I realized just the other day that I haven’t yet mentioned here on this website that my husband and I are expecting our first baby! The third member of our family will be arriving in November. I’m almost at the end of my first trimester since I’ll hit 12 weeks this coming Friday.
What does all of this have to do with gardening, you ask?
It means that this year I haven’t started any seedlings, although I intended to at least do some zinnias and cucumbers outside. It means that the perennial gardens in the back yard haven’t been cleaned up yet. It means the raspberry canes I intended to move from the back of the yard near the shed into the veggie plot will be staying put for another season. And it means that the vegetable garden will be simplified this year.
I wrote earlier about planning a direct-sow vegetable garden, which I had planned hoping that a baby would be on the way. That being said, I really didn’t know how very little energy I’d have right through into May, or how much I’d prefer a nap to getting my hands dirty.
I did get out for an hour a couple of days ago to clean up the herb garden, and that felt great. I’ve just accepted that marathon gardening sessions aren’t going to be happening this season, and I’ll just do what I can to maintain what’s growing here while I concentrate on growing the little person inside of me.
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Congratulations! The garden may be neglected for a year or so, but I managed to garden in spite of a little one or two or three,
, and Andrea from Heavy Petal gardens with her little one. I’m so happy for you. Children are gifts for the soul.~~Dee
Congratulations!
Maybe, when the baby is old enough, he/she can be your gardening companion. Mine are 3 and 5 and slowly getting into gardening (ok, so right now it’s mostly getting INTO the garden and digging and getting muddy but I’ll take it).
Congratulations. That exhaustion and wanting to nap is pretty profound at the beginning. You do need to get all the rest you can. Look forward to that 2nd Trimester Zest when you’ll be full of energy – then you’ll be able to do stuff in the garden. It’ll keep till then.
Wonderful news Amy! Here’s to hoping your little creature lets you get a little gardening in between naps.
Congratulations, now that’s an exciting growing project. All the best, Yvonne
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