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The Best Gardening Advice I’ve Ever Been Given

Potato plants leafing out in the garden bed

🌱🌼 Gardening is a journey, not a destination. You have permission to not be a master gardener every day. A dear friend shared this revelation with me years ago and she is NOT wrong! 🍅 Tomatoes will still tomato if they aren’t pruned perfectly, and cucumbers will do their thing. Maybe you could have done better, but sometimes with all that is going on in life—we just do our best and that, my gardening friends, is BombDiggity. 🌿

It’s easy to get caught up in the pursuit of perfection, but remember: nature is resilient. Your garden doesn’t need you to be flawless; it just needs your care and love. Some days, you might not get to every weed or every watering can fill, and that’s okay. 🌻

It’s a jungle out there—be kind to yourself. Your efforts, big or small, are part of the beautiful tapestry of your garden and your life.

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Lane and Jules Morris

Authors and University of Tennessee faculty writing from our farm in East Tennessee about gardening, the farm kitchen, faith and designing a flourishing life at any age. More about us

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