Apr 19, 2017 | Good Work, Wednesday Quotes
“Jesus said to her, ‘Woman, why are you weeping? Whom do you seek?’ Supposing him to be the gardener, she said to him…” John 20:15 This really struck me this Easter. According to the account of John, when Mary Magdalene turned away from the angels in the tomb, she saw...
Apr 12, 2017 | Articles, Natural Steward, The Catholic Gentleman, Why Everyone Should Garden
Today The Catholic Gentleman posted my article “Gardening as Medicine for Millennials, and the Rest of Us,” as the last installment of my series Why Everyone Should Garden. “The literature on millennials is extensive. And I have not read it. But as a...
Apr 5, 2017 | Natural Steward, Wednesday Quotes
“Aegis-bearing Zeus has a design for each occasion, and mortals find this hard to comprehend.” Hesiod, Works and Days Last Saturday I was just able to finish planting my potatoes before dark. It was so satisfying. While my father and I always planted potatoes by...
Mar 29, 2017 | Natural Steward, Wednesday Quotes, Why Everyone Should Garden
“Thanks to those who work it, the land bears not only the means for people to live, but also bears the means for them to live pleasantly.” Xenophon, The Estate Manager Of course there are different kinds of self-sufficiency. Aristotle thinks that a political society...
Mar 22, 2017 | Natural Steward, Wednesday Quotes, Why Everyone Should Garden
“The land provides the greatest abundance of good things, but doesn’t allow them to be taken without effort. It trains people to endure the cold of winter and the heat of summer.” “Furthermore, the land also freely teaches justice to those who are capable of learning;...
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