Quote of the Week

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I always see gardening as escape, as peace really. If you are angry or troubled, nothing provides the same solace as nurturing the soul.

                        -Monty Don

#gardenquotes #solace  #agreenhaven #Greta Hoffman

#Monty Don

Slow and Steady: A Lady and a Shovel

Finally made it around to getting outside and filling in the hole the plumber dug up to replace pipes.

You might be wondering why I'm doing this job and not the plumber---well, for one, after the digging our area experienced several weeks of heavy rain, so that was cause for delay and finishing up completely.

However, the main reason became...my husband just told him not to worry about it, and I know we paid him to finish a job, but honestly I was getting tired of people being in my house and on my property, Monday through Friday and sometimes Saturdays, too.

Basically I want some space and time to myself to think and create without phone calls from my husband and contractors throughout the day.

Digging in the dirt and clearing up my yard is a tedious process, but it's opening up my creativity with garden and landscaping ideas.

This process is slow, but I'm steadily getting this hole filled and layered with compost. Can't say when I'll be completely done, but I'm getting closer to grass in the main area of my yard, so I almost have one area complete.

#agreenhaven #yardwork #solitude #compost

A Seed Starting Day

Just enjoying a little time at my messy and full kitchen table, 

starting a few seeds. 

Today's starts are the summer goodies of: beefsteak tomatoes, eggplants and jalapeno peppers.

These will be my only indoor starts for a few weeks until I get these varieties up and going and after that, I'll add another round of seeds to the mix. 

Have you started in seeds indoors, yet, and if so, what?

#agreenhaven #growfood

#seedstarting2022

Quote of the Week

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"If you've never experienced the joy of accomplishing more than you can imagine, plant a garden."

---Robert Brault

#gardenquotes #RobertBrault

#Cottonbro #plantagarden

#agreenhaven

Quote of The Week

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"January is the quietest month in the garden. But just because it looks quiet doesn't mean that nothing is happening. The soil, open to the sky, absorbs the pure rainfall while microorganisms convert tilled under fodder into usable nutrients for the next crop of plants. The feasting earthworms tunnel along, aerating the soil and preparing it to welcome the seeds and bare roots to come."

                     -Rosalie Muller Wright

#garden quotes  #winter #gardening #photos_by_ginny #RosalieMullerWright

#agreenhaven

Happy New Year and Welcome to a New Garden Season!