A sad start to spring or hope springing eternal?
Lowe’s, Home Depot, the local nursery — they’re all gearing up for the rush on seed, fertilizer and tools with which to till the soil. Our agrarian roots run deep and while people in this century have run to get off the farm, we still see growing things as a noble act. Thousands of years of our ties to the smell of freshly turned earth can’t be erased. We may have hunter and gatherer roots, but there is an almost primal joy taken in mastering our environment, even is a small suburban way, rather than simply accepting our fate. Planting ties us to nature, makes us a partner rather than a master or servant. So even though this clip was shot in an office, it still speaks to the need to engage with our environment and help perpetuate the growth of the season.
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