Season of Inspiration

Vegetable Abundance for Labor Day WaterSmart plants blooming still
This is the season of inspiration.  I know everyone talks about gardening in the spring, but this is the time of year that motivates me.  Every garden has come into its own.  Yards, parks, estates, landscapes: by now you know what they are going to be.  Thick slabs of watermelon, backlogs of zuchini, fulsome fruit and fields of flowers: even the weeds seem mastered by an all-encompassing abundance.  The failures (we’ve all got them) are totally hidden underneath successes–or in my case, underneath other failures!  There is no guilt left: we’re off to enjoy Labor Day with clear consciences.


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