{"id":10227,"date":"2020-03-20T14:53:39","date_gmt":"2020-03-20T21:53:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/?p=10227"},"modified":"2020-03-20T14:53:39","modified_gmt":"2020-03-20T21:53:39","slug":"realistic-garden-expectations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/realistic-garden-expectations\/","title":{"rendered":"Realistic garden expectations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\u201cOh, good to see you have weeds too,\u201d said my neighbor as we walked through my vegetable garden. I&#8217;ve felt just like that when visiting other gardens, haven&#8217;t you?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here\u2019s a fact that should give all of us a feeling of relief: In the best gardens and on the best farms that I\u2019ve visited, there are still weeds and pests and other things going wrong. You are not alone. Don\u2019t let photos in books and magazines &#8212; and on websites like this! &#8212; give you unrealistic expectations for your garden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On any given day, I am winning some and losing some out there. Today, most of the tomatoes that I planted a few weeks back are growing well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/healthy-Sunrise-Bumble-Bee-tomato-plant.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10233\" width=\"466\" height=\"472\"\/><figcaption>Healthy &#8216;Sunrise Bumble Bee&#8217; tomato plant.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>But one is suffering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/troubled-Juliet-tomato-plant-716x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10234\" width=\"312\" height=\"447\"\/><figcaption>Unhealthy &#8216;Juliet&#8217; tomato plant.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019d noticed slight browning on the edges of the plant\u2019s lower leaves when I bought it, and I know better than to buy a tomato plant with anything but impeccable foliage, but I thought it was so slight as to not be from actual disease. Now I see I was probably wrong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We had a good winter of healthy heads of broccoli and cauliflower with very few aphids.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cauliflower-head-2020-943x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10237\" width=\"410\" height=\"443\"\/><figcaption>Head of cauliflower harvest in January 2020.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>I think that was partly due to the luck of the weather and partly due to my diligence at rogueing plants with infestations. (See my post, <a href=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/dealing-with-aphids-broccoli-brussels-sprouts-cabbage-cauliflower\/\">\u201cDealing with aphids on broccoli, brussels sprouts, cabbage, and cauliflower.\u201c<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But soon after my neighbor noted that I also have weeds the other day he asked, \u201cWhat are those big plants next to the broccoli that is bolting?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/bed-of-broccoli-plants-1024x743.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10232\" width=\"563\" height=\"408\"\/><figcaption>Bed of broccoli.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>They are another type of broccoli, \u201cpurple sprouting broccoli,\u201d and they have grown bigger than any broccoli plants I have ever seen. Finally, a couple weeks ago they began sprouting purple florets, which are dazzling in appearance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/purple-sprouting-broccoli-797x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10231\" width=\"378\" height=\"485\"\/><figcaption>Purple sprouting broccoli.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBut they don\u2019t taste great,\u201d I told my neighbor. \u201cNot as good as other types of broccoli. My kids snack on all the other broccoli plants but don\u2019t eat these ones.\u201d And now they\u2019re getting a bunch of aphids inside the florets to boot. Win, lose, lose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are many more winners and losers in the vegetable garden today, but how about among the fruit trees? I have a reliable Blenheim apricot tree. It is done blooming now, and the fruitset looks as heavy and healthy as every year before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Blenheim-apricot-tree-in-bloom.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10238\" width=\"418\" height=\"466\"\/><figcaption>Blenheim apricot tree in bloom, March 1, 2020.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/apricot-fruitlets-835x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10230\" width=\"400\" height=\"489\"\/><figcaption>Apricot fruitlets, March 19, 2020.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>That tree is a winner. On the other hand, you don\u2019t want to look at some of my avocado trees. There was a night in early February that dropped to 25 degrees, and it caused my Reed to die back at branch tips and shed 110 avocados.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Reed-avocado-tree-fruit-lost-from-cold-damage-844x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10229\" width=\"390\" height=\"471\"\/><figcaption>Ugly Reed avocado tree with dropped fruit due to cold.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>While some other small avocado trees look half dead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/GEM-avocado-tree-after-cold-damage-756x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10236\" width=\"319\" height=\"432\"\/><figcaption>Hard to look at this poor little GEM tree.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>I stopped using Instagram recently. One reason is that it felt natural to try to take and post photos of beautiful things (e.g. the bloom of my apricot) but never the ugly things right beside them (e.g. the sickly young avocado tree). This was pleasing to the eye, but really it is a lie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And it is unhelpful. It\u2019s not helpful to only get half the story. And in fact, usually you can learn more by taking a look at what\u2019s going wrong than what\u2019s going right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019ve tried doing this from time to time with Yard Posts that I\u2019ve titled, \u201cOh, the mistakes I\u2019ve made: . . .\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>( <a href=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/oh-the-mistakes-ive-made-not-thinning-enough-fruit-from-a-plum-tree\/\">. . . Not thinning enough fruit from a plum tree.\u201d<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>( <a href=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/oh-the-mistakes-ive-made-planting-vegetables-at-the-wrong-time\/\">. . . Planting vegetables at the wrong time.&#8221;<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>( <a href=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/oh-mistakes-ive-made-thinking-flowers-girls\/\">. . . Thinking flowers were for girls.\u201d<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My yard is not perfect and neither is anyone else\u2019s. Let\u2019s not pretend that having zero weeds or growing everything successfully is even a goal that we want to achieve. How boring that would be!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If everything were growing right, wouldn\u2019t that mean that we weren\u2019t trying anything new or learning anything? To me, the testing and discovering is one of the most fun aspects of gardening.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of my favorite lines of poetry comes from Yeats:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cHappiness is neither virtue nor pleasure nor this thing nor that but simply growth,<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>We are happy when we are growing.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A list of my Yard Posts is <a href=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/list-of-yard-posts\/\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cOh, good to see you have weeds too,\u201d said my neighbor as we walked through my vegetable garden. I&#8217;ve felt just like that when visiting other gardens, haven&#8217;t you? 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