05-09-2023, 11:56 AM
(04-09-2023, 09:22 PM)Oh_hunnihunni Wrote: Last season, my beloved stone grown peach tree was loaded with fruit and I lost the lot, despite winter spraying and pruning, because of the wet summer. It was still worth it. This year I am watching the buds swell and open and still loving it.
Gardeners know about failure, sad seasons and good ones. We also know frustration isn't going to stop us because not all the benefits come from harvesting. It's like any other human passion, it comes with costs and rewards. Good lessons for kids, and old ladies...
Exactly - there'll be good seasons with an abundance of everything, & bad seasons with little of anything, but its still worth doing. Much like life itself really, we get both good & bad.
in order to be old & wise, you must first be young & stupid. (I'm still working on that.)