An Old Old gardening method - guided by Nature and Spirit
Gardening with Respect - A Seven Grandfathers Teaching Garden / Gitigan The Seven Gifts:: Wisdom , Respect , Honesty , Humility , Love , Courage , Truth When I was young, I remember my mother always keeping a garden. She would plant lettuce, carrots, beans, peas, corn, potato, tomato, beets, and all sorts of vegetables in the garden. My Dad would go out in the early Spring and turn the soil down to about fifteen inches so that the ground was broken up and would drain well. This was the way to prepare a garden. Mom and Dad would spend weekend s in late May putting in the seeds. As the garden plants began to grow so did the weeds. We would all go out to weed out the garden throughout the summer. It was a never-ending job. I think we produced more weeds than vegetables. We did have wonderful vegetables to eat and enjoy. My parents lived from 1903 into the 1970’s. Gardening was a normal part of living for them. When ...