Gardening - seems to my regular sunday post

My gardening feels, every bit, like a weight loss journey to me. Figuring out what works. And recognizing what absolutely doesn't work. And at the start - the totally insurmountable feel of the whole thing. We have bed after bed of bushes and perennials on our lot. When we moved in - we had no idea about planting gardens in soil that had been a wooded area. We didn't know - that we didn't know - you know? We were experience gardeners. But we had NO clue. We still have lots of trees. But many