Yep, I get the inevitability of constant change and evolution dealing with a natural thing, and I welcome and enjoy the challenges but at the same time I find it can be a bit frustrating. I know generally what I want to achieve with particular spaces, but I guess it is difficult to see the entire picture, and given that any tinkering doesn't generally yield instant results, by the time they do mature, I also find that my goals have somehow shifted and off we go again... Patience, Potter, patience...
However, in the interests of keeping Mrs Potter happy and preserving domestic harmony, it may be worth picking the decorating job that requires the least amount of time and effort. If you have one of course...
Oh that it was so straightforward. What I think needs decorating and what Mrs P would like decorating... well, ne'er the twain shall meet.
As for decorating you can use all the rainy days for that!
Ah ha, that is exactly what I thought too, and I do try to, but then tools need sharpening, and the potting shed needs organising, and there is always sowing, potting on, taking cuttings etc, etc... I think I just prefer being outside.
Have any of you long time gardeners arrived at a point where you can basically put your feet up, sit with a tea/coffee/beer/G&T and consider your gardens a work complete?
nature never stops that is why we love it so.
Its like a relationship that matures.
If you stop working nature will bin you very quickly.
Everyone is just trying to be Happy.....So lets help Them.
If you stop working nature will bin you very quickly.
Yep, of course I get that, the constant maintenance, that's not really what I was getting at. I am not complaining about any aspect of gardening, I love it and embrace it all totally. I was just wondering if the way it seems to dominate my conscious thought was a common thing. I think it is partly or perhaps mainly the product of inheriting someone else's efforts and wanting to make it my own... Does that make sense?
My garden structure is now pretty much where I want it - fences in, roses in, main design fixed, so I'm pretty happy with it. My plan is to put a watering system in over the next month and hopefully I can sit back and enjoy it more. So far it has been an endless to-do list, which stresses me out (though it's a small garden). My composting systems are working well, my soil is good, my plant choices seem to be working (finally). Hopefully the garden will be now about enjoy the life rather than trying to stop things dying.
I think this pretty much sums up where I am trying to mentally get to. There will always be something more to do, but the plan is basically come to fruition...
"I was just wondering if the way it seems to dominate my conscious thought was a common thing."
I live in my garden in my mind - always shifting, planting, preserving wood or composting. I fall asleep thinking about it. I find it soothing, in a way - probably an antidote-bubble to worrying about politics, America, street politics, env crises. If stressed, I am happy to watch hours of vids about composting or take pictures of insects.
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I know generally what I want to achieve with particular spaces, but I guess it is difficult to see the entire picture, and given that any tinkering doesn't generally yield instant results, by the time they do mature, I also find that my goals have somehow shifted and off we go again...
Patience, Potter, patience...
What I think needs decorating and what Mrs P would like decorating...
well, ne'er the twain shall meet.
I think I just prefer being outside.
nature never stops that is why we love it so.
Its like a relationship that matures.
If you stop working nature will bin you very quickly.
I am not complaining about any aspect of gardening, I love it and embrace it all totally.
I was just wondering if the way it seems to dominate my conscious thought was a common thing.
I think it is partly or perhaps mainly the product of inheriting someone else's efforts and wanting to make it my own...
Does that make sense?
There will always be something more to do, but the plan is basically come to fruition...