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SINGING IN THE GARDEN

7
THE

Seasons of Gardening
To everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under
heaven. -Ecclesiastes 3:1
Text and art by GINNY NEIL

H

ere we are at the beginning of a new year and
winter has set in with its sepia softness. Then,
the first season of gardening drops into my
mailbox.
It's the season of big dreams found in the
pages of the seed catalogs. Each colorful page
promises more joy than the last, but the most
interesting catalog is printed
in black and white. The seed
names are poetic: Jumbo Elephant, Dwarf Blue Curled, Fat
'N Sassy, Dragon Tongue, Big
Bertha, Howling Mob, Topsy
Turvy and Burpee's Big Boy.
These worthy plants are
described as tender, sweet,

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vigorous and delicious. My fingers twitch with the urge to
press seeds into soil and grow these virtuous vegetables.
My favorite is the less-than-virtuous Red Peter Pepper. It's
described as being so realistic that it might "shock the
prudish." I can't wait to wrap one in brown paper and
leave it on the doorstep of an unsuspecting neighbor.
The season of big dreams is followed closely by the

Then, I enter the season of burnout.
When will all this picking, packing,
canning and carrying end?



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