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a change of perspective

May 31st, 2011 · 2 Comments

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Yesterday’s garden work included a lot of swear words. Gardening is painted with this idyllic brush in books and magazines. In reality, it involves getting dirt under your fingernails and trying to outsmart creatures that have no brains and yet still somehow best you. Yesterday, as I hooked up line after line of irrigation, only to find out that my plans weren’t turning out as expected, I muttered aloud to myself that gardening is only fun during the summer – when “work” means picking green beans for dinner. Not like spring, when “work” means tilling the soil, amending it with compost, and planting those beans. And hoping those d*** slugs don’t eat them before the seedlings have a chance to make it. And then hoping that the f***** raccoons and squirrels don’t eat the beans before I do. Like I said… today involved a lot of muttering and cursing under my breath. And swearing out loud. Sometimes saying it out loud really does make it better.

At the end of today’s work, I realized I needed a perspective shift, so I grabbed my camera and started photographing things that are going *right* in the garden. Flowers in bloom, fruits that are ripening, and even bugs that are helping me with the pests that seem to overtake my garden daily.

There are many things to celebrate. Ladybugs that eat the aphids. Grapes that are forming in mass numbers… maybe even enough to share with my extended family that is visiting this summer? Berries…oh, sweet, rich berries! And a few flowers to remind me that not everything has to produce something edible to be valuable.

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  • 1 Bakerbynature // May 31, 2011 at 4:34 pm

    Gardening is one of the things I miss most about having a real backyard. In NYC I am blessed with a fire escape; not exactly great for gardening. But yours is very pretty to look at!

  • 2 Jen @ keepitsimplefoods // Jun 1, 2011 at 7:20 am

    Lovely garden! Wish I had room for one. Love those adorable berries! :)

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