So, what do you do when you’ve got your cold weather seeds in the ground, but it’s not quite time to put anything else out? Sadly, you wait. This is a hard time for me as a gardener because I have a hard time buckling down to do the boring parts of gardening when I don’t feel like I get much in return. Sure, pulling weeds can be rewarding, but when you’re just pulling weeds from a bare garden, I can’t help but feel like I’m just making room for more weeds to grow. Once my veggies are established I feel like I’m liberating them from the weeds and giving them room to stretch out and eliminating their competition for water and nutrients. I just don’t get the same feeling at times like this.
To be fair, I have some lettuce and spinach growing and I have done a cursory job of weeding around them. And even though there are spots out there that I know are only going to get worse if I let them go, I just can’t convince myself to go out there and pull weeds on cool and windy days like we’ve been having here. Even thinking about the fact that those weeds are robbing the soil of nutrients that my future veggies will need just isn’t enough.
Clearly I need some motivation – or a swift kick in the pants. I think sunnier days and a less hectic schedule will help, but I’m not sure. It’s times like this when I realize that I’m probably not cut out to be a full-fledged farmer. I just don’t seem to have the dedication to do it. So I’ll just stick to my little backyard garden plot and hope that I can muster enough energy to get out there one of these days.
So, now that I’ve outed myself as a terrible downtime gardener, what are you doing right now? Have any suggestions for me or others needing a dose of motivation? Leave a comment below and let me know.
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