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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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Shaz51Senior Contributor
there are a few pots with succulents here.--- sen them here @Former-Member 
well we worked this morning and we have done our yard this afternoon
had it now though @Smc , @Adge , @Appleblossom , @Maggie
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Unknown userMember
Time to rest and enjoy your work @Shaz51 ... I could have kept going but do not want to leave a mess
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Shaz51Senior Contributor
me too @Former-Member and it is getting too late to leave a mess here 
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MaggieSenior Contributor
Time for a coffee @Shaz51 ☕️☕️☕️
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SmcSenior Contributor
@Former-Member, I've included cotoneaster in my mulch. It does obviously self seed in this area, but I've only had the odd one come up, so it's just been pulled up with the weeds and added to the next mulch pile.
The only things I'm really careful about are ivy, honeysuckle and kikiyu, which will grow from any little piece. I leave those to dry out before using them. Blackberry gets fed to the bunnies. By the time it's passed through their digestive season, it's not a problem.
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Shaz51Senior Contributor
ohhhhh yes a nice big one @Maggie
i have one with you my friend
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Unknown userMember
Filled the neighbours garden waste bin today 😀.
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Unknown userMember
@Smc
You will be pleased to know council composts green waste which residents can collect for free.
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SmcSenior Contributor
Love the hanging basket joke @Former-Member. 🙂
Good to hear about the composting. Our council doesn't have a green waste bin. They do collect green waste separately at hard garbage time, and leading up to fire danger season they take it for no charge at the tip. The rest of the year, you have to pay.
Generally they're reasonably progressive on environmental issues, but maybe being a rural area people are mostly happy to deal with it at home. Mind you, we're rural enough that often that means a bonfire, and some people include other waste in the pile, including nasties like treated pine and old sofas... ewww.
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Picked up two packs of gladioli bulbs today, one is called "black stallion" and is a dark red, the other lot are pure white.
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