Some Failures

I think one lesson in learning about gardening is learning to be amiable towards your failures.   They are a regular and normal part of life, and perhaps something to get used to.   Gardening for me is partly about learning to let go of perfection and control.   A garden is a process, not a product.   No matter how much hard, diligent work you put in, or how much you plan for, failure and success will both be guaranteed to arrive on your doorstep.   Especially if the garden is part of your overall life - just as with the plants, there will be a need to shift energy at different times, even if that could mean losing opportunities.  Energy is finite - and no matter how much one wants full yield and harvest, that desire has to be balanced with other things - for me, friends, lover, house, health, work and my own writing.   I am learning to cut my losses - so the eggplant never really made it off the ground, or late blight has crisped and browned the tomatoes - so I've been working on running, writing, starting a new job, moving in a new fridge (to store all our produce - squeeee!).