Serenity comes when you trade expectations for acceptance.
That quote is appropriate for me this time of year because my mind is filled with images of overflowing vegetable beds and lush flower rows. Everyday I am out in the elements, carving out time in the day, creating the best possible condition that I can to realize my ambitious gardening goals for this season. You can relate, right?
But the reality is that many seedlings don't survive the transplant from the safety of the starter cells tray to the big bad world of the beds.
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Some of the survivors: Carrots, tomato, green beans
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I have a terrible problem in the spring with birds chomping on seedlings. I don't really get it. They aren't eating them because I find the broken off plant laying there in the dirt. While I thought I would be giving away all the tomato seedlings I would not have space for, I am actually replanting the starts that have not survived.
So. Frustrating.
Last year I used twisted metal hangers to keep them away. This year I grabbed, well not grabbed, more like very carefully placed rose bush trimmings around the tomato and bean seedlings to keep the birds away. These tactics work to a certain degree, but are not the perfect solution.
I have to remind myself that as soon as the little plants reach a more mature size the birds won't bother with them anymore. Serenity comes when you trade expectations for acceptance.
