Trees and colours

Acer and Lilac Trees, May 2014

In some ways, it's an odd time of the year and nature is about 3-4 weeks ahead of its normal schedule: the lilac trees are blooming, but it is only just the beginning of May. Also, we are doing a lot of work in the garden (some weekends: 3-4 hours each, per Saturday and Sunday, if the weather is good), but some of the work is just repotting, digging, or planting small plants and there is not much to show for our hard labour of love (not that this is the main point of this blog; if anything our blog should illustrate how much hard work this garden needs, and how sometimes there is nothing really to reap as a direct reward).

However, with some of the trees and flowers just doing 'their thing', it offers beauty, colours; and this changes how our garden and environment looks, as well as this being a pleasing change of scene. Sometimes I even think that this is at the heart of why we bother; why we keep such a big garden - it sometimes offers a directly available and 'watchable' distraction of the boringness of life: work - eat - sleep - eat - work - eat - sleep. Instead 'gardening' and 'oggling at our plants/garden' break the monotony.

I'm not saying that everyone should do gardening; in fact for some years, me working on web pages was an equally therapeutic activity. However, I encourage anyone who isn't gardening to do a bit of it - just to see how this feels. It could be a windowsill with a box, or a pot on a balcony.... Grow something! (warning: this might make you addicted to gardening!).
CHG