REVISED: June 2026
Gardening Series, Part 16
Caring for Your Garden
with garden maintenance tips
Are you sitting back (in the shade!), gazing happily over your newly planted garden? This is your reminder to take a moment to appreciate what you and your partner have accomplished.
You started a new relationship, you learned how to communicate with an "invisible" partner who speaks an entirely different language and together, you planted a garden. That's pretty darn cool!
What happens next? You care for your garden. You and your partner.
All Gardeners
We're going to break your next chapter into two manageable pieces. Pour yourself a lemonade, have a seat and read from page 195 through the end of the first paragraph on page 202. Machaelle will give you an organized approach to keep your garden maintenance well in hand through the coming season.
Gut Gardeners, you don't have to use PKTT where questions are posed. You will continue to rely on your intuition as you think about and wonder what most needs your attention and care.
And 2.0 Gardeners, don't get locked in to always using PKTT. Be sure to allow nature to communicate with you through your intuition as you spend time in your garden. A co-creative partnership is much more than a list of yes/no questions. (Imagine if your only communication with a human partner or co-worker involved just yes/no questions and answers! Ugh.) Enjoy the opportunities to listen and work with nature in new ways while you are in your garden this summer
Hint for Success:
Unplug from your phone, podcast, music, etc. while you're in the garden so you can be present and actually "hear" nature, however it speaks to you.
New to this?
Are you new to our Garden Series? don't skip this message because you think you missed out on the season. You can get started anytime, and begin learning from the point You're at right now. There is no reason for a late start to keep you from beginning now. You don't even have to know anything about gardening. You can start with a container on your porch if you like. If you already have a garden going, bringing nature on board will only add to your success and increase the strength and balance of your garden.
Everyone must start with Part 1. But after you take that first step (it takes hardly any time at all!), come back to this article and continue with us through the rest of the season. All you need is The Perelandra Garden Workbook.
So what are you waiting for?! Start here: It's Garden Time (No green thumb required.)
If you're still going out and about shopping for more plants to add to your garden and home: Take nature with you to those plant sales.
We hope you are all enjoying watching your garden grow. Along with this growth comes care and maintenance, and your next "assignment" below.
All Gardeners
Begin reading where we left off on page 202 of your Garden Workbook at "Nature Shift for Soil Balancing," and continue through to page 206.
Gut Gardeners: Be sure to read Troubleshooting 2.0, even though you aren't using PKTT (kinesiology or muscle testing).
There may be times you will want to use the Perelandra Solutions to address imbalances in your garden and this Process will give you the questions to think about. ETS for Plants, ETS for Soil and EoP all can be used without PKTT. Dosage and application instructions are in the brochures:
• ETS for Plants Brochure • ETS for Soil Brochure • Essence of Perelandra (EoP) Brochure
2.0 Gardeners: If you find yourself short on time and can't stop to test the 2.0 Troubleshooting, you can still take the first step for restoring balance. Use the dosage and application instructions found in the brochures linked above.
Garden Maintenance
Chapter 11 of The Perelandra Garden Workbook is a nice (and short!) reference to keep nearby as you move through the summer with your garden.
Make a copy of pages 195-206, slip them into those handy plastic sheet protectors and keep them on a clipboard (or in a small binder) with your garden tools.
For a quick refresher on when to use the Solutions, Soil Balancing and Stabilizing Process Kit or when to do a Troubleshooting Process: Your CoCreative Gardener's Kit and When To Use It.
