• Simplicity

    Why we should have a garden

    How many times have I written and rewritten this article…so now, hopefully, this version will be finally sufficient. I spend as much time as possible in nature every day. It helps clear the mind of unpleasant thoughts, and it gives energy. But I perceive a difference between being in the wild nature and one’s own garden. The mountain we live on has many trails made hundreds of years ago by people who lived there in stone houses. Even today it is possible to see the remains of their gardens and the places they cared for. Every time I’m there, I imagine what it was like to live in their time.…