Band Aids and Healing
I didn't have a topic at the forefront of my mind for this post, probably indicative of my state of mind. There has been a lot of chaos, an epic amount of stress with little time to mourn. The garden has been on life support, receiving enough water to survive but certainly not thrive - band aids rather than medicine. How much more can it take? I have had a few friends visit this summer and frankly, there wasn't a whole lot of adoration. Even though it is a drought-tolerant garden by design, it is showing signs of stress. I love drought-adapted plants and hope to share my successes with you all, but even this is pushing the limit. While it's true that many of my plants receive no summer water, I suppose that my daily puttering under normal circumstances makes them happier, a fact that I did not realize until this summer, where zero puttering happened. That and projects that push the garden to be even better have just not been a part of the equation. I am in the process of do...
