I've spent two days in the dirt and am finally beginning to feel human again. My mind is off my job and onto the last garden jungle I want to tackle tomorrow. I don't know why working in the dirt is so theraputic, I just know that it is. Somehow, hands and knees in soil draws closer to the One who makes it all possible. Rooting out weeds makes me ponder sin and the need to be ruthless and vigilant, like I haven't been about my weeding. Flowers to remind me of God's love for me, the gift of the beauty He surrounds me with. The crazy dog that continues to drop the ball in front of me, begging for another round of her favorite game, and yet content to sit next to me while I dig in the dirt, reminds me that I am loved on a much more basic level. Ahhh I love it all!!
Not to mention I have actually made some visible progress on SOMETHING in my life, which is encouraging. In the last two days, I've managed to:
- Buy veggie plants at the Farmer's Markets, and some flowers for good measure.
- Clean up, weed, transplant a bush or two in the lilac hedge
- Dig up everything in the berry garden, till it, replant what I want in a cleaned up, weed free bed. (We won't discuss how Maggie decided to lay in the freshly replanted strawberries b/c the dirt was nice and cool... grrrr)
- Weed, till, plant the vegetable garden (still need to buy cuke, bean, and pea seeds and plant them)
- Started digging up the middle of the backyard jungle, but only a small start.... must get to the rest of that tomorrow. That's the bed that needs complete rennovation. Also need to dig up any plants I want to save, rip everything else out, till, and then replant. I've got other plants to move from other places to fill it in too-- kind of a project but it will be SO nice when it's done.
- Plant snapdragons in the front bed for a splash of color
- Trim pine tree branches
- Sleep in
- Visit with the Homies a bit
Still left:
- mow and rake yard
- middle of the backyard garden rennovation
- split and transplant some flowers
- move a little lilac bush
- clean the house
- laundry
- make dinner for some friends
- BBQ and game night with friends
Loving loving loving the long weekend and all the dirt. Gaining a bit more perspective. God is good!
1 comment:
Did you know dirt has actual anti-depressant properties? No kidding - there's a bacterium in soil that has the same effect on mice brains as Prozac.
http://discovermagazine.com/2007/jul/raw-data-is-dirt-the-new-prozac
I am constantly amazed and impressed how God provides for us in so many cool, subtle ways we're still only beginning to understand! Antidepressent dirt - how cool is that!
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