Day 24 of the 100 day project
Yesterday Frances left a comment which really struck me, you know the way things do which sound obvious but which you had somehow managed not to understand. Gardens are good for self care she said. We were talking about looking after yourself which is something I have been thinking about a lot as the fourth cold of the winter struck. And I thought, well yes, gardens must be good for self care. There is all sorts of research demonstrating that being outside, looking at green, has a beneficial impact on both mental health and physical recovery from illness. So gardens must be good for self care. But not if you do them the way I have been doing for the last few years. Gardens as an endless to do list do not soothe the soul. They just make you feel beaten up about all the things you have not done. And yet gardens overgrown and uncared for don't soothe the soul either. They are a reproach as the garden ceases to be a garden and becomes a fore...