A couple of unexpected things I'm finding with the Mind Garden that I find really useful/interesting:
1. It facilitates a new workflow and process that breaks up my habits and patterns, making me aware of new ideas.
2. Part of that workflow is now queuing ideas I come across in Roam/Evernote (I use both) that I want to plant in my garden. I'm just tagging things currently that I can review and develop.
3. Deciding what notes go into my garden is a different criteria that is far more open, flexible, and quicker than things I would blog about or write articles on.
4. It allows for a staging ground to develop ideas. I came across an old note in Evernote I'd forgotten about yesterday and was blown away by the concept and its relevance for work I'm doing now. So now I can pull it into the garden to help keep it "top of mind" and more visible so I can begin weaving it into other things.
5. This makes me think that I should keep some kind of upward limit on the plants in my garden so I can truly tend them all.