I have become fascinated with thoughts. Every moment of every day, even as we sleep our minds are producing thoughts. Something is always going on up there. And as the scriptures attest, "As a man thinketh, so is he", so shouldn't we be a little more interested in what we think about? Day dreaming can be fun and inventive, but to let our lives be constantly involved with just random idle thoughts can't be very motivating or uplifting, can it? How often have you heard someone begin an apology or explanation with the words, "I just thought"? I believe that we can be and even must be in charge of what we think about and I believe that what we choose to think about while we are conscious effects what our minds do while we sleep. Ever spend a restless night after having an argument with someone or watching a scary movie that replays in all your dreams? Another example, have you ever spent a day trying to work out a solution to a problem, gone to sleep and during that sleep had the solution come to you? Perhaps your mind was working away on your waking thoughts and was able to solve the problem.
So if thoughts are so important, I want to be in control of what I think about. I will not surrender my mind to outside interests, be that friends, movies, internet, or other evil interests.
Sunday, May 25, 2014
Tuesday, May 20, 2014
Tme and Thoughts
Ever started to do something, and thought you would just wait a few minutes and think about how to do it, and then in seemingly the blink of an eye two months has gone by. That is what happened to me. I really wanted to have this blog follow my spring gardening and my new found interested in growing my mind, but then here I am in the middle of May and haven't written a word.
Well, enough with the whining and on with the thinking. As the snows melted and I wandered around the yard watching for the first signs of life, I knew that preventing some things from growing was a high priority in my yard. I was determined to get ahead of the weeds this year in those areas that I want to keep free of growth like around our barns and in the play yard.
It is like that in my mind. Wandering among the recesses, I see places that are fertile and ready for something to grow but I don't want it to be just any useless thought. I have begun evaluating more carefully what I want to plant in my mind and what random, valueless thoughts, that only choke out the good stuff, I want to be free of.
I want to plan what grows in the yard just as I want to plan what thoughts I think. Ah, a good plan--the first step.
Well, enough with the whining and on with the thinking. As the snows melted and I wandered around the yard watching for the first signs of life, I knew that preventing some things from growing was a high priority in my yard. I was determined to get ahead of the weeds this year in those areas that I want to keep free of growth like around our barns and in the play yard.
It is like that in my mind. Wandering among the recesses, I see places that are fertile and ready for something to grow but I don't want it to be just any useless thought. I have begun evaluating more carefully what I want to plant in my mind and what random, valueless thoughts, that only choke out the good stuff, I want to be free of.
I want to plan what grows in the yard just as I want to plan what thoughts I think. Ah, a good plan--the first step.
Sunday, March 23, 2014
Hijacked!!
My daughter started this blog back in the days of her singleness. Gardening was a happy adventure for her and then came a certain young fellow and the lone gardener was no more. I therefore have decided to hijack this blog and let it become something more than advice on dirt and seeds, shovels and fertilizer.
A few years ago I began to realize that the mind is a very fertile place. A place, not unlike a garden, where both the good and the worthless can grow. I took a casual stroll through the garden of my mind and was dismayed to find the place choked with weeds and unproductive plantings. I decided one day to begin an attack on the worthless and unwanted. I began to see some definite similarities between what was happening in the reality of the dirt and toil outside and what I was trying to achieve in the inner garden of my mind.
Since old age often robs us of useful thoughts, I will share what I have learned in hopes it may be more lasting and when I feel the weeds crowding in I can remember how to gain control again.
A few years ago I began to realize that the mind is a very fertile place. A place, not unlike a garden, where both the good and the worthless can grow. I took a casual stroll through the garden of my mind and was dismayed to find the place choked with weeds and unproductive plantings. I decided one day to begin an attack on the worthless and unwanted. I began to see some definite similarities between what was happening in the reality of the dirt and toil outside and what I was trying to achieve in the inner garden of my mind.
Since old age often robs us of useful thoughts, I will share what I have learned in hopes it may be more lasting and when I feel the weeds crowding in I can remember how to gain control again.
