Brian ended the garden club meeting with some encouraging words: "All in all this land's been good to us. At the very least, it's brought all of us together. And now we can be good to it."
When I spoke to him later, he elaborated: "I'm a farmer. When you work the land, you put something of yourself into it. And while you're working, it gets inside of you too. "
This week at the garden, there are subtle signs of people working the land. A few small transplants have appeared, and the ground has been hoed into small hills or neat rows. Row markers have appeared - some standard, and some creative - as a sign that the 26th and Maryland gardeners are putting their hope and faith in the land here.
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