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Would my own gardening failures seem more bearable if I accept that "garden is an unhappy place for the perfectionist"  (Michael Pollan)? I doubt it. I might be wrong but I doubt it: I’m just not a true gardener, yet. The bearing of farming failures is an essential part of the farmer’s living philosophy - and gardening is agriculture. Yes, agriculture primarily by its civility aspects.

In the beginning of our civilization, there was agriculture. Before agriculture, humans were just a kind of primates, barely distinguishable from the other primates. Agriculture has introduced a new set of social values. Being cautious, defensive, plodding, and honest - those features are promoted by agriculture while daring, aggressiveness, speed, and cunning mark a good hunter. Hunters would never build cities, libraries and retirees homes.

Agriculture, like any other human activity, is clearly not for everyone. So is true for the gardening. Then, although they have a great deal in common, the inclination to farming and the ability to farm are not the same thing. So is true for the gardening. Then, from the economic and other social recognition criteria, including esthetics, the dilemma between productivity and creativity sets the frames. So is true for the gardening

However, hunter’s mentality still prevails in our civilization. ‘‘Peasant’ is not a word of flattery. "Farmer’ sounds with somewhat more dignity. How about ‘gardener’?

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