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Love this Ellen. One of my favorite moments in my garden was when I put the sprinkler on to get at a dry patch- and still decided to garden- I was dripping wet and laughing from a place deep inside- pure joy

Your piece hit me deeper as well as for the past two springs and summers I have enjoyed sharing my garden with our 7 year old foster son. We built a sand box together and I put in a bench where he and I would watch the squirrels, birds, butterflies and beans. He returned to his birth family in November, and I haven’t started my Spring garden partly because it is still snowing here in March and partly because I think it’s a little tender. Thank you!

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I love experimenting and having my own space to do whatever I want. I like Ruth Stout, the author. She did what she wanted, no matter what so-called experts recommended.

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