THERAPY SESSION S1E3 - GARDENING

This time, last year (2022), I went on leave from work. I was burnt out! I remember one day watching a video of someone in their beautiful garden and I went into a rabbit hole. For days on end, I watched people plant and harvest. There were videos of people giving advises on: "how to have a healthy garden", "what to do to keep plant eating bugs away", "How to fertilize your soil so that you have healthy looking fruits and vegetables". You know? gems that made gardening look easy, fun and beautiful. I was so fascinated! One particular advise I vividly remember was a lady showing off her beautiful garden and saying : "planting is trials and error until you get it right.". It made me giggle but that stuck with me. 

My leave was in fall/winter and I couldn't plant anything. So I made a note in my journal to learn how to plant in 2023. I've heard many people say that you need to have a green thumb but personally, I think it's hereditary. My father is a whole biologist. Plants are his thing so that's passed down. Right? 

Throughout my leave, I had a desire to give birth. Hold your horses! not a human child. we're not there yet; But something that I can call my own. Something that requires my undivided attention but also helps me grow as I watch it grow. Something I can nurture. A project that I can watch grow into something bigger than I originally intended. you feel me ?

March - April of 2023 came. The weather started getting warmer and I went back to thinking about gardening. By end of may, beginning of June, I had a garden built for me. I had a big vision for it. but, I started with tomatoes, 3 onions and scotch bonnet peppers. Now, remember when it was mentioned that gardening is trials and errors until you get it right? I encountered a trial immediately. A week after planting, there was so much rain for so many days that my garden flooded. Half of my garden got washed away and I couldn't even see the things I planted. And to make matters worse, I was going out of the country for a month.  I was so discouraged!  I gave up and told myself, we'll try again next year.

I will be stopping here for part 1. Stay tuned for part 2 as I break down my life's connection to my garden and explain the unbelievable miracle that happened.

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