Stories tagged “gardening”
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From Spaceman to Plantsman
The first time the spaceman saw my garden, I thought he was going to strangle me. All that water and the thousands of milligrams of nutrients, an embarrassment of riches strewn across my backyard. He demanded to see my resource plan, to inspect my sens...
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The Nicest Lawn in Town
Some days he felt like a real moron for still giving two shits about mowing the lawn. It was a really beautiful lawn, before. He had mowed it with pride every Saturday, and Bev had that prize-winning vegetable garden. They spent a lot of happy hours in...
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Life in the Dirt
I try to convince myself, with a half-hearted smile, that weeds are simply flowers growing somewhere you’d rather not have them. But then I see the bindweed wrapping itself around my roses and strangling the life out of my daisies and I turn into...
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In Between Minds: Moment to Moment
After the first bit of instruction I was left alone, presumably at Sofiya’s direction. I wasn’t sure if she was in charge of everything but everyone seemed to do as she asked. I didn’t mind being alone this time. It was different than...
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Praying for Contrition
August is a time for “monster gardening”. It’s not just gardening of the, well, garden variety. No, this is a time of monsterously insurmountable tasks. I am preparing the roses for fall, clearing dead debris from the garden, assessin...