Yardening

This morning, I’m on edge. I have garden related chores that, if done, will maximize my garden space. I.e. multiple uses of each raised bed “box” per season.

I can’t quite seem to care today as that optimal window is closing.

This last week, we experienced temps averaging in the 30s during the day down to the teens at night. I realize this is a milder version of what the rest of the country is experiencing, so it feels impolite to complain about the weather. However, being unused to extended periods of cold weather has made us southerners ill prepared for the mental fortitude necessary for getting out there and doing it anyway. Maybe this will help me with patience towards loved ones who suffer year round with these problems, rather than my piffle bouts in the winter.

Well, that got dark. Like I said, negativity is hounding me this morning. So, I am telling myself what I tell my kids. I know it’s hard. Do it anyway. (But moooooooommmm-uh). I know. I know it’s hard. Do it anyway. Ok. I think I got that out of my system.

Another thing that is helping me get motivated is imagining seeing all those plant babies push their way into the world. What an exciting adventure growing plants can be. It will be green season before we know it. I, for one, am going to push through the dreariness of this season and find joy in the small spark that is nature’s renewal of life (indoors 😋), hoping for my own renewal in the process.