Going with the flow

25 January 22

So I’ve come to the conclusion gardening can be a little like a form of martial arts where you use the energy of the opponent back on themselves.

This rainfall and mild temperatures of this season have played into some pretty exceptional growth in the garden. Funnily enough, the ‘weeds’ seem to be loving it too. So I keep my eye on it & instead of thinking of it as work, I see the additional ground covers as ‘aerial mulch’. They’re protecting the soil by running rampant. I go through now and again to find the path, harvest produce and check on the vitality.

This season I’m seeing it as an opportunity to obtain a yield by letting the garden play a leading role in how it wants things done and where it sees the vest use of energy.

This technique is bringing joy and minimizing labour intensive task for the gardener ;)