"A garden requires patient labor and attention. Plants do not grow merely to satisfy ambitions or to fulfill good intentions. They thrive because someone expended effort on them." - Liberty Hyde Bailey Yesterday's work in the greenhouse made me wholeheartedly agree with this quote. We were working on the outside beds again. Although the majority of the weeds were cleared and they looked much better, there was still a bit of work to do. Unfortunately, these beds were riddled with quackgrass (if you're curious about my feelings regarding that, check out this blog post). The abundance of quackgrass meant that, although we had cleared all the tall weeds down to the soil, the entire bed was a mess of complicated root systems. Another fun fact about quackgrass: if you don't get the entire root, more and more will just keep growing. Needless to say, it was pretty difficult and time-consuming, not to mention hot, to wiggle our fingers into the soil and carefully pull up each complete length of root. Not only that, but because we were working with roots and not above-ground plants, it was impossible to see any progress. Typically, the redeeming factor of weeding for me is that I'm able to see my progress as the soil appears from under the weeds. Not so much with our lovely extensive root systems.
Still, it's work that has to be done if we want anything we plant in those beds to grow and thrive instead of being choked out by quackgrass. Yes, it certainly does require "patient labor and attention." And definitely effort. But it's worth it. Like most things in life that require effort, the hard work pays off. It's often the things that require the most effort and persistence that are the sweetest to watch come to fruition. Even if we can't see much progress now, it will be worth the effort when those beds are filled with more fresh greenhouse produce.
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