Comments on: Good earth http://www.anchormast.com/2008/02/26/good-earth/ Your house shall not be an anchor but a mast - Khalil Gibran Tue, 17 Jan 2012 23:42:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Barbara http://www.anchormast.com/2008/02/26/good-earth/comment-page-1/#comment-1893 Barbara Thu, 28 Feb 2008 01:36:05 +0000 http://www.anchormast.com/2008/02/26/good-earth/#comment-1893 I love this post, although I consider my thumbs irrevocably black! I will let my friends and my parish know about that website. Our theme this Lent has been interpreting the parables in the light of environmental issues. I love this post, although I consider my thumbs irrevocably black! I will let my friends and my parish know about that website. Our theme this Lent has been interpreting the parables in the light of environmental issues.

]]> By: Tess http://www.anchormast.com/2008/02/26/good-earth/comment-page-1/#comment-1889 Tess Wed, 27 Feb 2008 12:34:38 +0000 http://www.anchormast.com/2008/02/26/good-earth/#comment-1889 Sue, I don't know how well runner beans grow in Oz, but they are so rewarding in terms of both flowers and end result, and only take up as much space as a wigwam of cane sticks. Sue, I don’t know how well runner beans grow in Oz, but they are so rewarding in terms of both flowers and end result, and only take up as much space as a wigwam of cane sticks.

]]> By: Tess http://www.anchormast.com/2008/02/26/good-earth/comment-page-1/#comment-1888 Tess Wed, 27 Feb 2008 12:31:24 +0000 http://www.anchormast.com/2008/02/26/good-earth/#comment-1888 Thank you everyone. Yes ER, I enjoyed your post. Elaine, I have this vision of you leaving a trail of soil behind you on your living room floor. It's surprising how little space you need to get that feeling of peace. I have two pots of scarlet geraniums on my kitchen windowsill that, with their colour and the scent and texture of the leaves when I touch them, give me almost as much pleasure as the rest of my (small) garden put together. Thank you everyone. Yes ER, I enjoyed your post.
Elaine, I have this vision of you leaving a trail of soil behind you on your living room floor.
It’s surprising how little space you need to get that feeling of peace. I have two pots of scarlet geraniums on my kitchen windowsill that, with their colour and the scent and texture of the leaves when I touch them, give me almost as much pleasure as the rest of my (small) garden put together.

]]> By: Sue http://www.anchormast.com/2008/02/26/good-earth/comment-page-1/#comment-1887 Sue Wed, 27 Feb 2008 12:30:44 +0000 http://www.anchormast.com/2008/02/26/good-earth/#comment-1887 I keep being reminded about my promise to myself that I would start to grow my own vegetables. Thanks for the reminder :) I keep being reminded about my promise to myself that I would start to grow my own vegetables. Thanks for the reminder :)

]]> By: Elaine http://www.anchormast.com/2008/02/26/good-earth/comment-page-1/#comment-1884 Elaine Wed, 27 Feb 2008 05:51:53 +0000 http://www.anchormast.com/2008/02/26/good-earth/#comment-1884 Thank you for everything about this post -- the photo, the link to the Carbon fast site and the email of the day, your own words and the quote. For me, gardening is very irrational because I have so little space and make such mess anytime I do a little planting I spend more time cleaning than on anything else. I also have to carry everything -- soil, plants, pots, watering can -- through my living room to get to my balcony. But I still love gardening and am completely at peace when my hands are in the earth. Thank you for everything about this post — the photo, the link to the Carbon fast site and the email of the day, your own words and the quote.

For me, gardening is very irrational because I have so little space and make such mess anytime I do a little planting I spend more time cleaning than on anything else. I also have to carry everything — soil, plants, pots, watering can — through my living room to get to my balcony. But I still love gardening and am completely at peace when my hands are in the earth.

]]> By: lucy http://www.anchormast.com/2008/02/26/good-earth/comment-page-1/#comment-1882 lucy Wed, 27 Feb 2008 03:38:56 +0000 http://www.anchormast.com/2008/02/26/good-earth/#comment-1882 i love the thought of gardening as prayer...and thoroughly enjoyed ER's sunday post! almost makes me want to stay home and garden...Not! i love the thought of gardening as prayer…and thoroughly enjoyed ER’s sunday post! almost makes me want to stay home and garden…Not!

]]> By: Endlessly Restless http://www.anchormast.com/2008/02/26/good-earth/comment-page-1/#comment-1876 Endlessly Restless Tue, 26 Feb 2008 19:54:24 +0000 http://www.anchormast.com/2008/02/26/good-earth/#comment-1876 Tess You're spot on about gardening as prayer - I posted about this on Sunday. Almost invariably an hour in the garden will restore my spirits and help me get life into an appropriate perspective. Tess

You’re spot on about gardening as prayer – I posted about this on Sunday. Almost invariably an hour in the garden will restore my spirits and help me get life into an appropriate perspective.

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