Mini Edit: Morning Micro Gardening

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4.6 • 530 Ratings

🗓️ 7 July 2025

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

Christine shares about an accidental discovery + 4 tips that have led to a lot of daily joy, especially when the weather doesn’t always cooperate. For related episodes, visit the show notes. The Mini Edit is a short-form series from Edit Your Life, where host Christine Koh answers your questions about everything from self-care to parenting to relationships to home and more. Send your Mini Edit questions to edityourlifeshow@gmail.com or DM @edityourlifeshow or @drchristinekoh. Subscribe to Christine’s personal newsletter at Substack. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello friends and welcome to the mini edit from Edit Your Life.
0:07.9	In these snack size mini episodes, I answer your questions about everything from self-care to
0:12.6	parenting, to relationships, to home, and more.
0:16.0	Think of me like that friend you text or call when you need a quick piece of compassionate
0:20.1	and candid advice.
0:21.5	Send me your questions.
0:23.5	Hello, friends.
0:24.8	Earlier in the spring, it felt like the weather was toying with us.
0:28.9	It probably wasn't every single week, but it felt like every single week, the weekdays
0:33.8	were sunny and gorgeous and the weekends were crappy.
0:37.4	Cold, raining, and even in one
0:39.6	case snowing, because, hello, this is just what living in New England is like. I started exploring
0:45.8	gardening last year, and because I'm a person who delights in process and planning and my to-do app,
0:51.8	last year I pegged a number of gardening to-do items into my to-do app to remind me
0:56.4	to do them this year. I share more about this in the mini-edit gardening plans and newbie tips.
1:02.9	But then, due to weekend weather and other commitments, my yard work and gardening to-does in the
1:07.9	spring kept bumping forward, and I was super sad about it.
1:12.0	And so, one beautiful weekday morning, knowing that severe thunderstorms were on the forecast
1:17.3	again for the weekend, I thought to myself, well, maybe I'll just tackle one 15-minute task
1:23.7	after John and I walk the dog and before I get my workday started. It ended up being the
1:29.1	best accidental discovery ever. If you've been with me for a while, you know that I'm all about
1:35.4	the power of micro. If you go to the Edit Your Life catalog and search the word micro,
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