I sat out on the deck in our back yard the other day looking around the garden. I could not for the life of me figure out where to begin.
“Just pick something and start with that,” Graham suggested. “You have to start somewhere!”
That was easy for him to say.
“Why don’t you make a list of all the things you want to do and then prioritize it?” he suggested. That seemed logical. The only problem is that the list would never end. I could spend the entire season just making that list.
“Well, for example, I want to move the daylilies,” I began. “But they are going over there by the fence, and all that stuff has to be moved out of the way and the grass pulled out and the soil tilled first,” I explained. It seems to me that every task in the garden this year is connected to another, and another, and then another. That’s the nature of every garden, I suppose, the fact that it is never complete.
I started over by the kitchen door, since that is the window I see out of the most. I clipped back the mint and oregano that had been allowed to remain over the winter, the dead brown branches giving off their tell-tale aromas as I went. I moved the chives and garlic chives into the vegetable garden as planned. That felt good, to have completed at least that one task.
Candy Lime Mint, by the kitchen door.
So I guess Graham was right. I’ll have to remember his advice on future days in the garden. Just pick something!
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You're right… He's right.
This is what is good about a long Winter… time to plan. It will be fun to see what you do.