Today Lionel asked me what I thought about when I was weeding. This made me stop to think. In fact there may even have been one of those awkward silences. Unusual. A gap in the conversation doesn’t often happen when I am in the room. It was a fair question, what do I think about when I am weeding. The weeds? The meaning of the universe? The shopping list? How to spend the £1 million Premium Bond win which will be waiting for me at home? In truth I can’t remember thinking about anything much, except perhaps “surely not another bit of couch grass”. We then spoke about meditation and I wondered if this intense working of the soil is in fact a form of that ancient discipline. A time when the muddled brain has a chance to realign. There have been many mysteries solved and problems resolved whilst weeding.
These Mountain Ash berries were providing an early feast for Mr Blackbird. Better appreciate their tangerine beauty whilst we can.
Off The Edge Gardening 
I never thought of meditation while weeding, but it makes sense. It also increases ones attention span!
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My mindset when weeding is much the same as dropping off to sleep and it’s when ideas and creative thoughts tend to come. Struggling with that dock that I should have pulled when it was little is a completely different matter though. Further from Zen you could not get.
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I totally agree, another part of the brain kicks in and hey presto!
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Meditation would be nice and I’ll have to try it. Right now when weeding certain words pertaining to the weeds creep into my head and they aren’t too soothing. LOL 🙂
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I might just know what some of those words are …… 🙂
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I’m with you on this one. As much as my garden drives me crazy, it is what keeps me sane.
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Definitely, so good for the soul.
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Nothing quiets my mind better than a weeding session or some other mundane tasks done in the garden.
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I agree and some days you feel more inclined than others.
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So true! Although most of the time it’s what I’m NOT thinking about while weeding that works the magic, LOL
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That is a fair point Lady C, a vacation for the brain!
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