Seriously, have you ever thought of just giving up on gardening, for whatever reason?
I've been gardening for just two years now, but as time goes on, I feel less and less sure about it. Okay, there are the joyst and cheers when a plant does well and flowers in front of your nose, but the setbacks and disasters are numerous aswell.
In the past year I've seen all my precious bulbs get ridden with a nasty fungus that's almost impossible to eradicate. I saw the same symptoms on my Camassia bulbs. The first common clade or what it is these plants share is Asparagales. So this fungus could potentially infect plants that I most like and most like to grow like (hold on to your geezers): Agapanthus, Hyacinths, Daffodils, Orchids, Hemerocallis, Iris, Eremurus, Crocosmia, Alliums etc....
Not to mention all the viruses and bacteria that cause rots and whatever...
And I'm NOT interested in treating these as annuals, no way! For me the garden experience is to see the same plants thrive year after year.
Then there's the slugs and snails and caterpillars that try to reduce my plants to the bare veins and other nasties that try to make some sort of meal out of your garden.
And finally there's the weather - the rain and damp cold - that seems to just make everything worse. At this moment I'm less enjoying it; it seems more like a battle I'm bound to lose. I'm seriously thinking about whether it's all worth it.
So have you ever thought of giving up? Share your story
