I remember sitting on the damp earth of a small community plot in São Paulo, my fingers stained a deep, stubborn ochre, feeling less like a “master gardener” and more like a confused student of the soil. There is a pervasive, almost clinical myth in modern lifestyle media that learning how to start a vegetable …
Cultivating the Soul: the Alchemy of How to Start a Vegetable Garden and Reclaim Your Connection to the Earth