cling. … Continue reading →

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my garden exists – June 2

Posted on June 3, 2013 by

6.2 my garden exists for the moment I am working it, beyond which it belongs to itself. roots wriggle, dropped in seeds sprout or decay, all without me.   what comes next is not really mine to claim then, I played … Continue reading →

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soil work – April 30

Posted on April 30, 2013 by

4.30 First dig in the Spring soil the weeds already deep and clinging.   The hoe rips and claws beneath like a therapist at the mental toil. Uncovering, rooting out and up, until fresh earth awaits ready for the new … Continue reading →

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