Life is quiet in Lubbock right now. I am at home, and have been since Sunday. I love the quiet. I woke up late (for me), didn't do anything really until 12, worked out some, dragged my tired arms home, did homework, and then I gardened. I gardened with my mom for an hour, and I didn't notice it had been an hour. When I was young, my parents used to make me garden (they have a really big garden), and I hated it! I would watch the minutes drag, and have to take "water breaks" every 15 minutes. So it shocked me when over an hour went by of me raking leaves and occasionally clipping dead stalks from plants, and I didn't notice.
I believe I would like a garden when I have a house of my own. I would really like an herb garden, and maybe to grow some vegetables and raspberries. I never remember the "p" in "raspberry", and then I can never really pronounce raspberry in my head right now that I know there is a p there.
I keep asking my parents what is xeriscaped and was is not in the garden. Most of the xeriscaped plants are rather uninteresting at first glance. I came across a straggly bush like thing today that was gray and covered in dead leaves. But I like that my parents are moving in that direction, and I like that Tech is moving in that direction as well. The grasses around tech are so pretty. I want my parents to use some of those grasses in their garden, but gardens are so particular. You have to have the right light, and water fall, and time, energy. It's a committment, but it feels so fulfilling to spend your time nuturing nature. To finally be doing something that is good for the earth.