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Dirt will improve your outlook.

Dirt will improve your outlook.

My summers on the farm, learning lessons from the ground up.

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Apr 09, 2024
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Last seasons garden gloves were exactly where I left them, in my friend’s shed, crusted in dirt, little crumbs of mud and pebbles falling out. Pulling them on felt promising. It’s too early in the mid-Atlantic to get serious about planting anything, but it IS a good time to clean out the flower beds and see what decided to survive for another season.

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