{"id":361,"date":"2009-05-07T23:27:26","date_gmt":"2009-05-07T23:27:26","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2009-05-07T23:27:26","modified_gmt":"2009-05-07T23:27:26","slug":"what-ive-learned-so-far-from-planting-plants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/centernet.pcusa.org\/food-faith\/what-ive-learned-so-far-from-planting-plants\/","title":{"rendered":"What I&#8217;ve learned so far from planting plants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\"><br \/><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/presbyterian.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d83451b5a569e201156f7ccbf0970c-popup\" onclick=\"window.open(this.href,&#39;_blank&#39;,&#39;scrollbars=no,resizable=yes,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#39;); return false\" style=\" \"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Bellplants\" class=\"at-xid-6a00d83451b5a569e201156f7ccbf0970c image-full \" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/6a00d83451b5a569e201156f7ccc83970c-120wi\" style=\"margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px;\" title=\"Bellplants\" \/><\/a> My parents were not big garden\/yard hobby people. They preferred to read, watch TV, do crosswords or travel. In my first marriage, my deeply introverted husband desired to garden in a personal, no-talking zone. Being an extrovert and a garden neophyte, I left it all to him for decades. Time passed till one year at seminary (mid-life &amp; post-divorce) I bought a rose bush and put it in a container. It didn&#39;t die. Then I bought little flowers and kept them in some old wooden planters. They didn&#39;t die either. Before long I had herbs and even a cherry&#0160;tomatoes&#0160;plant hanging off the railings and I was happy. I had fresh herbs again and the tomatoes tasted really good.&#0160;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/presbyterian.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d83451b5a569e201156f7ccc83970c-popup\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, &#39;_blank&#39;, &#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#39; ); return false\" style=\"float: right;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Garden\" class=\"at-xid-6a00d83451b5a569e201156f7ccc83970c \" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/6a00d83451b5a569e201156f7ccc83970c-120wi\" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px;\" \/><\/a>At the same time I was preparing to graduate from seminary, I was also preparing to marry again and to take up residence in a real house with a real yard. I started tomato and basil plants from seed and nurtured the little starts in my seminary apartment before moving them into their (and mine) new home. I just now planted my fourth round of future yummy goodness in the former sandbox outside my writing desk window.&#0160;<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div>While I still consider myself to be a plant-tender newby, I&#39;ve learned a few things along the way.&#0160;<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div>#1 &#8211; fresh food grown within ten feet of my back door is really really good tasting stuff.<\/div>\n<div>#2 &#8211; slugs &amp; snails agree with me&#0160;<\/div>\n<div>#3 &#8211; Life Wants To Live.<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My parents were not big garden\/yard hobby people. They preferred to read, watch TV, do crosswords or travel. In my first marriage, my deeply introverted husband desired to garden in a personal, no-talking zone. 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