I love to embrace procrastination, especially when it comes to my yard care techniques in the spring. I’ve been a fan for decades. I wrote about my minimalist approach to gardening years ago.
While not a huge fan of weeds, or weeding garden beds, there are a few I don’t mind keeping around. I like to watch the dandelions grow until they spread their seeds. They are quite fascinating.
Dandelions attract the bees and the rabbits. It’s fun to watch the birds walk around them as they hunt for bugs. And then they fly up to land in trees they see. Unfortunately they procrastinate a tad too long before realizing that the tree was just a reflection of where they really wanted to be. Ouch!
It’s a careful balancing act to be a procrastinator. I like to wait to see the benefits appear.
Procrastination gives you time to consider divergent ideas, to think in nonlinear ways, to make unexpected leaps.
Adam Grant
I’ve found the multiprocessing factor, aka, thinking about doing something, but not yet doing it, results in a maximized level of procrastinating which benefits my photography as well.
If I wait long enough, the procrastinating exteroceptor in me eventually shows up and gets the job done. I waited for it to rain before weeding the garden beds, wet soil is way easier to pull weeds from than dry soil.
Here’s living proof it works for me…I hope you enjoy the show. (Special thanks to Brian over at Bushboy’s World, he taught me how to do the before and after photos! – check out his most recent post to see his photos!)
My next two projects involve watching the revival of my Shamrock plants and my succulents.
This little crock has gnats in it. I hate those pesky nats. So I’m trying to dry them out or flood them out of the soil. Hopefully, the succulents will survive. Day one on the patio table was hot and sunny, day two and three it rained and soaked the soil and the crock. So far, it’s surviving though. The other plants are starting to revive too.
My Shamrock plant is starting to get all happy once again on its summer spot on the bench in my tea house. Last fall it looked so healthy. This month it was leaning toward the window giving me hints it was time to head outside.
Post Inspiration – Linda G. Hill’s Stream of Consciousness Saturday – #SoCS Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “roc.” Find a word with “roc” in it or use it as a word all by itself. Enjoy!
PS – How about you, when does procrastination work for you?
I despise dandelions, spreaders of weeds! But they are attractive, you sure have a green thumb, Shelley!
Yes, they spread, that’s for sure! The very first year we lived here I tried to control them, I quickly learned it wasn’t possible! Thanks – I hope the green thumb works again this summer.
There are chemicals available that should control them but not kill the grass I think…
I’m sure there are. Just haven’t looked into it. We liken our efforts to be kind to the bees who make honey down the road. 😉
It’s sad that bees are dying everywhere it seems, we the bees!
We need the bees to survive! As long as they don’t build a nest too close to our house, I’m happy to see them flying around the yard.
I saw a program about bees the other day, if the bees die, we may die too.
Sad, but true!
I put the “pro” in procrastinator! My husband, on the other hand, is the complete opposite… which, of course, makes it challenging for both of us. I’ve learned to never casually mention that I’d like to do something because he is ready RIGHT THAT MINUTE to do it. He has learned to accept the fact that I will eventually get things done… but on my own timeline. Apparently your procrastination works for you too. “Procrastinators Unite” (that is, we will when we get around to it).
Ah, yay, I love it – you’re a procrastinator and you’ve figured out how to help your hubby adapt to it too (in quite the sly way)! Procrastinators Unite – your last line is making me smile!! Thank you!
That before/after photo effect is really cool! And of course, I love the bleeding heart. 😊
I don’t think I ever had a shamrock look as healthy as yours. Nice!
Thanks, Laurel – glad you enjoy the before/after photos too. I have to admit it’s one of the block editor features that I found fun to use. I thought I’d never say I’m enjoying the new editor.
That shamrock is so old, has been split a couple of times, my youngest had it with her in college, split off a piece for her roommate who has it in Tennessee now, and my daughter has some of it in southern WI and I have the original pot. Which I got from a co-worker when our company shut down 9 years ago. It’s a plant with a history that is full of perseverance. 😉 (…not that you asked for the history LOL, my fingers just started typing away!)
I love the history of your shamrock and how it’s been shared. NIce!
Aw, shucks, thanks!
Really like your humor and light hearted way of exploring a topic most know well!
The before and after pictures were fun
Thank you, Yvette, glad you enjoyed the post. I procrastinated while writing it too – started and stopped many times. The before/after photos are easy to do – I bet you have a bunch of great photos you could use with the block editor function!
Hi – I probably have some photos that would fit with that cool
Slide feature – and I might drop by for advice on how to do it later – but Shelley – right now I am doing my best to get regular posts out there – and already have the irritation of being forced to use the block editor and while maybe experimenting with the before and after would help that – I am still trying to figure out my next phase for creative output-
And so my focus really is deciding on a
– blogging schedule and which challenges to join- ya know?
And by the way – how is that unicorn spot healing – any
Leftover patches or is it all healed?
The slide feature is easy, I’m sure you’d get the hang of it. I didn’t care for the block editor at all, I still prefer the Classic, but I’ve found my way around enough to not get too frustrated anymore. I’ve stumbled upon a simple one day a week routine – Sundays appeared as the highest stat day for me. Why fight stats, right?! I do sympathize with what you’re trying to figure out. I’ve found that not posting as often is less stressful on one hand, but tougher on the other – the writing flow takes longer and so does the photo processing. But I switched up how I label photos too.
