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A SOS to any green thumbs out there
I have always found gardening to be therapeutic and it has given me great joy. However, after a major crisis with Mr Darcy's health I have not had been able to get back into it. Have other gardeners suffered from a similar hiatus and how have you recovered and got going again?
Darcy
PS have a spot that needs filling any recommendations for a 1m high cool climate white flower plant?
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SmcSenior Contributor
*Correction.... Seems it's been discovered that modern cycads aren't quite a dino lunch snack after all, but they're still pretty impressive plants.
https://theconversation.com/the-dinosaur-plant-not-quite-jurassic-3971
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Shaz51Senior Contributor
yes they do charge here too @Determined
Wondering if giving cutting off the lower fronds may help.-- yes it supose to @Determined, we have not done ours yet but our neighbour does his
and our customer gets us to do her`s
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DeterminedSenior Contributor
I have seen some in pics that are trimmed so they have a trunk @Shaz51 but ours have fronds fro. Ground level. Well they used to. The lower ones are all dead at the moment.
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SmcSenior Contributor
Taking off the lower down dead ones wouldn't hurt it.
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DeterminedSenior Contributor
Have been looking at the best location to install a rain water tank (we brought one with us from our previous home). Where we have decided to put it will require transplanting a palm tree 😬 hope I can manage that without it dieing.
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DeterminedSenior Contributor
On a roll this morning. Another load of green waste to the dump. Pressure pump to the irrigation shop and 2 leaky taps fixed 😊
Hope to have another trailer loaded with green waste by this ave.
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DeterminedSenior Contributor
Darling cleaned out an overgrown pot of ? And replaced with a miniature rose she got for Christmas. 
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Unknown userMember
@Determined. Doesn't it feel good 🙌.
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DeterminedSenior Contributor
Feels great @Former-Member 😁
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DeterminedSenior Contributor
Started out with the intention of giving this geisha girl a light haircut and make it more symmetrical. Seems I got a bit carried away lol.
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