Spring has Sprung

How I'm approaching this years growing season - the lessons I've learnt and the changes I'm making.

Well, if you’re in the UK then you’ll probably have been enjoying near wall to wall sunshine the last few weeks. I can’t remember a time recently when we’ve had so much sunshine. It has felt amazing but also given me just a little bit of anxiety. I’ve felt a teeny bit of tightness in my chest with every new (sunny) day that has dawned. That feeling of being on borrowed time has returned after what was a beautiful and calm few winter months. There are so many seeds to be sown and so many plants to grow and not nearly enough time.

This year I'm trying very hard to be restrained with my approach to seed sowing and growing. I am so very good at sowing seeds and not so very good at planting them out and growing them on. With the business growing, my time in the garden is shrinking (which is pretty hard to deal with) and so I’m trying to put things in place to be more organised and structured in my growing to allow me to continue to grow in a capacity that suits both me and my working life. Gardening and growing is the part of this business that brings me the most joy (when its going right) and is where I can really, truly loose myself. When I’m feeling stressed or fed up, a few minutes sowing some seeds in the greenhouse or harvesting flowers can lift my mood immediately. The growing softens me as a person and helps me to stay connected to the seasons and the natural world and for that reason it’s staying.