a garden lost; a lesson learned

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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/19/ga...ewanted=3&_r=1

farmland, melting ice caps, oil spills and the like.

“All you can do is say: ‘You can’t be optimistic about the state of the world — what you can be is open-minded. You’re going to look for solutions, and you’re going to make your own life mean something. You can no longer think that accumulating money or the biggest house is the answer,’ ” she said.

She is encouraged by all the young people going into agriculture.

“In this unreal world of electronic communication, they want to do something real, with their hands,” she said. “It’s very creative and very intellectually challenging, despite what people think.”

I found this to be an optimistic and uplifting...vegetable and flower gardens are inspirations to the soul and so much more.