{"id":4077,"date":"2023-03-18T19:35:07","date_gmt":"2023-03-19T01:35:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.happysimpleliving.com\/?p=4077"},"modified":"2023-07-30T17:36:42","modified_gmt":"2023-07-30T23:36:42","slug":"garden-fallow-field","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.happysimpleliving.com\/garden-fallow-field\/","title":{"rendered":"Letting a Field Lie Fallow"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In agriculture, <strong>letting a field lie fallow<\/strong> (leaving it unplanted for a year) helps restore the soil&rsquo;s natural nutrient balance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Without really planning to, I ended up giving our raised garden beds a rest from planting during a recent growing season. Within that decision, I also gave myself a break. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It seems like gardening sometimes reveals spiritual parallels about life (I wrote more about this in &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.happysimpleliving.com\/a-garden-where-there-once-was-none\/\">Our Hidden Garden<\/a>,&rdquo;) but I&rsquo;d never considered this concept of letting the dirt recover.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.happysimpleliving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/fallow-field-1-1-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Native grasses blowing in the wind in a fallow field.\" class=\"wp-image-6140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.happysimpleliving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/fallow-field-1-1-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.happysimpleliving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/fallow-field-1-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.happysimpleliving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/fallow-field-1-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.happysimpleliving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/fallow-field-1-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.happysimpleliving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/fallow-field-1-1-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.happysimpleliving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/fallow-field-1-1-96x96.jpg 96w, https:\/\/www.happysimpleliving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/fallow-field-1-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/www.happysimpleliving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/fallow-field-1-1.jpg\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is Fallow Ground?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The definition of a fallowed field or garden is to simply allow the land to &ldquo;lie idle&rdquo; without cultivating it for a season. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Letting a field lay fallow helps restore the soil&rsquo;s natural nutrient balance. Giving the land a rest can also get rid of crop pests, since they don&rsquo;t have anything to munch. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Leaving the soil unplanted for a season can also end common diseases that attack specific plants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I vaguely remembered the Bible verse in Exodus about <a href=\"https:\/\/biblehub.com\/exodus\/23-11.htm\">letting the land go fallow in the seventh year<\/a>, but had assumed this was a Sabbath Law. Turns out it&rsquo;s also practical growing advice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Unintentionally Fallowing Our Garden <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Do you ever fall short of your gardening plans? It&rsquo;s mid-June as I&rsquo;m writing this, and I had hoped to do so much more in the garden this summer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I planted our kitchen garden with tomatoes and herbs after Mother&rsquo;s Day. Then we took a vacation at the end of May, so I decided to wait to plant the raised beds on the north side of the yard until we returned. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the next two weeks it was hot and dry with no rain. Now it&rsquo;s three weeks into June, and those beds still lie empty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&rsquo;ve visited several garden centers, looking for vegetable and pumpkin plants, but the pickings are slim this late in the season. Without really realizing it, I&rsquo;ve also been mentally beating myself up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Do you recognize this little voice?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>You should have planned better.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>You should have grown plants from seed to save money. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>You should have gotten everything in the ground before we left on vacation.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>You should be more organized in general<\/em>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Rotation and Rest<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.happysimpleliving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/empty-raised-garden-bed.jpg\" alt=\"A raised garden bed that is not planted and is going fallow.\" class=\"wp-image-6142\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.happysimpleliving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/empty-raised-garden-bed.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.happysimpleliving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/empty-raised-garden-bed-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.happysimpleliving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/empty-raised-garden-bed-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.happysimpleliving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/empty-raised-garden-bed-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.happysimpleliving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/empty-raised-garden-bed-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.happysimpleliving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/empty-raised-garden-bed-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.happysimpleliving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/empty-raised-garden-bed-96x96.jpg 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/www.happysimpleliving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/empty-raised-garden-bed.jpg\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Then I stumbled on a good article about crop rotation, and learned about the science behind giving the garden a rest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rotating crops helps prevent diseases that can develop in the dirt and can aid in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.happysimpleliving.com\/improve-garden-soil\/\">building healthy soil<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gardeningknowhow.com\/garden-how-to\/soil-fertilizers\/what-is-fallow-ground.htm\">Rejuvenating the soil by fallowing<\/a> will save you money on fertilizer and irrigation next year, when you plant in the improved space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This also helped me understand why the pumpkins I&rsquo;ve been trying to grow have done progressively worse every year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Each spring I&rsquo;ve planted different pumpkin varieties in the same <a href=\"https:\/\/www.happysimpleliving.com\/youll-dig-this-build-your-own-eco-friendly-raised-garden-for-less\/\">raised garden<\/a> I stubbornly call the &ldquo;pumpkin patch.&rdquo; I&rsquo;ve watered, and weeded and fussed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last summer, not a single pumpkin flourished on the vines. By planting the same thing over and over and trying to force a harvest, I&rsquo;ve been depleting the soil of the very nutrients it needs to sustain life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After reading about occasionally letting the land go unplanted to heal the soil, I considered the idea of simply letting the raised gardens rest for a season. I instantly knew it was the right idea, because I&nbsp;was flooded with relief.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Not only could I not plant the garden, it might be beneficial! That&rsquo;s all it took for me to give myself permission to let those beds lie fallow this summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Repose and Rejuvenation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.happysimpleliving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/rocking-chairs-porch.jpg\" alt=\"Two rocking chairs on a front porch.\" class=\"wp-image-6143\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.happysimpleliving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/rocking-chairs-porch.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.happysimpleliving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/rocking-chairs-porch-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.happysimpleliving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/rocking-chairs-porch-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.happysimpleliving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/rocking-chairs-porch-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.happysimpleliving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/rocking-chairs-porch-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.happysimpleliving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/rocking-chairs-porch-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.happysimpleliving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/rocking-chairs-porch-96x96.jpg 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/www.happysimpleliving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/rocking-chairs-porch.jpg\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On a recent Friday evening I walked next door to the cool of my friend Leslie&rsquo;s front porch. We sipped wine, talked about life, and discovered that we both long to slip into summer&rsquo;s more relaxed pace. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the same time, the season brings a host of activities and tasks and expectations. Perhaps many of us feel like we&rsquo;re scrambling to do everything on our summer bucket list. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My friend and I agreed we want to try and slow down to take in the beauty of these precious days that are passing so quickly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now that I&rsquo;ve decided to give the soil a break, it feels like this season heralds a different kind of growth &mdash; words finally coming together for a longtime project, sweet hours with old friends, and time to nurture new things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We&rsquo;ve enjoyed so many good and plentiful harvests, but this year will be a little quieter in the garden. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At summer&rsquo;s end I may plant those empty beds with autumn-hardy kale and cabbage and broccoli. Or perhaps I&rsquo;ll sow a cover crop like rye. Then again, maybe I&rsquo;ll simply let the gardens recover until next spring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How About You?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Do you have an overworked field in your life that might benefit from lying fallow for a season? Is there anything that&rsquo;s causing pressure or hanging over your head, that you could simply let rest for a bit? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Drop a comment below, because I always <em>love<\/em> hearing your thoughts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This post was originally published on June 21, 2018 and updated March 18, 2023.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>P.S. If you use Pinterest to save and share ideas, here&rsquo;s a handy pin:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happysimpleliving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Letting-a-Field-Go-Fallow-pin.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1500\" data-pin-title=\"Letting a Field Go Fallow\" data-pin-description=\"Giving your garden a break from planting, and rotating crops, will help prevent disease and build healthier soil. There are real life parallels to this concept, too! 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