Gardener & Writer Ruth Oren on the Autumn Garden: It’s Time to Enjoy the No-Garden Garden
"If you find yourself up to your ears in gardening chores, something is wrong.
This pause in mid-summer is necessary for humans as well as plants."
July 30, 1966
On this day, a garden writer named Ruth Oren shared her thoughts on the summer garden in her Down to Earth column in The Daily News out of Lebanon, Pennsylvania, in 1966. I thought you would enjoy it.
It's a little reminder about not overdoing it in the fall:
Midsummer is the time to enjoy a "no-gardening" garden.
If you find yourself up to your ears in gardening chores, something is wrong.
This pause in mid-summer is necessary for humans as well as plants.
What's the point of creating a lovely garden and never having the time to enjoy it?
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