08/25/2026
This is a bit different from my usual posts, but I promise it is worth the read.
You usually see pictures of my lush plants, but this has been one of the toughest years in my gardening life. There is a beautiful lesson hidden in the mess though. 🌱✨
This season completely got away from me. It started with a very late seed-starting date. Then I failed to stake my tomatoes, the deer ate them twice, and life happened.
Looking at the garden now, it is easy to see a chaotic, overgrown mess. The w**ds won. For a while, it felt like a total failure.
Then I realized something important. When you find yourself "in the w**ds," your first instinct is to force order back into the chaos. But you do not always need to w**d your garden right away. Sometimes, you just need to look underneath.
When I dug through the tangled mess, I found quiet, beautiful growth. Huge tomatoes are thriving right under the mess. They prove that life still finds a way to produce good things, even when the surface looks crazy.
If you feel overwhelmed by a chaotic season right now, give yourself grace. You do not have to fix everything right away. Look a little closer. There is still good quietly growing underneath. You just need to take a moment to discover it. 🍅💚