The unicorn spot healed well, there’s a scar that I can feel, and the hair that grew back around it is coarse compared to the other hair, but so far, so good, and no regrowths! Our change in diet has helped with the deterrent of skin growths of all kinds, including unicorns and barnacles. Thanks for asking!
Glad all is healing well
And what we eat is so crucial to all things and especially skin health – and it makes me sad that more folks are not told this – but I think folks with lupus and other ailments like that need to think intestinal health – gut health – and food items
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And thanks for sharing your experience with the new block editor and posting
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Have a GREAT day and ttys
Thank you – and thank you for remembering too. I agree, we’re not told enough about gut health. It’s more a sick care model than a healthy model. Imagine how less nasty this past year would’ve been had people been on a mission to improve their health instead of stay inside and eat?!
Maybe I’ll do a post on how to do the different block editor stuff that I’ve figured out? I’m sure there are plenty of those out there though?!
I hope you’re having a great weekend. TTYS!
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Also/ only one time have I had a bird try and fly in a window – it was more than ten years ago – I was in an art room with a large glass window walll to outside and I had a plant on a shelf
The diving bird made such a thud – I felt bad for it and was really caught off guard
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The thud sounds is horrible. Our new window makes a very clear reflection of the trees in our yard. In our old window we had a curtain so we didn’t have it happen as often. We just don’t want a curtain now, so we’re hoping that the birds chat amongst themselves and advise that it isn’t a good idea to head for those trees!
I hope they learn too
Thankfully, this year at least, no bird has been harmed, just stunned.
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Thanks for the shout out Shelley <3
When I saw the bird "prints" my first thoughts weren't for the birds it was for that window remembering the tribulations with the install…..and then of course for the poor birds.
Glad you got the hang of the image compare. It works well.
Let what grows grow unless it takes over and hinders the biodiversity of the garden. Love the images of the garden 🙂 🙂
You’re welcome Brian! Thanks again for the lessons on how to do the before/after photos. It’s fun!
Yes, the window install was quite the ordeal. The same birds that flew into the not so perfect window are flying into this one again. We got the new window eventually, and it was finally perfect, it slipped right into place and didn’t break when they put the trim on.
I do just let things grow for the most part. I like to see how creative the weeds can be. But, I do like a nice looking garden too. I’m ready to plant my seeds I harvested from my zinnias of last year. They attract the yellow finches and the butterflies. So I can get butterfly photos like you capture!
Thanks again for the help!
Zinnias are just the thing to attract butterflies and bees.
YAY! 🙂
First of all, YAY you’re back to blogging! I procrastinated reading blogs last week and today you’re the first one who came up in my feed. As for your shamrock plant, I want one. I’ve never seen one before and could use all the good luck I can get.
Aw, thanks for the warm welcome back, Ally! I feel honored that my blog post welcomed you back to reading blogs!
I bet you’d enjoy the shamrock plant – it is a hardy plant. My co-worker who gave it to me used to cut it down to the base every few months and watch it grow back. It did well in office lighting. But it does prefer my tea house in the summer the most.
Love your shamrock plant–and your wait-and-see attitude! My procrastination, lately, led me to be slow about getting my new MacBook, to replace the old one that has zero battery on a good day, keys falling off, and is slower than molasses. Now, I’m dealing with figuring out my new machine, but it’s faster. That should make me a faster blogger–and everything else right? Ha!
Thanks, Rebecca! Wow, good luck with your new MacBook. It is time to replace when the battery and keyboard fail. You’ll be whipping out writing in no time.
On a side note, your Gravatar shows your beautiful face, but is labeled as “Someone” and not your Rust Belt Girl website. Perhaps that has to do with your new machine?
Thanks for taking time to stop by and share your thoughts. I wish you well as you continue to learn the new machine! Good luck from the shamrock plant and me!
A friend of a friend saw my remark on my inability to grow houseplants on a mutual friend’s FB page and she asked my address and told me I could not kill a shamrock. I decided to put it outside, but did not put it inside. She express mailed the bulbs for dark-leaved shamrocks (pink and white) and light-leaved shamrocks which were a pale pink. They took 10 or 11 days to get here (despite being express mail) and it was a hot spell and they still bloomed like crazy until mid-Fall!
They are a resilient plant, that’s for sure. Do you still have them?
No, I brought them in the house and they died. I can’t open any of my windows for light and I had them on the washing machine to get filtered light through that basement window, but it was not enough to sustain them. The woman who gave me the bulbs says they are invasive in her garden beds.
I remember that your shades are closed and that you have limited light. There are many plants that do survive in very low light. Maybe you can get some of those some day? I’d love to have the shamrocks in my yard, but have never tried growing them outside.
Shelley – the woman who sent them to me lives in North Carolina and so they overwinter well there. She complained they were so invasive and she was pulling them out by the handfuls and they grew back (all varieties).
North Carolina weather is definitely not as severe as MI or WI! 😉
That’s for sure! A neighbor many moons ago planted “Snow in the Mountain” and it crept over to my house and the roots got into the lava rocks. I have given up on pulling each one separately – they just come back. So now I embrace them as ground cover and worry incessantly if mice happily run and play where I can’t see them.
:-)!!!