I ’m for certain grateful for the hazard to enjoy the gardens of Toronto with 70 other garden bloggers last June .

As I just heard on an NPR report yesterday , being grateful is not just the matter to do at this time of twelvemonth , gratitude in reality has substantial health benefit , including deoxidise the possibility of heart disease . Well , I ’m all for that !

So here goes :

I’m sure grateful for the chance to enjoy the gardens of Toronto with 70 other garden blogger last June.

I’m sure grateful for the chance to enjoy the gardens of Toronto with 70 other garden bloggers last June.

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I ’m grateful that I be in one the most garden - obsessed city in the US , and I ’m thankful to more than 300 fellow Buffalo gardeners , who , like me , open their gardens to the public for innocent on the last weekend of July .

I ’m grateful that younger people ( call back early 30 ) are starting to garden in larger numbers ( according to studies released by Harris , Garden Media Group and the National Gardening Association ) . They may be more concerned in solid food horticulture than I am , but they understand the benefits of surrounding themselves with green infinite and produce healthy green groceries .

Gordon and Brian–the most obsessed gardeners I know

Gordon and Brian–the most obsessed gardeners I know

I ’m relieved and grateful that the regulator of New York weighed the benefits against the environmental and health peril anddecided against fracking .

On a related notation , I am thrilled and really grateful to experience so near so many outstanding parkland and nature preserves , such as Zoar Valley ( above ) , Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge , Niagara Falls and gorge , and , of course , the Olmsted parks throughout Buffalo .

I ’m grateful that , as a shade nurseryman , I ’ve learned to love the many textures of green , and not be so obsessed with flowers .

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Except in bound , when my bulb obsession pays off .

I ’m grateful to live near so much fresh H2O .

Finally , I ’m thankful for this opportunity to blether on to you all ( with your kind indulgence ) , and really grateful that I have five awing partners on this web log , which is now nearing its tenth day of remembrance . Thanks for rent me rant !

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