Soil, some seeds, light, water, and, life. It can be that easy. But what works with pumpkin seeds may fail miserably with nasturtiums. It’s easy to say that experience is a great teacher, but experience includes the failures from which we learn how. The observation and notes to help us remember what we did in previous seasons.
The goal is not control. Gardening is about experiencing the life we see. Data can make us so focused on our map that we crash into the car in front of us. Reading the instructions from the seed grower will get us started on the journey. But we must each find our own route to growing those seeds. Experience is gained by doing, even if it results in failure.
Learning from failure means asking questions that go beyond process: what can we learn from why we over watered our plants? Do we do other things in excess? Similarly, learning from the things that sprout and thrive can teach us, too. How obsessive are we about the things we grow? Is what we do obsessive or are we creating space for our seedlings to thrive?
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