The green thumb is equable in the face of nature's uncertainties; he moves among her mysteries without feeling the need for control or explanations or once-and-for-all solutions. To garden well is to be happy amid the babble of the objective world, untroubled by its refusal to be reduced by our ideas of it, its indomitable rankness.

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Themes

  • Happiness — Thoughts on finding joy, contentment, and fulfilment
  • Nature — Appreciation for the natural world and our place within it

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