Gardening Dude
Channel: Jonathan Mann
Date: 2018-08-22

With handwritten notes from a book about gardening
Chris and Greg headed for Maine
Turned a swampy backyard into a functioning commune
Some spirit took over through sun and the rain

Just turning soil
Putting seeds in the ground
It’s a miraculous thing
When you end up with food
Some light and some water
In the here and the now
That’s all he needs
He’s a gardening dude

Fast forward Chris is a respiratory therapist
Overseeing things administratively
I’ve heard this before, I’ve done this before
Under fluorescent lights, of his garden he’d dream

He left the desk and went garden full time
Growing more than he and his wife could eat
His mind turned to a resturant
And the kind of life he always wanted 
More food to grow, more mouths to feed

He applied for a job and was pretty nervous
He almost fell into the chicken shit
Now he works with chickens and bees
And kids in their 20s, but it’s a perfect fit



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