https://vegasharmon.com/authors/jerry-minich/ Recent content in Jerry Minich on Vegas Harmon Hugo en Sat, 15 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://vegasharmon.com/commonplace/the-gardener-s-deal-with-nature/ Sat, 15 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://vegasharmon.com/commonplace/the-gardener-s-deal-with-nature/ When we choose to be the gardener, we make a deal with nature: we will abide by certain rules in growing plants, and the plants will accede to our shaping them somewhat to our needs and pleasures. We will supply water, loamy soil, a modicum of nutrients, and moderate temperature, and the impatiens will bloom brightly from May to October.