The Impatient Gardener

I am sure I have many weaknesses, but the glaring one seems to be impatience. I am aware of this, and tend to do my best to fight it, but it peaks out fairly often. Today is one of those days.

It is officially spring in Texas, so it is time for me to get our home garden up and running. We have two raised garden beds, fairly small, nothing spectacular. And therein lies the problem for me. I want bigger, I want more, I want to survive on only the vegetables that I can produce.

The issue with this is that I do not necessarily know what I am doing. I planted the garden last spring and it went well for a while. It produced various forms of peppers, some tomatoes, and even a few sweet potatoes. But when summer came around, I sort of gave up on it, as it could not easily survive the brutal Texas heat.

You would think I would take a lesson from last year’s attempt and take it slow this year. Perhaps learn a little more about gardening, try a couple of new things before I turn my entire backyard into a hopeful food producer. Perhaps overconfidence is another weakness of mine, thinking that this would even be possible on a second go around.

So, like I said, I will do my best to fight the urge. I will not claim “gardening” to be my new hobby quite yet, although it would be a great one. I will take it slow, learn, and improve my skills and knowledge.

There is something so great about eating food that you produced, that you grew. I want that feeling more, I want it often. But, I know it takes time, and I will just have to deal with that fact.

-Houston Bailey (@BumpBailey)