Okay, I haven't actually been using my green thumb much lately but the NFL Super Bowl marks the beginning of the gardening season for me. I know that sounds strange but I usually spend much of Super Bowl Sunday planning the upcoming growing season. After church I will likely get out my seeds, my seed catalogs and my graph paper and get to work. By the time kickoff happens, I will have most of my 2008 garden planned out.
You may think I'm crazy, but organizing a garden is a lot like an NFL football team. To get into the spirit, here's my garden/football team's helmet:
I'll call my team the "GardenDesk Growers"!
Tomorrow marks the beginning of the off-season for the NFL. The off-season for a team is spent figuring out which players and coaches are good enough to remain and which ones need to be cut. They look to add new players to better next year's team. They also look back at the season that has just ended to figure out what worked well and what didn't. All teams but one did not achieve their goal of winning the Super Bowl. They try to learn from last season's disappointments so they can do better this season!
These are the things I have been doing in the past couple of months because my garden's off-season actually took place in December and January . I have been pouring over seed catalogs looking for new star players to draft and have decided to cut some of my under-achieving vegetable varieties. I am redesigning part of my game plan and am even planning to increase this year's playing field! I have carefully looked over the 2007 "touchdowns" as well as the "fumbles". I will be reporting more about that in the near future.
So the Super Bowl marks the beginning of The "GardenDesk Growers" 2008 pre-season! Many players will soon report to my basement to begin their season under the grow lights! Today I will be mapping out the 2008 garden and figuring out what plants will occupy what spot on the field. Of course I will also be dreaming of winning the Super Bowl of gardening in which every vegetable grows to perfection and every flower is beautiful!
If you are a gardener, chances are that you are also dreaming of a winning 2008 garden. So I know it is only February, but I must ask you that famous question:
Are you ready for some Football Gardening?!! I sure am!
Since this is the official beginning of my 2008 gardening season, this will also be the kick-off for my 2008 Green Thumb Sunday posts. This post is actually not a very good GTS post, but be sure to visit other Green Thumb Sunday participants!
My next GTS post will be much better I hope.
For today I say, GO GIANTS! I mean GO PATRIOTS! No, I mean GO GARDENDESK GROWERS!
Great analogy, perfect for the day. The Super Bowl is very low key here in Indianapolis this year, nothing like last year! Around here it is definitely Go Giants.
And yes, go gardeners!
Carol, May Dreams Gardens
Posted by: February 03, 2008 at 05:35 PM
Yes Carol, I too am bummed that the Colts didn't make it. This could have been the year of the battle-of-the-brothers.
Oh well, this way I'm not that excited about the game and can focus more on planning my garden.
Posted by: February 03, 2008 at 05:55 PM
The game is right down the road, but I'll be home pulling weeds!
Happy GTS,
Aiyana
Posted by: February 03, 2008 at 06:41 PM
What a great analogy! Nicely written. Have a great season ahead, Coach!
Posted by: Teresa | February 04, 2008 at 06:26 PM
Yes I am ready for some gardening! A great GTS post Marc!
Posted by: February 06, 2008 at 04:36 AM