Gardening in the winter; gardening is the best thing we can do on earth

The photo taken this morning showing our garden was covered by about half a foot of snow.  But our garden season has begun in earnest indoors.  We placed the seeds inside a plasty bag with a moist paper towel as their comfortable bed a few weeks ago.  When the roots grew we planted them in the paper cup inside a plasty cup on 2/28/15.  Yesterday a few souls began to emerge to brave the new world; they are 台灣南瓜,  台灣葫蘆瓜， 菜瓜.

We’re particularly pleased that luffa (菜瓜) did come out; not only are they slow growing, they are “high maintenance”.

If the poor souls in Boston or Connecticut are tired of being shut-in by snow; let the gardening begin, as garden is synonymous with spring, growth, hope and exaltation. 

Voltaire spent his last 20 years living in Ferney (now called Ferney-Voltaire), France, cultivating his garden, saying it is “the best thing we can do on earth.”  CERN (the European Organization for Nuclear Research) is nearby.