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Ang Mitten's avatar

Chaos and hope, on a track of flexing time which speeds up and slows down, according to the season.

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virginie kippelen's avatar

This is wonderfully written. You are a poet disguised as a gardener-:)

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Malinda's avatar

Such a wonderful read!

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Filosofie van de koude grond's avatar

That’s a really beautiful way of putting it. Exactly what it feels like: a dance!

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Rhiannon Tyndell's avatar

Very lovely and timely—uncertainty scares me—I hate surprises, but gardening is full of them. Seems like we’ll be needing gardening more now than ever.

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Lucy Saltmarsh's avatar

I love the parts about strange times, the quiet times, and the forgetting time.

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Lyndsay Kaldor's avatar

Rowen this was so beautiful and spoke deeply to my experience of being in the garden and everything that it means, thank you xx

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Rowen Brooke's avatar

Thank you Lyndsay, so glad this resonated with you! xx, R

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August is best's avatar

How hard it is to understand that soil is a creation. Of time and processes. Imagine a time before soil.

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