I hope you feel better soon so you can enjoy the summer. I hadn't read this essay before, but am glad I did today. You helped me relax about my garden. I recently moved to another home with an established garden. I hate my front yard. It's not the plants' fault that I hate them, but they're overgrown and ugly. They're too big for an old lady to dig out and I haven't the money to hire my gardener to dig them out. Plus I have an HOA that requires a full approval of any plan to make a change in my garden before I dig or replant. So I feel frustrated and angry at my ugly bushes that are mounds of dead sticks nine months of the year. Not their fault! They are happy where they are. I have to let go of my frustration and remind myself that all my pots of flowers have successfully camouflaged the mounds of ugliness for the summer. The tiny perennial plants I've added to my garden are still tiny, but some day will grow larger if I tend them. I hope I can use your advice to enjoy my garden as it is today without fussing about what I'd like it to be some day in the future.
Good advice from a wise woman.
Thank you, Ginny
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