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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
@frog, I've seen some impressive small gardens. Sometimes little spaces can be more productive than big ones because you can properly pay attention to everything. I reduced the area I was actively gardening over the past couple of years because with everything else happening, I wasn't managing to keep it all alive. I'm hoping to gradually re-expand, improving the soil and the layout as I go.
What would be brilliant would be small space intensive productivity in a big yard... my dream, still to discover whether it's a practicable reality.
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Shaz51Senior Contributor
way to go @frog 
need some rain up here @Smc , @Former-Member , @Former-Member , @Adge
35 degrees today
i want to get some more colour in my little flower corner , one day xxx
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Unknown userMember
Wet season's coming - be patient 🌀☔☔☔☔
Max of 14'C here today ,🙂
@ Darcy I checked, the garden, everything was dry, and wilty, so just as well i checked... thanks. . Must be the wind. Ate a couple lettuce leaves 😋 😬
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Shaz51Senior Contributor
Wet season's coming - be patient, very true @Former-Member
and when it rains , it wont stop
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Unknown userMember
Weeds = tenacious blighters😬 @Former-Member
A bit of colour in the garden = 👍😀🐞 @Shaz51
Home grown tomatoes = yum 🍅 @frog
@Sheila how is your patch coming along?
@Smc hope you get an above average parsnip germination rate.
@Adge how is your garden?
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AdgeSenior Contributor
My plants are a bit frazzled by the heat @Former-Member
Though still flowering (roses & hibiscus etc).
I just sprayed the roofs of my 3 aviaries with the garden hose - to cool the birds down.
They were panting with the heat (about 37 C).
Adge
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AdgeSenior Contributor
Actually the temperature reached 40 C here today @Shaz51
Higher than I thought.
Adge
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Shaz51Senior Contributor
wow @Adge , take care of our birds and babies 
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AdgeSenior Contributor
Yep @Shaz51 That's why I hosed the aviary roofs (to cool them down).
I don't want to lose those (4) baby Java finches.
They're so cute!
They're all poking their heads out through the netbox hole (out of curiosity).
One almost fell out, with the other babies pushing behind it....
Adge
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SmcSenior Contributor
Our "probably pregnant" bunny is now being considered "definitely pregnant". 🙂
I spent some time this afternoon fixing up a better hutch for her. The one she's in is safe and dry enough for an adult bun, but wouldn't be good for baby kits. This one has an elevated nesting box, front and top hatches for easy access and a solid floor instead of mesh. I've strengthened up a couple of weak spots, firmly attached a ramp down to the "playpen" area underneath the hutch, and put some wire panels with smaller gaps over the existing ones. Rats and mice could squeeze through the original mesh. Mice might still get in, rats won't. The "playpen" section still needs a bit more reconstruction, so she's confined to the bedsitter for now.
I put in fresh straw and an assortment of tasty greens to help her settle in. Went to get her, and discovered her in middle of building a nest, and not particularly happy about being interrupted! She's not meant to be due for another week and a half, so either she's very keen, or very early. Better if its the former. Oh, and I transferred the tummy fluff that she was lining the nest with to the new hutch, to encourage her to continue the process.
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