Ask any gardener why they do what they do and you will get a bunch of different answers. Some grow veggies to supplement their pantry. A small investment in a couple of plants of tomatoes and you will reap the rewards of quarts of canned tomatoes. The same with beans, potatoes, onions, etc. It is cost efficient and a lot of growers like to know where their food comes from and what if any pesticides were used on the produce.

Some people garden for the flowers, for the enjoyment of color and texture as well as the visiting of butterflies, birds, bees, and other insects and critters that visit the colorful landscape.

Some folks like to have a pristine green carpet of grass that rivals any golf course. Some folks could care less and think as long as it’s green it’s fine in the lawn.

So why do I garden? Bits and pieces of the above explanations, as well as being in nature, feeling the soil, smelling the scents, watching things grow, develop, and seeing those critters and birds and insects visit to enjoy the bounty as well.

A garden is what you make it to be, along with a little help from Mother Nature. It is available to all of the senses as well as being visible to you, your neighbors, passerby’s, and if you so choose to take pics, to show other people not in your area.

I have posted quite a few pics over the years. I have currently three different places on the internet where those pics can be visited. It is more than visible, it is shared abundantly. I read a comment about gardens being closed off, invisible, and I had to smile. How can one make a garden invisible? Far from it. It’s there for the whole world to see either close up or thru a lens, wherever the viewer may be stationed.

I don’t like to respond to negativity. I think that negativity is garnered to just get noticed, to get a response, to whine, complain, and then be punctuated by a bullying name at the end of that comment seems like they want to justify their negative comment.

If things aren’t visible to someone, maybe they need to look harder. At themselves, at their viewpoint, at their actions.

A few years ago I was blocked. Imagine that, blocked by someone on my friends list on another blogging site. I haven’t ever blocked a friend for having a differing opinion. For not sharing their viewpoint. Silly me, I thought despite not agreeing, friendships could be maintained despite differences. But when I was blocked that told me all I needed to know. In their eyes I wasn’t supposed to disagree, to rock the boat or challenge their viewpoint. A very narrow path to follow for a friendship, so I blocked them in return. Don’t want to see me? Great, I will abide with your wishes. I will cease to exist to you and vice versa. I will spare you the discomfort of having to deal with me, my blog, my opinions, my pics, my world.

I have a couple of sites on here. All are open except for one on gardening. It’s a more personal site. Pics of my gardens, of my life, of things only friends would be interested in. One can view flower pics the world over. You can thank Google for that. Every pic of flowers I post can be found in hundreds, possibly thousands of pics across the web. Enjoy garden pics to your hearts content. Enjoy flower pics to your hearts content. Enjoy whatever nature pics you find to your hearts content. Not being able to view only one person’s favorite flowers, gardens, plants, etc. seems very small in the grand scheme of things, and certainly not everyone is privy to everything in the whole world.

It’s a whole big wonderful garden-y world out there. Just open your eyes and look. There is no reason to be blind to what is around you or what you create in this world. You reap what you sow.

Happy gardening bloggers!