temple annually at Janmastami which he grows in his ordinary backyard (300 m2 including a 10 m2 greenhouse) in the middle of a suburban neighborhood. The immense surplus of corn, cucumbers, beans, parsley, red beats, dill, carrots, potatoes, onions [sic], collard greens, kale, squash, pumpkins etc. which Sten grows, he contributes to a local community center which collects the equivalent of a couple of thousand dollars/yearly from selling his produce to neighbors/visitors. Sten's sole motive for this is BG 12.11: "If, however, you are unable to work in this consciousness of Me, then try to act giving up all results of your work and try to be self-situated."

At the end of the season last November, Sten wrote me as usual with his monthly cash donation (the equivalent of $50) to the Deities:

Translation from Swedish: "My agriculture service to Krishna continues. I covered the garden with wilted flowers, fruits and about 300 sacks of leaves and then a topping of fresh horse dung.

I collect empty milk cartons for planting in the Spring a variety of 30 kinds of tomatoes. Last year I sprouted about 1000 tomato plants and grew or gave away all of them. Every day I regularly begin with the prayer:
 

"O Lord Krishna! I pray to simply be engaged in Your service of cultivating nice vegetables and I pray to remain unaffected materially by my work so as to escape the belief that it is me who is cultivating!"