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I’m not the best gardener. The first year I decided to have a garden, I just threw everything I wanted to grow into some planter boxes that my father-in-law so graciously built for me. I watered, weeded, crossed my fingers, and waited to see what happened. No, I didn’t put tomato cages around the tomatoes, […]

Patience has never really been my strongest virtue. I make quick decisions and love quick, tangible results. As a teen and young adult, I especially struggled with the self-discipline to plant seeds that would take a long time to (metaphorically) sprout. I wanted that quick fix, the immediate solution. I was a hard worker but […]