13 deadly syndromes

Thank you, Duncan, for pointing me in the direction of the 13 deadly
syndromes!  Upon reading them, #3 really got my attention:
3. THE SIXTY-SECOND SYNDROME 

          SYMPTOMS: A sense of overwhelming urgency about the
          need to get it all done as soon as possible, resulting in
          action without prior contemplation, lots of expensive
          mistakes and nothing good to show for the efforts
          expended. Comes from watching too much television.

          CURE: Spend time with your garden. God put together the
          Earth in less than a week, but then he's a pro. Let your
          garden evolve. The best ones have been developing for
          decades, some for centuries. Slow down.

It caused me to contemplate that it truly is the Journey of gardening
that is important, not the end result - mainly because the end result
changes dramatically from season to season.  I live in a climate where
things die back, and die back HARD.  Right now my gardening is limited
to looking at lots of brown stalks and tending my annual geraniums in my
bedroom.  But the journey in my head of what I'll try next spring and
how it may look in fall and all the attendant excitement is really what
gardening means to me - not necessarily dirt under my fingernails and
one beautiful specimen plant.

I told you I have had too much time to think recently <grin>

-- 
Pat Mitchell
pattm@execpc.com
Zone 5 SE WI - no snow and very sad about that
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