Bits & Pieces
Here’s a gardening website we’ve recently discovered that inspires us: A Way To Garden.com (notice it’s not called THE Way to Garden!)
Our garden is a place of beauty, and a refuge for wild critters, like this Western Fence Lizard. 
Luckily, we don’t have deer snacking in our garden. But if you do, here’s an article (and podcast) that might help.
Here’s a quote from Dr. Sue Stuart-Smith, English psychiatrist and author of the powerful 2020 book, The Well-Gardened Mind: The Restorative Power of Nature:
“If you are not a gardener, it may seem strange to think that scrabbling about in the soil can be a source of existential meaning… but gardening gives rise to its own philosophy, and it is one that gets worked out in the flower beds.”
You might already know this, but it bears repeating: there are naturally-occurring anti-depressant microbes in soil!
Every spring, CanDo’s volunteer gardeners are delighted to be back in our Food Bank garden, harvesting lettuce and radishes and garlic, preparing for another bountiful summer growing season, and sometimes meditating as we pull weeds. Yes, it’s restorative!
Every year we grow lots of marigolds in our garden. Last year, we offered them to the City of Napa for their Dia de los Muertos celebration. City workers were delighted to harvest the vibrant blooms for use on the downtown altares. 