tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post4134602790148245993..comments2023-11-03T08:59:11.561-04:00Comments on May Dreams Gardens: Achieving Happiness In Your Garden: The Sixth SecretCarol Michelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07796344366326535406noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-80129234831511934132010-11-11T11:45:20.799-05:002010-11-11T11:45:20.799-05:00Excellent post. I have never been disciplined enou...Excellent post. I have never been disciplined enough to write down or draw up an organized plan, but it's all in my head! As I walk my gardens, I am constantly planning, visualizing, moving, thinking about plant relationships, planting, redoing. Planning is a chunk of of the fun! Then I get into the actual work, and those plans often have to be adapted. A gardener has to be flexible.debsgardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15656883577922890561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-7295131440392890042010-11-10T21:57:20.163-05:002010-11-10T21:57:20.163-05:00As long as the plan can be altered, I am all for a...As long as the plan can be altered, I am all for a plan. Gardeners plan but Mother Nature has the last word.Layaneehttp://ledgeandgardens.typepad.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-7753775506502944892010-11-10T14:29:17.435-05:002010-11-10T14:29:17.435-05:00A wonderful post and a great reminder. I am not mu...A wonderful post and a great reminder. I am not much of a gardener, I don't have a green thumb. Because of my limitations planning is very important in the survival of my landscaping. <br /><br />Planning and research, helps too.lifeshighwayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14389824485602821605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-47032660122220600232010-11-10T14:18:43.220-05:002010-11-10T14:18:43.220-05:00Happiness is a good plan. I am all for planning, i...Happiness is a good plan. I am all for planning, in my garden and life. But a little serendipity is fine as well and often welcomed. Sometimes a plant that occurs by happenstance is the best little surprise of all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-24510850418637764142010-11-10T10:09:36.549-05:002010-11-10T10:09:36.549-05:00It took a trip to England to view some truly inspi...It took a trip to England to view some truly inspiring gardens to make me see my willy-nilly planting errors. I saw mature gardens with texture, flowers,focal points and layers all working together to create harmony.<br />I came home to see a mish mash of stuff all crammed together in a too small space.<br />So the summer was spent sitting on the patio looking at the gardens with a critical eye..Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11189271009259705886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-48843522965238199912010-11-10T10:08:01.210-05:002010-11-10T10:08:01.210-05:00For me, the best part of planning a garden is anti...For me, the best part of planning a garden is anticipating how nice it's going to look. Anticipation can occupy me through an entire winter. For those who can't resist rescuing orphans at the end-of-season sales, I suggest a nursery bed in an out-of-the way spot where you can get acquainted with your newbie plant before deciding where it will look best.Gardening Foolnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-40223075003442913672010-11-10T08:07:42.338-05:002010-11-10T08:07:42.338-05:00So far I think this is the most difficult secret t...So far I think this is the most difficult secret to achieve. My gardens seem to just grow - like Topsy.Commonweederhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10913336590036045901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-90403209132303320072010-11-10T08:00:29.331-05:002010-11-10T08:00:29.331-05:00I have tried to start so many plans for my garden,...I have tried to start so many plans for my garden, but they never come to completion before I happen upon another deal at the garden center and have to find a place to put it! <br /><br />Great post, Carol.Christopher Tidrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08334176250352441738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-56215509764531071242010-11-10T07:15:26.583-05:002010-11-10T07:15:26.583-05:00Very well written. It sounds as your passion is ga...Very well written. It sounds as your passion is gardening but that does not give you happiness.<br /><br />Happiness is an inside job and, from exploring your site, you have learned that very well.<br /><br />Thanks for the reminders.<br /><br />Life is as good as I allow it to be.woodpecker34https://www.blogger.com/profile/17543149262681957313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-28156602387866303922010-11-10T06:34:24.967-05:002010-11-10T06:34:24.967-05:00Ah Carol, if only we knew of this secret so long a...Ah Carol, if only we knew of this secret so long ago when gardening in earnest began. Some of us only learn this secret after trial and error. But lessons so learned are the richest kind. :-)<br />FrancesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-34509310449418307882010-11-10T05:03:37.342-05:002010-11-10T05:03:37.342-05:00Its very true, a plan really does help, particular...Its very true, a plan really does help, particularly when you only have a small plot and tend to keep falling in love with new plants! The plan, plus planting for the conditions you have rather than the conditions you want, helps make things happy and coherent. My challenge is to have plans even for the less loved spaces out the front, that do not constantly challenge - and occasionally delight -Janet/Plantaliscioushttp://plantaliscious.janetbruten.co.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-28121093855350701472010-11-10T01:55:36.112-05:002010-11-10T01:55:36.112-05:00I only planned the small plot of land I "recl...I only planned the small plot of land I "reclaimed" (story for another time) which could fit just about 5 trees and some plants in between. <br /><br />The rest of my plants are all in pots or are vTillandsias hanging from the windows and eaves. I still plant where to put them even if I can easily move them around.Bomhttp://www.plantchaser.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-19123479681743013662010-11-09T23:55:31.669-05:002010-11-09T23:55:31.669-05:00A wonderful reminder...and something I need to be ...A wonderful reminder...and something I need to be reminded about often. Like when I'm wandering about, plant and trowel in hand, looking for that bare spot of dirt you spoke of.growingagardenindavishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15959600840504166899noreply@blogger.com