Jim Brown's 'garden Prayer'
- Date: 2010-07-10 - Word Count: 420
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In his garden record book Jim Brown has written this eloquent paragraph as part of a 'Garden Prayer": "We know that a garden is a beautiful, sacred place since the days of long ago. Even Thy Son went into the Garden of Gethsemane to offer prayers to Thee. "Bv trusting in Thee we know that our labors are not in vain and that our harvest is great." Not all of us can, or would care to, be Jim Browns, but we can share his pleasure in gardening and his faith in the soil. We can easily be more self-sufficient than we are by growing more of our own food. We can have fun doing it, and without putting in as many hours in the garden as the Browns do. Indeed, many Victory Gardeners whose records I have seen made very creditable gardens by working less than a hundred hours a season. Jim Brown spades his large garden by band. A plowman could do it much more quickly, and in a garden of that size a small garden tractor would probably pay. A wheel hoc will save many hours and much stooping in a garden of any size.
Most homeowners are aware that their lawns and gardens are badly ill need of a face-lifting. Because of the pressure of war work, the shortage of help and materials, as well as the need for food gardens, our grass plots, borders, hedges and trees have been neglected. With emphasis placed on vegetable gardens during the war years, many landowners have had to let decorative planting wait. This year will be the time to spruce up home grounds. If the rock garden has suffered neglect and not enjoyed the solicitous care needed during the years of war, many gardeners will this year introduce new plant dwellers, clean out aliens and beautify the pool, to a point where serious attention is necessary. Where lawns are thin or deteriorated, fertilization, remaking, new seed and in some cases new top soil are needed. Many shade trees have grown too large, or are full of dead and diseased wood. Pruning will cure this condition if the tree is worth saving, but often the axe may be needed. Privet hedges are often improved by cutting back severely, or by filling in the gaps with new plants. Feeding with a good commercial plant food, manure or compost will work wonders in restoring the health and beauty of neglected plants, if they are not too far gone from disease or malnutrition.
Most homeowners are aware that their lawns and gardens are badly ill need of a face-lifting. Because of the pressure of war work, the shortage of help and materials, as well as the need for food gardens, our grass plots, borders, hedges and trees have been neglected. With emphasis placed on vegetable gardens during the war years, many landowners have had to let decorative planting wait. This year will be the time to spruce up home grounds. If the rock garden has suffered neglect and not enjoyed the solicitous care needed during the years of war, many gardeners will this year introduce new plant dwellers, clean out aliens and beautify the pool, to a point where serious attention is necessary. Where lawns are thin or deteriorated, fertilization, remaking, new seed and in some cases new top soil are needed. Many shade trees have grown too large, or are full of dead and diseased wood. Pruning will cure this condition if the tree is worth saving, but often the axe may be needed. Privet hedges are often improved by cutting back severely, or by filling in the gaps with new plants. Feeding with a good commercial plant food, manure or compost will work wonders in restoring the health and beauty of neglected plants, if they are not too far gone from disease or malnutrition.
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