The Garden of Our Dreams

A short history of the Garden of Eden

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This time of year, I spend a lot of my free time thinking about my garden.

It’s still a little too early to put everything in the ground, but I've been planning the garden since January, and I started a lot of my seeds indoors in February. Thinking about my garden isn’t just a hobby. It’s an act of hope, a sign that the end of winter is coming and that spring is on its way. It sustains me through the bleak days of the winter.

Once I do get the garden fully underway, it’s a source of great pride and joy. Even if it would be easier (and sometimes cheaper) to just go to the store and get some tomatoes, I really enjoy tending the garden and watching my food develop from seed to table.

Gardening has been a fundamental human activity for at least 10,000 years, when we invented agriculture. But it probably…