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1 f you like growing things — vegetables, flowers, fruit and nut trees, shrubs, shade trees, container plants, wildflowers, or practically anything that is green — then spring is probably a magical time of year for you. As spring approaches and the growing season begins to jump into action, there are decisions to be made.

I was visiting with my Dad and inquired about some old black and white portraits of two elderly couples that were hanging in his hallway. I knew they were ancestors, but I didn’t know exactly how I was related.

“We have neglected the truth that a good farmer is a craftsman of the highest order, a kind of artist.” Wendell Berry; author and Agriculturalist.

So said the Rolling Stones. “But if you try sometime,” they concluded, “you might find you get what you need.”