FINDING MYSELF IN THE GARDEN
“Tell me the landscape in which you live, and I will tell you who you are.
—José Ortega y Gasset
GROWING A GARDEN is an act of love and hope. A garden cannot be planted without them. They are as essential as soil, air, and water for the garden to grow.
My love for growing things began decades ago in northern New Mexico, when I was working as a farm hand at a high desert research farm. There I planted forty pounds of garlic, one clove at a time, surrounded by mesas, pastelcolored canyons, cliffs, grasslands, and streams. I fell deeply in
