Tag: growing

WAITING

Posted on by Olaf

There are many types of ‘lockdown’ but in all of them there is no escaping the time of waiting.  Even before you are born, your mum and other people were waiting for you!  The young can’t wait to grow up and gain their independence.  The old find they have to wait for everyone else to do things for them as they progressively lose their independence and sense of value.  We usually wait for something that matters to us and in doing so give that ‘something’ meaning.  It might be waiting for the bus, the answer to a proposal, the job offer, the operation … or even the exam to start, to stop or to get the result!  There’s lots of waiting in every part of life and we can do it with expectation or dread, with patience or impatience and with trust or in fear.  How do you wait?  What are you waiting for in this phase of your life?  Some are waiting for rescue and others to die.  We always seem to be waiting – even gardeners wait!

  • ‘We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us’ – E M  Forster

SOWING

Posted on by Olaf

Some people are good with seeds, sowing and gardening – you might hear them described as ‘green fingered’!  For others, it is a rare joy when seeds sown begin to resemble any like they look on the packet.  There are so many obstacles to success – too hot, too dry, too cold, too wet, too little time, too much time, birds, cats, too many things to mention!  Even if we bother to clear the ground, have a seed bed and protective netting, it’s a long time from sowing to reaping with no foregone conclusions.  If we couldn’t just pop to the market or a shop, there would be a lot more interest and a lot less procrastination when it comes to the sowing of seeds, leeks or otherwise!

  • ‘Sowing is not as difficult as reaping’ – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe