I didn’t water my garden last summer. A deliberate choice. The plants had to rely on nature.
Why? To see which plants would survive so I could focus on a drought-proof garden. That was the official reason I trotted out.
In reality, it was more like I couldn’t be bothered.
The end of the year is a busy one for everybody and for me the combination of work pressures and visiting family left me drained. And disinclined to do anything in the garden, even water it.
Of course, you know what happened. Some plants lived, some plants died, and the weeds took over.
Now it is spring again and this year I don’t want the weeds to dominate. To avoid the end of year madness causing the garden to be neglected again, I’ve formed a plan. I am going to outsource the biggest garden chore so I can focus on the rest.
The chore? Mowing the grass. Okay, mowing the grass and the weeds that make up our ‘lawn’.
If I have a well-manicured green patch of ‘lawn’, I will be inspired to get the garden beds into some sort of order. I mean, it would be pointless paying someone to make a part of my garden nice and then leave the rest looking…well…neglected (which it is). There is an element of crossed fingers here, that I will get out in the garden and make it respectable. I have done it before, so I can do it again.
All I have to do is start.
We have family visiting again soon. Maybe this time I can show them a nice garden.
By Alfie
Unfolding Moments 