April garden tour, part one. My goal this year was simple: just put the seeds in the ground. Less worry about placement, companion planting, all of it. I just wanted more in the ground — dealing with the consequences later.
April is a hopeful month in the garden. Plants are waking up, the roses and daffodils are already going, and there’s a pull to plan every square inch before a single seed goes in. This year I decided to skip most of that.
Instead of mapping out exact placement or obsessing over which companions go where, I focused on quantity over precision — getting seeds in the soil early enough to maximize the growing season, and leaving room to adjust as things come up. Some of it won’t work out. Most of it probably will.
Walking the beds on this first tour, seeing the little green shoots already breaking through, was a good reminder of why I garden in the first place. Not for the perfect layout — for the surprises, the learning, and watching something take root because I just went ahead and planted it.
If you’re the type who agonizes over the perfect plan before you start, consider this your permission to just put the seeds in the ground.
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