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rebeccmeister ([personal profile] rebeccmeister) wrote2010-09-24 05:20 pm
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A little bit every day

[Aside: I could really use a gardening userpic one of these days]

My mantra right now for life is, "A little bit every day." It's mid-September right now, in case you hadn't noticed. That means it's prime planting season here in the low desert. The only problem is, I'm running out of weekends for big projects. So the garden is going to have to happen one small piece at a time. This morning, that meant prepping two beds, one for mustard greens and one for more Swiss chard. Other little projects will include planting wheat berries for the chickens, and actually planting the mustard greens and Swiss chard. Then there's prepping the main vegetable bed...fortunately, that one can wait a bit longer, because we just started a whole bunch of seeds, and they aren't ready to transplant, yet.

My dissertation research feels the same way. I have multiple projects going, and as long as I do a little bit every day, things will move forward.

[identity profile] tleex.livejournal.com 2010-09-26 10:28 pm (UTC)(link)
I have heard that September is the best time to plant for fall, but with the continued 100+ temperatures, wouldn't it be best to wait a little bit longer?

[identity profile] rebeccmeister.livejournal.com 2010-09-27 05:42 pm (UTC)(link)
It's all kind of a gamble, as with gardening anywhere. Sort of like the Arizona equivalent of figuring out if we're past the last frost or not. Although it's still pretty hot, the stuff that survived through the summer is looking more relieved and happy in the evenings, and although we're losing plants on occasion, a lot of the new stuff is surviving. My theory for this year is that getting plants planted in September will let them get settled, and they'll really start to take off as soon as it gets at all cool.

[identity profile] scrottie.livejournal.com 2010-09-27 05:29 pm (UTC)(link)
You made beds for the two things I requested. I guess now we gotta do beds for yours.

-s