[Immonnaornach]

i really enjoyed this thread from a couple of months ago when many in the dc discussions were planting their summer gardens and discussing anastasia of the ringing cedars in russia. lately, since it is almost harvest time there, i've been thinking of you and wondering how your gardens are doing.

hey melissa,

i have read the first two books. i am trying her gardening method this summer. i have already done
this with some lovely heirloom tomato seeds from [specific place]. i haven't planted them in the ground yet so i haven't been able to do the process exactly as she stated but hopefully it will work anyways.

i plan to do the same with a bunch of other seeds.
i have always talked to my plants but this seems to take it that step further.

take care,
megan

hope you have each enjoyed digging in the dirt of those precious gardens and have been able to stay close to nature throughout the summer months. here is a delightful poem by michael leunig that made me think of you and of how much i miss my garden :

the summer palace

make a little garden in your pocket.
plant your cuffs with radishes and rocket.
let a passion fruit crawl up your thigh.
grow some oregano in your fly.

make a steamy compost of your fears.
trickle irrigate your life with tears.
let your troubled mind become a trellis.
turn your heart into a summer palace.

love and light...and happy gardening,
nancy