“Well,” said Pooh, “what I like best,” and then he had to stop and think. Because although Eating Honey was a very good thing to do, there was a moment just before you began to eat it which was better than when you were, but he didn’t know what it was called.
~A.A. Milne
Gardening consists of mind activity – planning, obsessing, dreaming, thinking, observing, as well as actually weeding,doing stuff with compost, moving plants, planting plants, buying plants and pruning plants. Then there’s blogging about it ...
I think Pooh raises an interesting question. Is garden thinking even better than doing it? I don’t know the answer, it’s all so wonderful.
For example, as I type these words I am listening to the little chirps from the tiny bush birds that visit occasionally. I am so happy and relieved when I hear them because that means they have defied the possessiveness of the mynah birds, who sometimes seem to think they are boss of the garden. And for once the bird sounds are louder than the noise of traffic.
