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Gardening Advice from a Desert Father -
A patch of sweet clover growing in a row in my garden. To the right of the row, you can see the cardboard and mulch that I use to cover the walking spaces between the rows. It’s about time to replenish the mulch. -
A patch of weeds in another row that’s mostly cat’s-ear. Notice how the serrated leaves spread and cover the ground, serving as a living mulch.
An elder said: “In the same way that no plant whatsoever can come up on a welltrodden highway, not even if you throw seed on it, because the surface is trodden down, so it is with us. Retire quietly from all (worldly) business and you will see things growing that you did not know were in you, for you were walking on them.”
-an anonymous saying of the early Christian desert fathers. The ancient…
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