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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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MaggieSenior Contributor
Sure does @Shaz51
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Shaz51Senior Contributor
and you saw your first daffodil this year-- aweome @Maggie , was it yellow
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I could do with a "rent-a-goat" @Smc but suspect it would not be appreciated by either my dog or the neighbours, did pull out some small seedlings today.
Lovely when the first spring bulbs appear @Maggie, In our new garden there are daffodils and snowdrops (leucojum sp).
Of interest they had a European snowdrops (galanthus sp.) in at one of the local garden centres; resisted temptation as I need time to formulate a garden plan, although I am sure I could find a spot for one (would keep it potted).
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AdgeSenior Contributor
Goats climb trees! @Smc They are up in the tree (in your picture).
That's new to me.
Very versatile creatures.
They'll even eat your washing off the clothesline....
Adge
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MaggieSenior Contributor
@Shaz51 Yes it was, one of the big bells.
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SmcSenior Contributor
@Adge, we never had our two take a liking to the washing, but yes, they did like climbing trees. They'd also trot along the top of our concrete front fence. We kept them tethered, but their chains were long enough to allow some "adventuring". They're playful critters, so keeping them on a short tether is cruel.
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SmcSenior Contributor
@Former-Member, I've got English Snowdrops. 🙂 I thought I'd lost them years ago when they were disturbed during some plumbing work that required a bigger trench than I was expecting, but they surprised me a few years later by turning up against a shed about 4-5' away from their original position. They must have been "relocated" when the trench was filled in. I moved them back into a garden bed, and now have been able to divide them so I've got a couple of small clumps. They're yet to flower this year, but I'm eagerly watching for them.
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SmcSenior Contributor
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AppleblossomSenior Contributor
@Smc
Yes BULBS are wonderful like that.
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@Smc treated myself to the galanthus 😀. Council has fortnightly organic waste collection = yay.
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