A garden can be a beautiful thing, I know. My friend, Kelly, in Texas, has a garden. She refers to herself as a “dirt person.” She says it is some gene that you either have or you don’t. Some people garden. Some people don’t. You guessed it. I don’t. Now, it isn’t like I haven’t tried. When I was a child, my brother and sister and I had a small garden. I don’t remember exactly what we put seeds down for, but I remember the zinnias and tomatoes the best. Really fresh garden grown tomatoes have a very sharp scent that I have never found in the ones in the grocery.

With a garden, I like the result, but I don’t like the process. I’m not very good at it. I have to work really hard to get a mediocre result. That’s true of me in most craft types of things. I don’t enjoy making things. I don’t enjoy growing things. I do enjoy the things themselves when they are done sometimes. I love walking through the Fort Worth Botanical Gardens where I grew up. I think it’s great that there are people who enjoy the process that puts together those well-manicured places with trellises and arches and roses blooming everywhere. I particularly love roses. My mother grew some by the side of the red brick house I was raised in. Nothing like it!

I have only been to the Denver Botanical Garden once, I believe. It was a nice walk, but I don’t live close by, so I doubt I’ll ever go through again. Boulder, though, has some nice gardens on the Boulder Creek path that I like. That’s about the only place I really like to get out and take a walk. A garden by the path makes the walk so much nicer. I see how someone has tended the garden, weeding it and watering it to make this beautiful place for me to enjoy.

My friend, Laura, teaches horticulture. She love to garden. She is good enough to get paid for it! If you love to garden like Kelly and Laura, there are tons of resources on the web to give you tips. Since most communities no longer have a place where people gather to discuss their crops, the internet is taking up the slack. Do a Google search on “garden tips” and you’ll find enough to keep you busy for a while. Let me know when you want someone to walk through and appreciate your work!