My favorite part about gardening is watching the garden develop and change, like a long performance unfolding over time where instead of mere hours, the performance spans days and seasons, years and even lifetimes. The story contains drama and possibility to rival any opera: plagues of gypsy moths, late frosts, hurricanes, droughts. Epic battles waged with ruthless invasive plants, pests and diseases. And the story lifts us up along the way, when the bare landscape of winter is finally replaced with fresh green shoots in spring, bringing us hope and beauty; summer brings exuberant energy with riots of color and…
