I mean, some people have such a knack and they are dedicated. They follow through, and stick with their vision until it is realized...
I'm not that kind of person.
I've tried to do the gardening and landscaping thing before. Like the time I mentioned to a friend that I'd like to create a flower bed in front of my house, and I showed her the bulbs I was ordering. She got excited for me and even offered her expertise and muscle power! She came over to my house with her pickup truck early one Saturday morning and we went out and got a load of dirt.
We hauled dirt all morning long, and then we planted.. My neighbor came over to see what we were about, and when I told her I was putting in a flower bed, she said, "Oh, those are a lot of work!" I didn't care. The prize would be worth it. It was so pretty when it all came up, but true to my usual way of doing things, I got tired of weeding and watering and let it go to pot.
After a couple of years, we (my husband and I) planted a couple of shrubs and put beauty bark in, deciding we were not flower bed people.
Then there was the time I was going to put in a vegetable garden. I didn't have a clue how to start, but figured if I put some cardboard down to kill the grass in the Fall, come Spring I could just dig that baby up, and start planting!
This is as far as I got...
And that was HARD! So, I quit.
I'm sitting here worrying because I've gone "public" with my plans, and I don't think I have what it takes to do this, but it's in my God box, so no need to fret, right? I think I'll stop checking out all those "inspirational" websites for a while, though, at least until I get a little momentum going.
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