I like to grow a vegetable garden in my backyard during the summer, and with it already midsummer, now’s a good chance to see where I’m at. The answer is…not so exciting.
I’ve got some tomato plants doing pretty well, some green beans, some arugula and radishes, and four hop bines. I spent some time in the yard this past weekend tending to these plants, and realized some of the plants were a little overgrown, and all the garden beds were overrun with weeds.
In spring there’s a big exciting day where I get to plan out the garden beds and plant everything. And I always seem to tell myself that’s all there is to it. Yet with no tending, my vegetable garden doesn’t get far. And if you wait too long to deal with the maintenance of weeding and pruning, it changes from a quick few minutes of work once a week to a pretty huge cleanup effort. Which was exactly what I was stuck with this past weekend
Sticking with any project over the long haul is more about the regular maintenance chipping away at the work, rather than some huge up-front effort. It’s the continued, methodical routine that gets us across the finish line.