20 Minute Clean-Up

We keep advocating the 20 minute idea because we think that anyone can find 20 minutes to work in the garden and that meaningful work can actually be accomplished in 20 minutes segments. And over time, those minutes add up to a wonderful kitchen garden.

How do you motivate yourself on down days, or lazy days, or days too early in the season to have anything interesting growing in the garden?

One way to keep motivated is taking “before” and “after” pictures.

Here is the semicircle bed in “before” mode.

The After Picture

Here is the same bed after 20 minutes of moving, raking, carrying yard waste to the compost and general tidying. Good work that results in us being a little closer to ready for summer.

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2. 20 Minute Weeding
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