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"Straw Hat And Old Dirty Hankies, Mopping The Face Like A Shoe"

posted on 4/15/2012 by the Salt City Sinner Spring! Spring is here, and it's time to plant cold weather crops . I garden for a living (more on that some other time), and this time of year I eat, sleep, breathe and dream gardening. In addition to refugee gardens at eight community garden sites throughout the Salt Lake City area - with our most far-flung garden located in the misty, legendary Kingdom of Magna - I have my own plot at the newly minted Sugar House Community Gardens , near my parents' place, located on what used to be a decrepit tennis court near Fairmont Park. Yes sir, I am Loyal to my Soil: That's after a light watering and a turning of the first six inches of topsoil. Despite what some garden guides say, and what some gardeners believe, I have heard frequently enough from enough Master Gardeners (yes, that's a technical title you have to earn) that only the top six inches of soil needs serious cultivation / tampering. That soil right ...

A Little Bit of Country

If... I won the Mega Millions lottery what would I do with it?  I would buy a large chunk of property out in the country.  My children would spend their mornings and evenings surrounded by dirt, and animals- and one MASSIVE garden. Do you spend time dreaming of a perfect life?  Do you wonder how much more beautiful moments would be, and how much more simple things could be without the everyday issues of going to work and making ends meet with meager paychecks- going from week to week hoping there will be enough left over to feed your family.                                                                                                                            ...