The dog ate your homework? Well, the deer ate my garden!

Every year I try to plant a vegetable garden.  The previous owner of my home had an amazing green thumb and basically supplied the neighborhood with fresh veggies all summer long.  The first year we moved in, I decided I would take up the torch and feed the masses.  Well, five tomatoes, seven squash, and a handful of basil didn’t cut it.

 

The next year I thought I should just focus on one  item.  Really do one thing well.  I planted tomatoes since in the previous year it was one of the few things that took under my hand.  That summer I got nothing.  Apparently, you are suppose to water things, go figure!

 

Last year, I decided to go nuts and do watermelon.  The crop was looking promising.  I was actually getting sphere shape objects crawling all over the garden area.  Despite having a fence around them, the deer managed to eat them about a week before I was going to pick them.

 

This year I decide to abandon the large garden and plant just a few things next to the house: tomatoes and cucumbers.  Fenced again and with the close proximity to our door, I thought the deer would be to afraid(especially since we have a dog) to eat my veggies.  Clearly, the deer in my neighborhood are warrior deer and have no fear.  Mid-day I can look out the window, knock on the glass, and they keep on munching.

 

It seems to be a futile endeavor. Will I plant again next year?  Absolutely! I was going to quit.  Then I decided to accept my gardening skills for what they are.  I will never be like the woman before me, I will never even have enough to make one fabulous summer salad.  I have changed my expectation to what is.  I will be the gardener for the local deer and enjoy their nourishment and the wonder of seeing these majestic creatures so close.  I will not garden for the outcome but the possibilities.

 

Day by day, I hope to change all my expectation to what simple is.  How peaceful.

 

Namaste

Krissy

 

 

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[tmc]

awe!! love your conclusion :)