It’s the first day of the New Year and social media feeds and blogs are overflowing with “wishing you the best” messages and how to “make those resolutions really stick this year” posts. Our little family is no exception as we have many exciting plans brewing for 2014.  Among those is my wish intention of dedicating more time to gardening and logging the experiences here.

A recent holiday promotion I worked on shared a little book written by Chad Allen called DO YOUR ART: A Manifesto on Rejecting Apathy to Bring Your Best to the World. I adore this book and highly recommend it. Often while reading the book my thoughts turned to gardening. Here’s an excerpt from the holiday promotion sharing my “thing” or my “art.”

Cooking with hate frightened my husband, so I gave gardening a try instead. Now I grow beautiful vegetables and herbs he skillfully transforms into delicious meals.

There is a vital connection between people and plants. Nothing relaxes me more than tinkering in the garden. If everyone could become responsible stewards of the Earth and celebrate horticulture with me, I’m pretty sure we could solve world hunger and rid the world of reality television. The additional skill set would also help us survive the pending zombie apocalypse.

Working the soil to help plants thrive and sharing that knowledge with others… it’s why I’m a Master Volunteer Gardener.

I cannot wait to tackle this year. I’m excited by all the knowledge I will obtain by working hard in the garden. I can’t wait to meet new and interesting people who are just as nutty about gardening as me. Most of all, I’m completely geeked to help others discover and navigate gardening. Maybe it will be a new hobby that brings them a little bit of happiness as well.