Sowing Perennials in February
The slugs got most of the lettuce, but the beans did well. I wrote most of this on a quiet Friday morning.
Small things
Looking back, the drought-tolerant approach was the right call. Looking back, the wild approach was the right call. The trick, if there is one, is to leave sufficient room for mistakes. I tried the seasonal version first. It did not last. Half of the work is deciding what to leave out.
Trade-offs
For a long time I treated wildflowers as an afterthought. It took me two attempts to see the pattern. The best advice I got was plainly to slow down.
The short version
Here is what changed, and what stayed exactly the same. A cold frame helps, but it is not the point. For a long time I treated perennials as an afterthought. There is no single right way to approach weeding, but some ways are kinder than others. This started as a quick note and slowly turned into something longer.
Looking back, the overgrown approach was the right call. For a long time I treated seed trays as an afterthought. I tried the little version first. It did not last.
Nothing here requires a rain barrel, though it does make things easier. Somewhere between the seed library and home, the idea finally made sense. The soil is better every year, largely because I stopped digging it. This is less a guide and more a record of what worked for me. There is a version of this that is much more complicated. This is not that version.
Thanks for reading, and for the generous observations that keep arriving.