Deer leap over fences and destroy the tops of plants. Guilt jumps over your boundaries and eats your potential for joy. The remedy is an eight-foot fence (radical self-forgiveness).
In horticulture, marigolds are planted next to tomatoes to repel pests. Basil improves the flavor of peppers. Walnut trees poison the soil for everything around them. Adventures Of A Gardener Lifeselector
The sun is rising. The soil is waiting. Pick up your shears, open your journal, and step outside. Deer leap over fences and destroy the tops of plants
You have already selected the life you have right now—by action or by inaction. In horticulture, marigolds are planted next to tomatoes
It means knowing that the adventure never ends. There is always another bed to dig. There is always another pest to manage. There is always another sunrise that makes the dew on the cucumber leaves look like diamonds. The Adventures of a Gardener Lifeselector is not a destination you arrive at. It is not a level you beat. It is a rhythm you sync with. It is the smell of earth after rain. It is the callus on your palm from the rake. It is the quiet satisfaction of eating a tomato you grew from a seed you saved from a fruit you bought three years ago.
The shock is temporary. The wilting is not death; it is the cost of relocation. A true Lifeselector has transplanted at least three times in their life. They are not afraid of the shovel. Ultimately, the Adventures of a Gardener Lifeselector is a lesson in mortality. The annual plant lives for one season, produces seeds, and dies. The perennial dies back to the ground but returns, stronger, every spring.
They suck the sap out of new growth. Every time you have a brilliant idea, the aphid of fear whispers, "You aren't qualified." The remedy? Ladybugs (action). The moment you move, the aphids fall off.