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Ties that bind

2/18/2014

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PictureOur home, before the garden.
“We’re never moving again.”

My husband, Kevin, and I first said this after hauling box after box of books into our then-new-to-us home in Geneva.


We said it again after waiting years for new lilacs to start flowering. And yet again after building raised beds for vegetables.


Since we’ve endeavored to create an edible landscape, we’ve reiterated this sentiment repeatedly — usually upon completion of another “permanent” feature: Stone pathway; raised, tiered strawberry bed; cedar grapevine fence. Not to mention bushes and trees that test our patience as we wait years for them to yield berries and fruit.


Having spent 14 years restructuring our property — even improving upon our own improvements — I have a hard time imagining living anywhere else.


Threads of connection join us to this particular half acre.


Here, we selected, sited, tend and harvest each of our own food bearing plants and perennial herbs and edibles. The very act of feeding and nurturing them serves to feed and nurture us.


This is what it means to be tied to the land. 


We’re never moving again.

8 Comments
Jean Keane link
2/18/2014 08:08:42 am

You have such a beautiful home - I can see why you never want to leave!!

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Mary
2/18/2014 07:35:44 pm

Thank you, Jean! We enjoy its beauty in all seasons -- even when the garden is a mad riot!

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tom
2/18/2014 09:21:17 am

Oh. I thought this was leading up to "we're moving". Phew! I love that house.

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Mary
2/18/2014 07:32:01 pm

Thanks, Tom. We love the whole property!

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Lori Prince
2/18/2014 10:57:58 am

"to plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow"

Isn't it great that seed catalogs arrive in the dead of winter to give us some hope and fodder for daydreams of spring?

I'm so happy to not see a "we're moving" too!

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Mary
2/18/2014 07:34:04 pm

I agree, Lori! The seasonal flow of the garden keeps me pointed forward.

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Patty Zachman
2/19/2014 04:38:37 am

It's a beautiful house and the garden is amazing.

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Mary
2/19/2014 10:41:41 am

Thank you, Patty!

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    Kevin & Mary Schoonover

    In addition to art, Mary and Kevin are turning their front lawn into an edible landscape garden.

    Mary's "Front & Center" thoughts appear in purple; Kevin's are in blue.

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