Celebrating the Human Spirit Radio Spot

Over the years, my garden has become a mass of mess. The citrus trees hosted white flies and no manner of spraying ever seemed to do anything to cut back on the black spores, the spidery film. My roses started to produce mediocre blooms. Years of planting pansies, alyssum, petunias, and penstimone had left the ground just packed with roots. Guests thought it looked nice. I knew better.

We dug it out this year. What a chore. Spade after spade turned up more roots, more rocks, more gunk that had kept my trowel from even making a dent in the compact soil. We discarded every plant. We dumped in compost, peat moss and limestone. We found thin rod-iron trellises and wood borders. And then I planned. What colors? What textures? What was the feeling I wanted my garden to have?

While shopping at the nursery, it occurred to me that my life had become much like my garden—filled with too much stuff and clutter, choked by adding instead of discarding. a life created without intention and design.

So, this garden of ME is now being dug out. I'm starting with things first—throwing out, paring down. I'll then move into activities that no longer serve and out-moded behaviors. I want only the compost of true friends, the peat moss of meaningful work. Don't know yet the design, the colors and what I want to plant. Soil preparation is everything.

This is Eileen McDargh for WRMN 1410, inviting you to look at all your gardens.

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