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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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Tackled a bit more running bamboo today and am now feeling a little more confident about our garden design.
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SmcSenior Contributor
Still bleaugh, but bedrest gets sooo boring.
So today I've been going outside to do some gentle gardening, then back to bed to recoup, then outside again...
The animals have all been fed a bucketful of weeds each, I've planted parsnip seed, and I've put aluminium markers on my assorted bulbs before I forget which ones are where.
Now back to recuperating.
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Nothing like some gentle activity in the garden to aid recovery @Smc esp. if weather to our liking.
Windy here, but got a little more tidying up done outdoors.
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@Former-Memberhow did you go with the 'weed and feed'?
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frogSenior Contributor
Hello @Former-Member @Former-Member @Shaz51 @Adge @Determined @Smc
How are you all?
I've just been out in my little patch and it's such a pleasure to get outside. I have some tomatoes in for the first time in years and they are going ok - some fruit but still little and green. I also have some lavendar that I nursed along over winter (freezing and frosty where I am) from very little - in a little punnet. Have now planted them into big pots.
I have two small courtyards and I'm happy with how much I can do. When I first moved from my big garden I was a bit down about my garden prospects but not any more.
How are your gardens growing?
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@frogyour courtyard sounds perfectly manageable. It is amazing how much one can grow in a relatively small area.
I have my eye on some red standard roses (Mr Darcy keen to get some) and have been watching the different varieties as they start to flower at the garden centre, waiting on one more variety to bloom, but so far the leader of the pack is 'Mr Lincoln' an oldie but a goodie.
Outing planned for this afternoon which involves a visit to a 'new to us' garden centre.
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Hi @frog, @Former-Member @Adge @Smc Amanda all...
Thanksfor tag and reminder. You've inspired me to go walk through my garden. We've had rain and I've been in a slump, but I'll do it today. So windy and fold here though Brr 🌻
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@Former-Member Windy = 😵, cold I can handle.
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SmcSenior Contributor
@Former-Member, Mr Lincoln is a beauty. Mum had it in her garden years ago. Reliable, well shaped and fragrant. Black Boy is also pretty good.
Hi @Former-Member, @frog.
Cold and windy here too. Am still nursing the cold I've had, but I have managed to do some weeding, and planted some parsnip seeds (in the ground) and rockmelon seeds (in pots).
Parsnip seed is often hard to germinate, but the ones I've put in are very fresh, so I've tried planting them individually at their final spacings, and will replant any that don't come up. I put in maybe 50-60 seeds, so that was fiddly but not quite totally insane. 😉
Need to do a lot of yard cleanup still before fire danger kicks in here. While I don't much like the cold and wet, at least it means we've got more leadup time.
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