Garden Peace

Plant a peace garden today :)Did you know that some of the people that were in concentration camps actually planted their potato peelings in the ground, just in case they might still be around to harvest their serene bounty? They found ways to have peace now, not later, when they got out of the camp, but right now, living as unruffled as they could with the circumstances that life brought them. Plants and gardening can bring you a wonderful feeling of tranquility. Not to mention the fact that, of all the studies I’ve heard or read about on people who live the longest, most of them did gardening. I’m not talking about your average garden, but one where you plant the types of fruits and/or veggies YOU love to eat. You can easily plant and harvest a gorgeous garden, even if you are living in a small hotel or motel room. I actually have a stunning indoor window garden and am living in a small motel room right now. You can even start an amazing garden if you have a brown thumb instead of a green one, which is how I started ;) You can even do it if you are homeless; I have done that too. Most fruits and vegetables even have beautiful flowers for a short time during their growing season. So your garden plants can be both striking and fragrant. You can start living your life right now, with more peace, through gardening.


I didn’t start out thinking about gardening when I first became homeless. In fact, I was definitely a brown thumb when I first had plants, before I became homeless. With a little bit of studying though, I became better and better, and so can you :) The one homeless shelter where I was staying at had some landscaping, a kind of garden, and I saw that with a little bit of care it could become something really great. I asked if I could work on it, and soon it did become very attractive, people even complimented me on it all the time. The garden was not only beautiful and green, but lots of the plants had pretty flowers on them as well. I started cutting the flowers just before they turned brown, and giving them to people, which made their day and mine. Not only that but I found out so much about the landscaping, like they had plants like mint growing that smelled so good. Of course most of the flowers, and especially the roses, smelled divine. The petals felt so nice and soft in my hands, like satin or velvet. The snip sniping of the dead leaves and anything that was out of place was so satisfying. And later I realized I could shape the plants anyway I wanted to.

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