You could lose your house, like they did the time my Uncle Jack accidentally burned the farm down, but if you lost your land, you lost your life. It has always seemed to me that farmers could sell the land, invest the money in the bank, and make more money. But then they wouldn't have any land. Gardening is not just for those who work with dirt. It is not just farmers who should celebrate Earth Day.
Gardening is the special job of everyone.
God calls us all to be gardeners. In the Garden of Eden, Adam and Eve walked close with God. Perhaps that is why when I catch Spring fever, when I am gardening, when I am working the ground, or even pushing the lawn mower in my little park, I feel so with God. I am hooked on gardening. It is the closest one can come to being present at Creation.