It’s Spring in Canada: Get Thee to the Garden

Commentary It’s finally spring in Canada and that means we can at last go green, but not like post-modern Gaia worshippers. Rather, we can partake in the timeless pastime of gardening, connecting to both the natural world and one of your own design. It’s hard to overstate the merits of this. Too many of us live in boxes high above the pavement, often without even a balcony and thus detached from the earth. If the benefits of gardening aren’t obvious, let’s look at a few. First, the utilitarian case for getting your thumb green which is, on its own, compelling. Buy a bunch of bedding plants or, better yet, seeds, and get to work....