What’s in it you ask… Here’s a sample!

by Kim Murray

North Shore Publishing is an independent family owned publisher of “The Answer For My Hope…” series. It is a coffee table landscape book that reflects many of the ideals and sentiments of The Post My Garden Show blog. It is an inspirational book of hope as seen through the eyes of a survivor.

“But what’s in the thing,” you ask yourself! Well turn the pages of this flip book and it will give you an idea of just what you will find in each book. Page after page of beautiful landscape pictures published on heavy gloss paper, true stories and witty commentary that is sure to brighten anyone’s day. Gift this book to anyone who needs it, including yourself. Pick it up time and again, and notice something you had not seen before. There is much to discover…

You can find these books at Northshorepublishing.org. Buy one today.

The Honor in Work…

When I work in the Garden I work among the workers.  I feel I am part of a team who gets things done. I watch honey bees, bumble bees and sweat bees all land on the same flowers to extract what they can. They focus on their duty in a spirit of cooperation. The reward is sure.

One day I came across a pair of dung beetles.  As I watched them work, I noticed one was clearly working harder than the other. In fact, one seems to do little more than ride along while the other was doing all the heavy lifting. But neither were dissuaded from the task at hand. Progress is a goal to be shared.

The Garden has shown me two valuable truths. First, all work is not weighted equally. Someone will always work harder than you or you will be assigned a chore harder than someone else. This is not an injustice.

Second, and most important, is learning that there is honor in work! To be a contributing part of a family or community makes you an asset. Children will learn this very young. They learn they are needed or they learn they are not. Given the choice, anyone would rather be a ‘taker’, but there lies the injustice.

Start your own Garden. Let it teach  you and your children the honor in hard work. They are needed.

God bless you and your Garden

North Shore Publishing