Friday, January 27, 2012
January thoughts
Sitting here looking out the window at one of the mildest Januarys I can ever remember, makes me wonder what spring will bring. Will we be mowing the lawn in March or barely able to plant in June. Whatever, the life of a gardener is always forcing you to change and adapt.
I have had the opportunity this winter to watch a professional landscaper plan and implement the landscaping for the Brigham City Temple. I have learned so much just by listening in to their planning sessions. For instance, to successfully transplant the trees to the temple site, they were brought to Brigham City from the nursery in Oregon in mid winter. Since Oregon warms up significantly earlier than in Utah, the trees would suffer more damage if they were allowed to come out of dormancy in Oregon then be moved down to Utah where it was still freezing temperatures. Now they will be planted and recover from dormancy along with the native trees.
I have also learned alot about soil quality. Most of us don't give alot of attention to what our soil contains, but here they are putting in soil blends for every different kind of planting. Grass, flowers, shallow beds, etc., each has a special soil blend to maximize available nutrients for the plants. If you look around your yard you can see several different growing areas in any yard. Maybe a one type of fertilizer treatment for the whole yard is not the best plan.
Lots to think about as we peruse the seed catalogs in front of the fireplace for another couple of months.
I have had the opportunity this winter to watch a professional landscaper plan and implement the landscaping for the Brigham City Temple. I have learned so much just by listening in to their planning sessions. For instance, to successfully transplant the trees to the temple site, they were brought to Brigham City from the nursery in Oregon in mid winter. Since Oregon warms up significantly earlier than in Utah, the trees would suffer more damage if they were allowed to come out of dormancy in Oregon then be moved down to Utah where it was still freezing temperatures. Now they will be planted and recover from dormancy along with the native trees.
I have also learned alot about soil quality. Most of us don't give alot of attention to what our soil contains, but here they are putting in soil blends for every different kind of planting. Grass, flowers, shallow beds, etc., each has a special soil blend to maximize available nutrients for the plants. If you look around your yard you can see several different growing areas in any yard. Maybe a one type of fertilizer treatment for the whole yard is not the best plan.
Lots to think about as we peruse the seed catalogs in front of the fireplace for another couple of months.
Monday, May 16, 2011
Time for Spring!
Well it is here again! Spring came on quite suddenly here in the west; snow, snow, snow, rain, snow, rain, rain, rain, SUN! Amazing how random it is. How is a girl suppose to learn to garden with this messy minded weather!
I planted some bulbs last fall and they popped up just splendidly! They are cute and little...pretty much like most of the things I grow. One day I'll get some mighty plants from the seeds I sow. But for now these tulips, hyancinths, and irises are just fine with me:
They are so cute! But...Hyancinths don't last long...I'll keep that in mind.
I think tulips make spring great...I wish they stuck around longer too.
The irises are Amazing with an obvious capital A! They blew up this spring. Last year they got ripped out by a mysterious iris murderer and just look at their come back! And as you can see...the Pansy is still flourishing like never before.
I have an apprentice this year. We auctioned off services in an acitivity we did for church and my service was gardening lessons. Well a nice young man by the name of Rick purchased my service with his cans of food and we had our first lesson last week (between thunder showers). We tilled up the ground with some left over leaves and grass clippings, then planted potatoes, cauliflower, broccoli, and carrots! I hear you are suppose to rotate crops...so I did completely different things this time. I'm hoping they turn out good, because I can't look bad in front of my pupil!
Good luck to you and your season starts!
I planted some bulbs last fall and they popped up just splendidly! They are cute and little...pretty much like most of the things I grow. One day I'll get some mighty plants from the seeds I sow. But for now these tulips, hyancinths, and irises are just fine with me:
I have an apprentice this year. We auctioned off services in an acitivity we did for church and my service was gardening lessons. Well a nice young man by the name of Rick purchased my service with his cans of food and we had our first lesson last week (between thunder showers). We tilled up the ground with some left over leaves and grass clippings, then planted potatoes, cauliflower, broccoli, and carrots! I hear you are suppose to rotate crops...so I did completely different things this time. I'm hoping they turn out good, because I can't look bad in front of my pupil!
Good luck to you and your season starts!
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