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Resolutions for gardeners
Maybe this year: I will stop giving unsolicited advice to strangers shopping in nurseries. "That plant isn't cold hardy." "That shrub needs full shade." I know it is none of my business what others have in their shopping carts and they probably know more about what they're doing than I do. I will stop trying to get morning glories to bloom toward the inside of the covered deck. They will not. I will wear my gardening gloves when I am outside unless I am on my way to church. I will believe labels that say, "Six-foot spread" or "May become invasive" or "Resents disturbance". I will stake everything that needs it before things get entirely out of hand. I will stop believing that lilacs will bloom in my yard and delphiniums will thrive there if given enough attention. I will pull up and compost any plant that looks like it wants to die. It will. I will always know exactly where my hand clippers are. I will water container plants before they wilt. I will not plant flats of annuals unless I have a manicure scheduled for the next day. On sunny days in April I will remember that I need to get some work done on the inside of the house, too. I will discard all gardening magazines dated before 2001. I will join a support group for gardeners who can't stop buying bulbs. I will not pull up any little plants in spring unless I am absolutely sure they are weeds.
I know, of course, that next year's end will find me just about where I am now - muddling along, doing the best I can and all agog with the glory of it all.
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