{"id":754,"date":"2017-01-26T13:17:38","date_gmt":"2017-01-26T18:17:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/georgiagalgardens.com\/?p=754"},"modified":"2021-09-16T16:52:44","modified_gmt":"2021-09-16T21:52:44","slug":"why-i-go-to-the-woods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/georgiagalgardens.com\/?p=754","title":{"rendered":"In the Woods"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/georgiagalgardens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/fallleavesblog.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/georgiagalgardens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/fallleavesblog.jpg\" alt=\"fall leaves north east georgia\" class=\"wp-image-1449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/georgiagalgardens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/fallleavesblog.jpg 480w, https:\/\/georgiagalgardens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/fallleavesblog-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>My backyard woods- Fall 2016<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Henry David Thoreau<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>wrote the following in the &#8220;Where I Lived, and What I Lived For&#8221; section of&nbsp;<strong><em>Walden.&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong>The first time I read <em>Walden,<\/em>&nbsp;just a few years ago, I was surprised by the content. The text is full of deep philosophical wisdom, and actual practical gardening advice and data. This quote resonates powerfully with me. Thoreau&#8217;s reasons for gardening and writing seem similar to mine. He too sees how living closely with nature can allow people to experience life to the fullest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8221; I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived. I did not wish to live what was not life, living is so dear; nor did I wish to practise resignation, unless it was quite necessary. I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life, to live sturdily and Spartan-like as to put to rout all that was not life, &#8230;&nbsp; &nbsp;&#8220;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Project Gutenberg is an incredible resource for free texts, and they have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gutenberg.org\/files\/205\/205-h\/205-h.htm#linkW2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the full text of <strong><em>Walden<\/em><\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am including a link to one of my favorite pieces I&#8217;ve written which is titled<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/georgiagalgardens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/GrowingEssay4834Port1.pdf\">Growing an Essay<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>It is inspired by Thoreau and <em>Walden<\/em>, and is written as a <em>New York Times<\/em> Draft style essay.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Henry David Thoreau wrote the following in the &#8220;Where I Lived, and What I Lived For&#8221; section of&nbsp;Walden.&nbsp;The first time I read Walden,&nbsp;just a few years ago, I was surprised by the content. The text is full of deep philosophical wisdom, and actual practical gardening advice and data. This quote resonates powerfully with me. Thoreau&#8217;s &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/georgiagalgardens.com\/?p=754\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;In the Woods&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,2,72,21,7],"tags":[29,73,74,31,75,28],"class_list":["post-754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-case-studies","category-landscapeplants","category-literary-nature-quotes","category-profiles","category-trees","tag-georgia","tag-henry-david-thoreau","tag-literary-quotes","tag-native-plants","tag-walden","tag-zone-8"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/georgiagalgardens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/754","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/georgiagalgardens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/georgiagalgardens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/georgiagalgardens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/georgiagalgardens.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=754"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/georgiagalgardens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/754\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2937,"href":"https:\/\/georgiagalgardens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/754\/revisions\/2937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/georgiagalgardens.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/georgiagalgardens.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/georgiagalgardens.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}