Growing out of my depression.
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STORY: In 2014 I lost my brother who was just a couple years older than me, shortly after his return from deployment in Afghanistan. From 2014-2018 I was severely depressed. I had lost my best friend and brother. During that time in 2016, my husband and I had another child together, but that pregnancy was really hard on my body and I ended up in the hospital for 3 months straight, at one point having to choose between my life and
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Monkey’s Garden
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STORY: I started gardening when I bought my house. I have always loved plants but didn’t have the space for a garden, so I only had interior plants. Finally I was able start my dream garden. Every season I learn new techniques and tricks. The feeling of eating your own grown vegetables is so satisfying, and delicious !!
Blame it all on my roots...
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STORY: I've been gardening a very long time, I guess you could say it runs in my blood. My mother is a gardener as well just like her mother before her. Speaking of her mother, I was extremely close to my grandmother growing up. She lived out in the country and was one of those little old ladies with long gray hair, funky windchimes hanging from her porch along with hummingbird feeders, free range chickens, many beautiful species of flowers and
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My First Garden
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STORY: I recently bought a house in Hudsonville, MI. It is known as the "Salad Bowl" of Michigan. It was as inspiration. My sister and I palnted a lot of flowers. I wasn't really thinking about planting a vegetable garden this year. However, my wheels started turning when I spotted two galvanized basement egress window wells in the neighbors yard. He was just about ready to take them to the scrap yard. He said I could have them. I repurposed them
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American copper beauty
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STORY: I started gardening for the beauty and love of flowers and nature.
Pot garden
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STORY: I learned to garden when I was a baby & as an adult I started gardening in pots outside my downtown apartment. Now I do it still because it's easier for me.
This is the reason I started gardening!
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STORY: It's amazing to see what happens when you start adding plants around your home. So many things appear that you didn't see before you planted flowers, shrubs and vegetables. Beautiful insects and animals appear as if by magic. When we started building our home there were no birds, squirrels or butterflies to be found. We started with a few plants and a few turned into many and nature blessed us with so much wildlife that it's a joy to continue
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My Flute Lilies
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STORY: I've always loved to grow my own fruits and veggies as a kid and couldn't resist showing off the newest edition to my garden. I really enjoyed watching them grow.
Growing out of my depression.
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STORY: In 2014 I lost my brother who was just a couple years older than me, shortly after his return from deployment in Afghanistan. From 2014-2018 I was severely depressed. I had lost my best friend and brother. During that time in 2016, my husband and I had another child together, but that pregnancy was really hard on my body and I ended up in the hospital for 3 months straight, at one point having to choose between my life and
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