| It's not so easy to hand the care of your
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| | her to spend valuable time on keeping the
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| garden over to another person. But
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| | spinach going during your two-week
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| sometimes, you just have to do it, and
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| | vacation.Then make clear your greatest
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| you might as well make it as painless as
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| | priority, such as "This is an organic
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| possible for both of you by preparing a
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| | garden, so please use only the supplies
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| checklist, giving a brief tour, and then
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| | in my shed. No Round-up or Miracle Grow,
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| letting go of all illusions of control
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| | thank you." But in general, your
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| over what happens in your absence.Since
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| | temporary help shouldn't be asked to deal
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| one characteristic in common among many
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| | with fertilizing or pest control unless
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| gardeners is the enjoyment of bringing
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| | you're going to be gone a long time, or
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| order out of chaos, the letting go of all
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| | the person owes you a really big
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| control part is the hardest, and perhaps
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| | favor.Now, for the tour. Before you leave
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| the most important. So let's save that
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| | the precious vegetable or flower garden
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| for the end and start with the easy
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| | in a caretaker's hands, make a point of
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| stuff: the garden sitter checklist and
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| | meeting with your garden sitter in person
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| tour.Keep it simple. Trust your garden
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| | in the garden. Make sure she knows where
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| caretaker to have some sense, and just
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| | things are, from watering tools to an
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| give general instructions such as, "Thin
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| | emergency number for backup.Also, make
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| the vegetables if they look like they
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| | sure she knows what things are. Else, she
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| need it. Weed if you're inspired. Harvest
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| | might pull the joi choi, thinking it's a
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| whatever is ripe and enjoy it yourself or
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| | weed rather than an Asian vegetable.And
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| share it with friends. Water before the
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| | that brings us to the
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| plants start to droop from thirst."Then
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| | letting-go-of-illusions-of-control part
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| you can go beyond the general to a few -
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| | of the deal. If she does mistakenly pull
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| read, very few - specific requests. If
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| | the joi choi, oh well. Unless the garden
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| your checklist gets too detailed, the
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| | is burnt to a crisp or mowed down, just
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| caretaker will be overwhelmed, so choose
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| | be grateful that someone was there to
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| your special situations carefully. After
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| | care for it as best she could. Who knows?
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| all, the garden is your labor of love,
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| | She might even have done some things
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| not hers. She's just doing
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| | differently and better than you would
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| maintenance.For example, let's say you
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| | have. Then you've got some new tricks up
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| have a new asparagus trench that is
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| | your sleeve.Expect miracles, and do your
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| gradually being filled in as the shoots
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| | best to enjoy whatever it was that
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| grow. If you have a pile of topsoil mixed
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| | temporarily took you away from your
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| with manure on hand for the interim
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| | garden.Life-time gardener Judith Schwader
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| gardener to use as needed to cover the
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| | specializes in organic gardening methods.
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| new asparagus, then ask her to help
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| | She shares expertise, humor, and advice
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| sustain this long-term crop.But if you
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| | for your gardening success at A to Z
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| have a patch of spinach that is bolting,
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| | Gardening. Also visit FB Home for
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| don't ask her to keep pinching off the
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| | additional home and garden information.
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| blossoms unless you really really want
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