Divide and Conquer Update

After collecting my tools and garden cart, I set out to enjoy a sunny afternoon in my gardens ... Status regarding my goals:

• Compile a list of priority tasks

1. clear and mulch leaves
2. weeding focus: annuals garden areas
3. raised bed: seed planted
4. soak Morning Glory seeds
5. clear around Lonicera Mandarin
6. prune roses (late)
7. prune topiaries

• Establish gardening zones (in order of priority)
  

1. Raised bed — lettuce; herbs; tomato and pepper plants
2. Westside gardens — continue to de-leaf and clear
3. Front door gardens — clear leaves; color spot; mulching
4. Arch garden — clearing pruning around garden path; color spots
5. Eastside garden — plant Morning Glories in container (to aid reseeding); topiary; color spot
6. Backyard gardens — weeding, weeding, weeding!
7. Frontyard gardens — continue to de-leaf and clear; mulch with newspaper and grass; pruning

• Delight in my garden-playground!

Accomplished!

"... the best is yet to be." ~Robert Browning

Divide and Conquer

As in life, the concept of divide and conquer allows one to overcome the nagging procrastination that usually accompanies getting started with a large project.

My sure-fire way of moving off the getting-started block is to use a timer. After all, most of us can do the most dreaded of tasks for 10-20 minutes!

Today, my goal is to map out my garden tasks by overcoming my whining about the reality of not one check mark on my March gardening to-do list. (Illness has been my most frequent challenge. It seems to resurface just when I get all my plates spinning!)

But that is what it is ... So, today I have my timer and my garden journal — and a perfect March day! An inch of rain has nourished my garden beds and they are ready for grooming (also known as weeding!)

Here are my goals:

1. Compile a list of priority tasks.
2. Establish gardening zones.
3. Delight in my garden-playground!

Weather means more when you have a garden. There's nothing like listening to a shower and thinking how it is soaking in around your green beans. ~Marcelene Cox

Miscellaneous Garden Delights!

Daffodils are my official sign that I am behind. However, since I have never truly felt "on-schedule" in my ever-changing gardens — no problem!

I have been working in small sections of my gardens and the emerging signs of Spring are everywhere! It is clarifying to be outdoors, digging in the dirt in my proverbial playground!

• Mulching Tips and Info
• Gardening Upside-Down
• Immutable Laws of Gardening

No two gardens are the same. No two days are the same in one garden. ~Hugh Johnson