{"id":27858,"date":"2017-01-24T17:19:36","date_gmt":"2017-01-24T17:19:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/garden-goddess\/?p=27858"},"modified":"2017-01-24T17:19:36","modified_gmt":"2017-01-24T17:19:36","slug":"enough-resolutions-create-garden-legacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/garden-goddess\/2017\/01\/enough-resolutions-create-garden-legacy\/","title":{"rendered":"Enough About Resolutions&#8230;.. Create A Garden Legacy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-27860\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/garden-goddess\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2017\/01\/dscn0295_073-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN0295_073\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/garden-goddess\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2017\/01\/dscn0295_073-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/garden-goddess\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2017\/01\/dscn0295_073-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/garden-goddess\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2017\/01\/dscn0295_073-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>New Year\u2019s resolutions, how are you doing with yours as we come to the end of January?\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 This time of year evokes the cry to change one\u2019s behaviors and practices with the advent of the New Year.\u00a0 According to the data pulled from Google by iQuanti, this year\u2019s most popular resolutions include: get healthy, get organized, live life to the fullest, learn new hobbies, spend less\/save more, travel, and read more.<\/p>\n<p>Can gardening be a means to achieve a few of these resolutions?\u00a0 Yes they can.\u00a0 Get physically and spiritually healthy: try dig in the dirt garden work and subscribe to the old adage: \u201cstop and smell the roses\u201d.\u00a0\u00a0 Learn a new hobby: gardening is a hobbyist activity. \u00a0Spend less\/save more:\u00a0 grow your own produce.\u00a0 Read more: Read to learn about gardening.\u00a0 Start with my blog!<\/p>\n<p>In general, resolutions are readily broken, overlooked or just plain dropped with alarming frequency within the first quarter of a year! \u00a0If you are considering gardening activity to meet your New Year resolutions, why not take it a step further and create a \u201cgarden legacy\u201d for 2017.<\/p>\n<p>A legacy is something that is lasting and durable.\u00a0 What we create and use in our garden will define our legacy.\u00a0 So it is important to think about what you plan to leave behind. \u00a0\u00a0As we begin 2017, take an inventory of garden practices that will indeed define your legacy for years to come.\u00a0 Ask yourself the following questions.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><u>Water management<\/u>: How do you use the precious resource? Are your automated systems set properly for site conditions, plants and weather?\u00a0 Are you considering designs that include plants that require less water? Are you using rainwater harvesting systems to collect and reuse water?<\/li>\n<li><u>Site practices<\/u>: Are you preparing your areas with organically based soils and mulches.\u00a0 Are you using integrated pest management approaches to reduce chemical applications?\u00a0 Are your fertilizers organically based?\u00a0 Are you reusing and composing your lawn and leaf materials?<\/li>\n<li><u>Beneficial wildlife<\/u>: Do your designs, plant selections and site preparation encourage pollinators and garden wildlife that balance and our ecosystems for garden success and continuation of life?<\/li>\n<li><u>Spiritual:<\/u> Do your designs encourage reason for pause and reflection?\u00a0 Do your gardens provide a respite from life\u2019s stress?\u00a0 Do they inspire?<\/li>\n<li><u>Share the Love<\/u>: How is my gardening helping children to learn?\u00a0 Can I pass my love of gardening down to children?\u00a0 Am I sharing my skills and passion with millennials to consider gardening as a way to balance their lifestyle?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Answering these questions is your path to creating a Garden legacy\u2026versus adopting garden resolutions in 2017.\u00a0 Take these North Country Winter months to inventory and raise the bar.\u00a0 Be sure to \u201c keep your garden practices rooted in common sense and sustainability\u201d in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Looking to raise the bar in gardening this year?\u00a0 The Garden Goddess is in the process of developing her workshop offerings and schedules for 2017.\u00a0 Contact her for children, adult and family friendly workshops. For more information go to my website: www.gardengoddesssenseandsustainability.com<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Year\u2019s resolutions, how are you doing with yours as we come to the end of January?\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 This time of year evokes the cry to change one\u2019s behaviors and practices with the advent of the New Year.\u00a0 According to the data pulled from Google by iQuanti, this year\u2019s most popular resolutions include: get healthy, get [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":73,"featured_media":27860,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\r\n<title>Enough About Resolutions..... 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