This blog has certainly been neglected of late, which makes me wonder where time goes. As the routine of each night begins I can hardly believe that another day has gone by so quickly. There must be a black hole somewhere out there in the universe that has the sole purpose of sucking in time.
Of course the more busy we are the more time flies and therein lies the secret to achieving a much more manageable and enjoyable pace of life. Slowing my life down is the process I’m in involved in at the moment and why I have time to write this blog.
Most of us, especially women, tend to take on more than can be realistically achieved. Take my life for example – as you know I’m a medical herbalist and tutor of the online Home Herbalist courses. As if this isn’t enough my husband and I live on almost six acres and we’re building a house. For the last two years he’s been working away and has only been home six days a month so apart from treating patients, teaching the home herbalism courses, and maintaining the website I’ve had to take over the responsibilities of owner builder while my husband has been away as well as maintain the property. This has been an overwhelming experience, which has left me little time to enjoy the other part of my life – art.
My biggest problem though is the ‘feeling’ I have to get every thing done as quickly as possible – hurrying and rushing! This has now been resolved in a most delightful way thanks to a very understanding husband and our daughters who have given me excellent advice.
What I’ve done to achieve this bliss is to prioritize what I have to do, stop rushing about, make time for those things I enjoy, and stop feeling guilty if I take time out to do a painting, sculpture, walk through the garden or sit quietly in the moonlight.
My first priorities are my herbalism clinic, teaching The Home Herbalist courses, writing this blog and maintaining the website (all things I love to do), the next is building the house and following these are property maintenance and cleaning the car etc. The most important thing though is that I’ve stopped rushing and hurrying to get jobs done and I’m making time for the other things that give me pleasure without feeling guilty. What I can’t get done in a calm and unhurried way today I will do tomorrow.
We can all do this and enjoy a more relaxed pace of life, a life that allows us time to smell the lavender.
my lavender plant is over grown,and i want to transplant, how do i go about it?.
thanks
Hi Bennie, Thanks for your question. You haven’t mentioned where you live, the season where you are or how old your lavender plant is but I’ll do my best to answer your question anyway. If your plant is over two years old it’s best to start again with a new plant because moving it might kill it. If it’s not too old wait until your plant has finished flowering then prune it by one-third. Lavender has a big root ball so be sure to dig right around the plant so you don’t harm the roots including the tap root. Prepare the new hole first by digging it big enough to allow plenty of room for the plant, fill it with water and after it has drained away place the new plant in it, back fill and spread a light dose of garden lime or dolomite around the plant and water it in. Lavender doesn’t like a lot of water but you will need to water it a little more than normal until it’s re-established. This works well for me. I usually transplant when the moon is waxing. You could take cuttings from the existing plant before moving it.