on verge of giving up....

So its like this, I am fortunate to have landed a good job, but means I work long hours. I have three kids under 6, so have little to zero time.....

We have half a plot that I struggle to get to for more than an hour a week!!!!

I've kept it going for two years now with success but am really struggling to get to it this year. Evrything is telling me to give up untill kids are older and time is more, but I am worried I will never get back into it..................

Evrything is telling me to give up untill kids are older and time is more, but I am worried I will never get back into it..................

That's what we did. 

You WILL get back into it if it is something that you really want to do.  Keep your eye on the waiting lists so that you can put your name down when you think time is beginning to ease up.

It's a difficult decision to make but rushing around like mad and feeling your failing at some things is not good for you !  Chill a bit and enjoy your children while they are young.

Quote from: Half a plot man on July 08, 2012, 12:54

Evrything is telling me to give up untill kids are older and time is more, but I am worried I will never get back into it..................

That's what we did. 

You WILL get back into it if it is something that you really want to do.  Keep your eye on the waiting lists so that you can put your name down when you think time is beginning to ease up.

It's a difficult decision to make but rushing around like mad and feeling your failing at some things is not good for you !  Chill a bit and enjoy your children while they are young.

I couldn't agree more I was in the same situation a couple of years ago and gave up my plot don't regret it one bit i carried on gowing in containers and the elderly next door neighbours garden as he had raised beds already set up but after a stroke couldn't look after them, I have a new plot now which is closer to home (by 6 miles) and it's still hard work with 3 kids under 7 and  working full time, I might have the best weeds on site but I still put all the veg on the table today for Sunday dinner cauli, cabbage, carrots, sugar snap peas and spuds roast and new  ) Don't give up just maybe grow more fruit (if your kids are anything like mine they'll love it) to take up a bit of room, grow some  more spuds, if you can keep it, but if it is interfering with home life give it up for now.

I wouldnt give it up i would just change the way i garden, i have too plots about a mile apart , so they take up a lot of my time, i have tirn one into a raised bed garden which makes it a lot easier for me i can just go up for an hour nad do a few boxes

Glad things are better for you

Excellent getting the whole family involved is what makes tomorrow's gardeners well done and I wish you all well. John