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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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Sophie1Senior Contributor
@Former-Member Thank you re hyacinth pic and info - guess I will be planting more next year so they can become friends - they look good together !
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@Sophie1 the little grape hyacinths will multiply readily, the bigger ones not so much which may or may not need lifting +/- planting new ones
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SmcSenior Contributor
Seeds coming up- In addition to the baby Cape Gooseberries and Tomatillos that I've been carefully nursing for the past couple of weeks, there's now some tomato and pea seedlings up 🙂 Mostly from out-of-date seeds, due to things being too overwhelming to start much from seeds over the past few years, but hey, they still grow, yay!
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Fabbo @Smc hoping this will result in a bumper crop for you.
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SmcSenior Contributor
@Former-Member, I'd love enough tomatoes to make sauce and to bottle some. To bottle as many as possible. 🙂 It's been years since I've managed more than a smattering. Would be nice to have home grown instead of canned toms over winter. Tomatoes are so easy to do- you just cram them in, squishing them a little bit so the juices leak out, and top up with a tiny bit of water before sterilising.
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SmcSenior Contributor
Totally @Former-Member! 
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