The Humble Passion

It is a humbling passion, to
be sure, this visceral call to
challenge Nature in her very own
unchallengeable speciality, giving
life, nurturing growth, enabling
her creatures to survive. But 
the captivating fascination with 
the process and the immense 
satisfaction gained by striving to
emulate our supreme benefactress, 
holds us in thrall, the legions 
who consider themselves helpless 
to do other than submit to the 
trials, tribulations and pleasures 
inherent in our relatively puny
little gardening enterprises, 
coaxing and cajoling flowering
plants to please us with their
sublime, ephemeral and 
timeless beauty and scent, and
the fruits of the Earth to bless us
with their life-enhancing
properties, feeding the world.