The Inaugural...

Welcome to The Nearly Constant Gardener. I am Jake, merely a nearly constant gardener. If you are wondering why I would choose to play off the title of a depressing movie about corruption in post-colonial Sub-Saharan Africa for the title of my blog, the answer is simple: all the good ones were already taken, probably by "bloggers" who haven't blogged since the day they registered, and this was the best I could come up with.

I'm one of those rare individuals who enjoys yard work. I find it relaxing and view it as a form of artistic expression. Conveniently, the artistic expression angle means that A) any mistake or half-assed, thrown-together-in-a-moment-of-desperation-inspiration element of your yard/garden/house/life is easy to explain away and B) there are no expectations of sobriety. Some of you may be thinking "Isn't it unsafe to drink while using various examples of gas-powered lawn equipment and sharp, pointy gardening implements?" To which I can only respond, live a little.