I doubt I'm the only one who is suffering from wintertime amnesia - blissfully forgetting about last summer's failed crops, pests, the fact that I can't grow a freaking cucumber, the mosquito bites, and about how damn hot it can get. Truth is, last year I made no effort. Not quite sure what was going on, but even as I started seeds, I knew I wasn't fully invested.
This year is different. It's January 8th and my heart is completely in it. This summer, I resolve to go outside every single morning while it's still cool, do a bit of weeding, spin the composter, water the cukes, and I'm going to lovingly tend, tend, tend my little garden. I'm expecting butterflies. I'm expecting bees. I'm expecting nibble-free greens, and fruits of every shape, size, and color. What about you?! It's crazy what a bag of seeds can do to a gardener.
Hello Wendy, i forgot if i greeted you Happy New Year! I don't normally comment if your post is on foods, as if i garden without eating! What happened to the dog, i haven't monitored. But when you asked what can seeds do to gardeners, ah i can relate to that. When a blogger friend from Illinois sent me some seeds, it acted as a bait for me. I posted it today, hahaha! Happy gardening and may you have full success with all that you wish for!
ReplyDeleteWow! You are so much more organized than I am. My garden is still a hot mess! Needs major cleanup!
ReplyDeletesounds like last year was a sabbatical, hope this year brings you garden joy. I'm the opposite to you - last year was full of garden energy, this year I don't feel very energetic or enthusiastic.
ReplyDeleteYou hit the nail head on! Last year my garden was a bust! We planted way too much for the time we had to give to it with a newborn....and right now I am in seed heaven scouring my catalogs and plotting new pieces of land to turn!! And you are right, I forget about the bugs, the heat, the lack of time for weeding..... :)
ReplyDeleteYay! for you! I'm glad to hear such zest for working in your beautiful garden! I look forward to some pics, but even now I like to see pictures of wintertime garden conditions. One thing I learned this year was to not have my tomatoes where the security light illuminated them at night. I think it affected production. I planted cuke seeds and plants a total of five times this past year, and didn't get a single one. Good luck to you!
ReplyDeleteYes! A little packet of seeds can bring a winter-bound gardener out of the blues quicker than ice melting on a hot sidewalk! My garden map is sitting on my table .. ready to rotate (on paper) the crops from last years plan. Life is good :)
ReplyDeleteAnd for some reason this year, I'm not feeling it! I'm hoping once those seeds actually arrive, I'll feel differently. I think I just need a vacation. Been hinting to the hubbie....
ReplyDeleteFor me this year it's as much seed catalogues as the seeds themselves :) I just found my graph paper and I'm ready to start mapping what comes up this spring, and what I'd like to plant!
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