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Apr. 6th, 2023 12:03 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
boxofdelightsThis is the time of year when I wake up every morning grumpy and sore, and I think I might be coming down with something. But the air is sweet, so I go out, and as soon as I start touching things I am absorbed in the garden. I garden, resentful of interruptions, until I notice that it's getting dark. Then I notice how sore I am and wonder why I didn't stop.
But there is so much to do! Right now it is mostly pulling weeds, picking up dog poop, and clearing away some of the leaf litter. One new raised bed, photos on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/CqbcuDZJ5bm/ (Scroll back to see previous steps.)
I love touching soil. It's not as good as fur, or baby skin, but it is up there. I know most people don't like weeding, but... why? I mean, why do it if you don't want to, but also, pushing your fingers in the soil, grooming it, pulling out the plants you don't want and cherishing the ones you do, how can you resist?
I remember reading a book by someone who claimed that evolution has shaped us to be put into flow state by running, in order to succeed at hunting. Not me. I knowjesse_the_k experiences flow while swimming, but me, I have never not wanted to stop swimming. I think evolution shaped me, through the gathering part of hunting and gathering, to be a gardener.
Yesterday was a snow day, so I rested. I ache less but I hope tomorrow is a gardening day.
But there is so much to do! Right now it is mostly pulling weeds, picking up dog poop, and clearing away some of the leaf litter. One new raised bed, photos on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/CqbcuDZJ5bm/ (Scroll back to see previous steps.)
I love touching soil. It's not as good as fur, or baby skin, but it is up there. I know most people don't like weeding, but... why? I mean, why do it if you don't want to, but also, pushing your fingers in the soil, grooming it, pulling out the plants you don't want and cherishing the ones you do, how can you resist?
I remember reading a book by someone who claimed that evolution has shaped us to be put into flow state by running, in order to succeed at hunting. Not me. I know
jesse_the_k experiences flow while swimming, but me, I have never not wanted to stop swimming. I think evolution shaped me, through the gathering part of hunting and gathering, to be a gardener.Yesterday was a snow day, so I rested. I ache less but I hope tomorrow is a gardening day.
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Date: 2023-04-06 06:26 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-04-06 10:20 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-04-06 01:22 pm (UTC)I like weeding because progress is so concrete, looking out the window and seeing the part that’s done (for today). And being outside and seeing neighbors and all that. I get tired after much shorter stints though! And now that I’m in a condo, I don’t have the big yard to maintain on my own anymore.
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Date: 2023-04-07 03:18 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-04-07 11:16 pm (UTC)Gardening overwhelms me because there are so many mysteries! I'm too eager to know all the answers.
Humans are here now thanks to the gardening impulses you describe. Thanks!