There are two gardens we could live from

 

 

I was pondering today that there are two gardens that people could live from. Now I am a greener and a Professor at Metro State Denver in Urban Agriculture.  I have spent the last nine years being a full time Urban Farmer and now getting to teach college students about Urban Agriculture, Food Fundamentals, Farm to Table Sustainability.  Before 2006 I loved dirt and had been a gardener with my family at our home in Long Island.  I found it hard to grow anything in Colorado.  The soil was so good in New York and lots of water. Here in Colorado it requires some unique ways to garden. Not all gardens are created equal.   The soil here can be so full of clay.  I had one home where I had to get a huge pick ax to plant a tree. It was shale land. Oh my back still hurts from that endeavor. It was worth it though because our landscaping looked so  nice. It is hard work building a garden. It is a lot easier just buying a ticket to the Denver Botanical Garden and enjoy the work of others. Experts design and build that place.

Well getting back to there are two gardens we could live from – I was thinking more about not Colorado gardens or community gardens or botanical gardens, but gardens with spiritual significance.  I walk around college campuses sometimes and ask students spiritual questions. I have no idea what they might say and that is what makes it most fun. So I spent a bit of time a few weeks ago asking this question: ” Hey I have a radio show called you GOTTA GET BACK TO THE GARDEN – what does that term mean to you ?  The responses were awesome.  One person said well getting back to basics. Another said well a place that would be good. Another said, well that is the Joni Mitchell song and I love Joni Mitchell.

For those students who had a few extra minutes I asked if I could ask them one more question .  I said have you heard of the Garden of Eden.  Most said yes. I said what does not garden mean to you.  Not sure were response of a few. Another guy said well I was Catholic I know that was in the Bible and where God created the world.

I love the words of Joni Mitchell’s song – I came upon a child of God that was walking along the road. I asked him where he was going and this is what he told me. He was going down to Jazguer’s farm and was going to join in a rock and roll band. He said he was gonna get his soul set free.   I went to Woodstock in 1969 and I will share more about that in this blog.  Many people still talk about Woodstock like it was the super bowl of all music events. I guess it was.  Many people feel there was love expressed there among the mainly young people.  To some I guess it would have been what they thought the Garden of Eden was like.

You will find if you chose to follow my blog postings that I am kinda crazy because I believe in God and that God speaks to people a lot.  I asked God one day – “Were you at Woodstock”.  He was I believe.

So was Woodstock like the garden of Eden ?  I guess since this is a site about spiritual conversations I would have to ask you what you think ?  I will be writing a book called Woodstock to the Cross about this very topic.

You can see the TAG line for our site is that there are two gardens you could live from. Well the other garden was called Gethsemane.  I will like to get feedback on the radio show we have on KLVZ 810 AM on Saturdays at 1:00 MST about peoples ideas about the Garden of Eden and the Garden of Gethsemane.  http://www.810klvz.com/