It just seems, lately, that I've been just so tired,, almost to point of exhaustion. I don't know if it's because I'm getting older, or trying to do too much, but not really seems like I've actually completed, or accomplished as much gardening as I used to get done. Does this ever happen to you?
I am feeling as if I just can't get enough done. Do you ever feel like that?
I doubt, it is chronic fatigue, but maybe it's just not enough sleep & other things cause me to worry...& I'm not depressed, either. Anyone else, ever feel this way ?

I don't know if there are enough hours in the day or motivation to get caught up in the garden. There's always something else that needs attention. Age surely slows folks down.

I'm thinking, if I start eating more nutritious foods ( including wheat germ) & drink a little less coffee , it may help. But I enjoy having it in the morning & seeing, what's starting to flower, or what's been getting damage from rabbits & insects...Or, what needs water, or weeds pulled.
It is the energy, to keep digging, to keep on planting, even more, that takes the most effort ! Yes, getting older sure has slowed me down, & it's been a big adjustment for me., to move at a slower pace. Nice to know, I'm not the only one !. Starting a new garden sure does include extra work, that's for sure & just don't seem to have it, when it's too hot & can't dig, when overly dry, or soggy from thunderstorms..

I seem to have days where I question everything but I know that I really enjoy gardening. Why else would we pay these prices in money and effort for a few tomatoes?

I had to give up on my Big Beef Steak tomato seedlings, as that very same thought had occurred to me- exactly ! At least , the Giant Marconi Bell Peppers made it ( only, just a couple of them.) I'm having to decide, what's worth the trouble & what takes up, more of my time & attention, to those plants, that are more important . Started some of those tomatoes in a baggy, so they'd stay moist until germination & then added other seeds & next I knew, tiny mushrooms grew ! Hadn't actually tried to grow those. At first I thought , maybe the Passiflora seeds had started to sprout, until I put on my glasses to really see what it was. haha
I can always go get a tomato, at the nearby Wood's Orchard ( farmer's market) & get freshly picked, ripe peaches, soon, too !

It seems constantly windy here & was, for nearly every single day, this spring. Then, if it wasn't hotter than usual, it would be thunderstorm & if too dry, could dig in the soil. & too soggy, isn't ideal, either. I suppose by autumn, it will be a much better time to "work" the soil.. Of course, by then, for all I know, it could suddenly turn into "Hurricane Alley" by then !(Four major ones, were "predicted" for this year, last I 'd heard.)

I just throw my seeds down, they either emerge successfully or turn in to mushrooms. How hard can it be?
Kidding aside, yes I used to be more productive, I don't know if it's better land or what. I'm not as productive.

ShawnSteve said:It just seems, lately, that I've been just so tired,, almost to point of exhaustion. I don't know if it's because I'm getting older, or trying to do too much, but not really seems like I've actually completed, or accomplished as much gardening as I used to get done. Does this ever happen to you?
I am feeling as if I just can't get enough done. Do you ever feel like that?
I doubt, it is chronic fatigue, but maybe it's just not enough sleep & other things cause me to worry...& I'm not depressed, either. Anyone else, ever feel this way ?

ONLY BEFORE I start working on it; once I get rolling it goes away but in spring it is always hardest as one up here , generally, gets lazy in winter, or at least early spring when there is no snow to shovel to keep you going.
By mid-July , if it gets hot and I am out in it often, it is the same old, same old but now that my nasty knee is not the misery it once was, I have fewer reasons to complain but I still do.
Age will get you sooner if you think about it; my one cousin who turned sixty on his thirtieth birthday uses age as an excuse, or blame , continually.
It gets real annoying after awhile.

I have for decades, always been one who thinks about what I want or am going to do.
When I landscaped my boss would see me standing and looking at the job and would ask me what I was doing.
I would say -- I would tell him I am thinking about how I/we are going to do this. I do not want to restart it multiple times as we have done to often.
He would give me an odd look and some times say, I know what you mean,-- to a point.

It's good to know, I'm not the only one that feels this way, some times. It rained a little , just last night, but summer solstice sunshine & 30 mph winds, tend to dry things out fairly quickly, & it's already almost time to water ! At this rate, I'll be out watering once again, before dark.

Thanks, everyone. After a brief rest, a tree mail confirmed what was in the back of my mind. I went out & watered & now the "issue" is going to be taken care of. It's a shame that I didn't do more than I did, this spring, as I do not like being "watched" continuously, while I'm trying to garden. I consider it rude, to stare & observe others in that manner & it does seems very strange to me

The situation , will soon be resolved. As, after six months in this State (Commonwealth) of Virginia, you're required by law to have an I.D. issued here, mailed to your address & refuses to comply. Thanks, again ! Maybe I can begin gardening again, while more relaxed & enjoy knowing that, the "observationist" won't be doing that, for much longer.
Sharing activities & accomplishments online is enjoyable too, but when it is unwanted, up in my face, that's a totally different situation. Thanks & have a great, first weekend, of summer !