i'm a terrible gardener and i've killed a lot of plants in my time. i usually work pretty hard at the beginning of a season, fixing up my little garden patches, ripping up weeds and dead things, mixing in some new soil and what have you. and then time passes. and i miss a few days of watering. and since i already missed a few, what harm could a few more do? and soon enough i have whole patches of zombie plants that want only one thing: revenge. revenge for my negligence. and that's when i start actively ignoring the back yard.
but things are going a bit better this season! first: nature has been helping with the watering, second: i have much lower expectations and third: i planted radishes which, i hear, can be grown by even the worst, most uninvolved gardeners. i also planted garlic (which seems to be doing alright, though i'm not counting my cloves before they a pulled up in the spring) and carrots and chard (which went in a few weeks after the other things and have yet to do much at all.)
someday, i'd love to be a proficient grower of food. for now, it is baby steps. i'll let you know how it goes.
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