It feels so good to know I am not the only one who gardens this way! My husband and I are trying to push ourselves forward one small step at a time each year. Several years back we totally failed at trying to start seeds indoors and gave up on seeds altogether until last year, when we planted snap peas outside and they turned into actual food. This year, we started in early spring, again with seeds that could go directly in the ground, and we added beets and carrots. We got only one carrot sprout, but the beets seem OK. Given our ages, our slow growing of skill, and our seeming inability to do any of this in a more consistent or methodical way (which you're helping me see is likely about not loving it the way others do), I doubt we'll ever be able to really feed ourselves through out efforts. But like you, I also feel a thrill when we see things growing, and I have to believe that what skill we are building will not be wasted. Thanks so much for this. I loved it.
Finally got mine in this weekend too! Totally missed putting in sweet peas this year, which kinda breaks my heart—they’re my favorites. But hey, we did it!
I feel so tremendously validated that I am not alone with my forays into gardening varying *wildly* from week to week and month to month 🙃 last year my beautiful flower garden layout in February was thwarted by not getting around to finishing getting the flowers in the ground before they got sad and died in the plastic planters from the garden center 😭
I love this headline! It completely resonates with me. I’m like you and found that my particular skills — which includes convening, inspiring and/or helping others “sensing in” to what’s happening and then feeling a sense of agency to do something about it (like gardening) — is a great community initiative. In our case, this means a few households (including kids) to share the burden/joy/skills/benefits for an eventual collective harvest. It needn’t be individual achievement like everything else in our lives. Community is our only way through the messiness of the times.
It feels so good to know I am not the only one who gardens this way! My husband and I are trying to push ourselves forward one small step at a time each year. Several years back we totally failed at trying to start seeds indoors and gave up on seeds altogether until last year, when we planted snap peas outside and they turned into actual food. This year, we started in early spring, again with seeds that could go directly in the ground, and we added beets and carrots. We got only one carrot sprout, but the beets seem OK. Given our ages, our slow growing of skill, and our seeming inability to do any of this in a more consistent or methodical way (which you're helping me see is likely about not loving it the way others do), I doubt we'll ever be able to really feed ourselves through out efforts. But like you, I also feel a thrill when we see things growing, and I have to believe that what skill we are building will not be wasted. Thanks so much for this. I loved it.
Finally got mine in this weekend too! Totally missed putting in sweet peas this year, which kinda breaks my heart—they’re my favorites. But hey, we did it!
I feel so tremendously validated that I am not alone with my forays into gardening varying *wildly* from week to week and month to month 🙃 last year my beautiful flower garden layout in February was thwarted by not getting around to finishing getting the flowers in the ground before they got sad and died in the plastic planters from the garden center 😭
I love this headline! It completely resonates with me. I’m like you and found that my particular skills — which includes convening, inspiring and/or helping others “sensing in” to what’s happening and then feeling a sense of agency to do something about it (like gardening) — is a great community initiative. In our case, this means a few households (including kids) to share the burden/joy/skills/benefits for an eventual collective harvest. It needn’t be individual achievement like everything else in our lives. Community is our only way through the messiness of the times.
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