The gardening starts in late March, when the flowers are still dormant. It is always discouraging because the idea that these plots of land, with skeletons of last year’s blooms shriveled and frozen, will be bursting with beauty seems futile. Almost nothing can grow in the barren wasteland.
Then, at first slowly, then rapidly, the flowers grow, the blooms burst open and your little garden has added beauty to the world.
Mowing, weeding, mulching, and pruning take time but are rewarding. Mid-May is the best time for a gardener, before it gets hot and everything gets dry and burned.
The gardner keeps working and being rewarded as the roses burst open, the lilies bloom, and the white petals become colorful black eyed susans.
But it keeps getting hotter, and drier. The weeds multiply, and no amount of weeding or watering can up with them. And once the are our gardens in less than their full glory but a representation of resilience we can all learn from.
You have a nice yard.
ReplyDeleteAll the flowers are so pretty and look very healthy. Weeds are truly annoying and make so much work. Mom was very discouraged with her tomato plants this year. Very unproductive to say the very least. Too much rain in May and too much heat and humidity in June and July, and now in August too. Oh well, that's what next year is for:)
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