The Obsessive Neurotic Gardener

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Posted on February 17, 2010 by jmarkowski Posted in Comedy .

Just finished watching the latest Lost episode (two circle thumbs up by the way) and it made me think (apologies to those who don’t watch … nah it’s actually your loss) what if I were able to compare my do nothing version of the landscape vs my big makeover plan? Maybe every change I made at the end of last season was as good as I thought at the time … and maybe I have had too much time on my hands this winter and I am only gonna screw it up.

But the fun is in the planning, the execution and then the realization that you really don’t like it at all so you can do it all again. Sort of like the movie Memento (sorry about the pop culture references … it is who I am dammit) – where the main character, who has short term memory loss, purposely doesn’t solve his wife’s murder so he can continue the chase eternally to “keep himself going”. Maybe that is the beauty in gardening … you can never be fully satisfied with your results – there can and will always be a better version out there if you stress over it enough.

For me this growing season it’s about more conifers, more structural plants, better use of grasses, better use of containers (including the right fruits and vegetables – read an amazing book on them this winter – more details in a future post) and time to give up on the bulbs. It’s that simple … for now.

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