Depending on where you live, it will soon be time to start seeds for your summer garden! I won’t be starting any seeds until about the end of March, but I am already ordering seeds.  If you are planning a spring garden of frost-tolerant crops (peas, lettuce etc.) the time is coming up fast.

I really like the thoughts expressed in this video. I hope you will too. Maybe you will be gardening with your children or grandchildren. If you do, you will be passing on a useful skill to another generation – and it’s fun!

Turn off the news, build a garden, raise the kids. Give them something to believe in, teach them how to be good people, give them hope that they can see. Oh yes. (lyrics below)

“Turn Off The News (Build A Garden)”

I believe that every heart is kind
Some of them are just a little underused
Hatred is a symptom of the times
Lost in these uneducated blues

I just want to love you while I can
All these other thoughts have me confused
I don’t need to try and understand
Maybe I’ll get up, turn off the fuckin’ news

Turn off the news and build a garden
Just my neighborhood and me
We might feel a bit less hardened
We might feel a bit more free

Turn off the news and raise your kids
Give them somethin’ to believe in
Teach them how to be good people
Give them hope that they can see
Hope that they can see

Turn off the news and build a garden with me

Trust builds trust
And all that negativity’s a bust
Trust builds trust
Don’t you wanna be happy?

Turn off the news and build a garden
Just my neighborhood and me
We might feel a bit less hardened
We might feel a bit more free

Turn off the news and raise the kids
Give them somethin’ to believe in
Teach them how to be good people
Give them hope that they can see
Hope that they can see

Turn off the news and build a garden with me
Turn off the news and build a garden with me

planting potatoes!