Starting small with a suburb garden
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Seed Catalogs
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I almost broke the first rule of beginning gardening. START SMALL!
As the seed catalogs came in the mail, I found excuses to visit my backyard and dream about my future plot of greenery. With every visit, I had a new idea. I’d build this and then move that and then buy this and… yeah, I got a little out of control. Thank goodness I’m married to the most logical, non-emotional decision maker I know. Hubby looked over my plans, listened to my ideas, gave small suggestions, and then, when I mentioned the cascading ivy, wild flower sanctuary, and waterfall, he put his foot down. One vegetable garden this summer, one, uno, that’s it. I persuaded, then ranted, then threw a mini-fit, followed by a major fit… and, well, did the only thing I could do in this type of situation. As the mature one in our relationship, I stormed out like a teenage girl, thought about everything for a bit, and, decided he was right. I’m such a great wife.
If I want to set myself up for gardening success this year, I have to force myself to start small. This means no herb garden and half the garden size I originally intended to grow. Check out the new plan (Yes, I used red to show my bleeding ideas, killed until next summer. Can you say, Drama Queen?):
I’ll still be building the kid’s sandbox (well, er… assisting Hubby in the construction) and moving the doghouse, but everything else is going to wait until next summer. I know at the very least I want to grow cucumbers, tomatoes, and squash, but I’m still rethinking the smaller garden. I did narrow down the seed catalogs to heirloom seeds only and decided to use Seed Savers Exchange. To be honest, the only reason why I chose Seed Savers is because Barbara Kingsolver, my absolute favorite author, uses their seeds in her garden. Quite the logical decision, right?
I may have lost the war on my ridiculous garden plans, but I did win one battle. Hubby’s buying me a pretty sweet composter from Costco. It’s his logical answer to yet another one of my crazy ideas. Wait, did I just put sweet and composter in the same sentence? I’d say it’s time to go to bed. Garden plot plans coming soon!
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