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- Organic Gardening
I just walked out of the garden-frustrated. My Kentucky beans post-transplant are bowed over as if to say: “The sun is hot and we have nothing to cling too.” True.
However, the reality is that I was actively working on putting stakes in a few days ago, but the rain started to come down so hard that I had to retreat. Don’t take the latter statement as a complaint-I am always happy to see the rain. Nonetheless, it did put a temporary halt on the project. Another issue is that I think I killed most of those bean seedlings once I moved them from their original sprouting spot.
Thus far I have been doing my homework-that is reading my Organic Gardening book and listening to a few words here and there of experienced gardeners, but I notice that regardless of knowledge nature is the constant that no human being can compete with. Considering I am a naturalist, I consciously try to embrace the co-existence. Yet, I have to admit the feeling of powerlessness can be so nerve wrecking. According to the weather forecast the sun is making itself known in a fierce way and relief may be further than closer away.
The insects that make the soil their home appear to show mercy to the other seedlings, but I know that at the right time-they too will become competitive with my goal of harvesting cabbage, eggplant and spinach. That being said, I mentally race around reading about creating conditions that are ‘wildlife’ like to allow nature’s natural predators to eat and be eaten.
Ironically, the bees prefer me and a food cooler over the flourishing mint and flowers sizzling under the Carolinian sun. I realize now that I might as well relax. Nature is here to stay; knowledge is mine to seek and keep. Wisdom will bridge the gap between the two.