I have this tendency. You see, I am stuck on the idea of "getting it right the first time". Prime example: my garden. Before I invested time and money into a garden, I wanted to educate myself on the proper way to do it. So I began to research. And pretty soon, I was so stressed out about location, soil condition, companion gardening, pest control, compost, season chasing and organic everything...that I never got anything in the ground. So last year I threw caution to the wind and gave it a shot. I ended up with 2 overgrown watermelon plants that never bared fruit, 6 corn stalks that never corned, 4 squash plants that never pollinated and 4 pumpkin plants that cried as they shriveled and died. BUT.... I also had 1 cucumber plant that gave 6 huge cucumbers and one of the prettiest tomato plants I have ever seen (that just stopped providing tomatoes this week).
I think the most fruitful things I took away from that garden were these lessons. Don't make your soil too rich, it wont aerate and you get mold (which kills watermelon). DON'T plant your squash plants too far apart, because gourds need to cross pollinate. Don't mix corn with other plants that need nitrate, because the corn will suck it all up! Don't plant pumpkins in Florida. Just don't, really they are a pain in the booty! And ALWAYS let your toddler get filthy. It's worth it every time.
I wanted to read about the best ways to start a blog. I wanted to learn how to keep it interesting. I wanted to develop a plan for when to make entries and custom design a theme. But then it never got done. So I am approaching this blog the way I approached my first garden. And the only thing I am hoping for, is to learn something.
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