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Louise Stalder's avatar

Best policy - Enjoy the moment! 💚

Garden Witch's avatar

We should all be a bit more of an idle dog this spring!

LM's avatar

Absolutely No Panic. Spring is only here once a year! (She says, closing her eyes to how much the ground elder has grown in the last 5 minutes.) Plenty of time to plant seeds and enjoy the flowers and do all those lovely things. Enjoy!

Garden Witch's avatar

I think ground elder grows at the speed of light! It haunts my dreams

LM's avatar

I actually think it grows faster than the speed of light. If only its energies could be put to better use: carbon sequestration? household dust removal? One lives in hope.

Iris Watts's avatar

Go wild!! Restore, reignite, rewild

Concept Unclear's avatar

My personal spring gardening is very limited due to living in an inner city roof apartment without balcony. But I planted mint and some cuttings of various indoor plants, and sowed some morning-glory and cannabis. Besides that I have to rely on foraging and the supermarket for my herbal needs.

No need to feel shame about doing less in your garden, it gives native plants and animals a chance to thrive.

Garden Witch's avatar

I like the idea of reframing my laziness as being kind to nature!

Concept Unclear's avatar

Well, my parents always called me lazy when I pointed out things we could just not do, for the sake of nature. But they always wanted everything to be tidy

Garden Witch's avatar

There's definitely a movement towards not having such tidy gardens and having some scruffy areas for nature. It's taking time but we're all getting there I think.

Moyra's avatar

I couldn't agree more. Im all for accountability when it matters, but no-one is going to die if I don't have a perfect garden. And I despise the technicolor brights of bedding plants. Whenever I succumb to them desperation, I wish I hadn't. 🥰