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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 No dehydrater but I do have an airfryer oven so may look at what I can do with that
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Unknown userMember
@Sophie1 now is the time to plant veg in the "brassica" family.
Land cress is a plant that attracts white cabbage moth away from the brassicas, a friend told me about this and said she had excellent results using this and gave me some seedlings, it self seeds readily and I have been able to pass on seeds to a number of friends.
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First zucchini of the season picked today, the plants in one of the wicking beds are not doing so well so might need to water that one regularly.
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Shaz51Senior Contributor
hello @Former-Member , @Sophie1 , @Smc , @Daisydreamer , @Adge , @Former-Member , @Determined , @Anastasia , @Emelia8
@Emelia8, I love your photo of your meerkat garden 
well our Avacado trees are totally packed this year , one of the trees is on the council land as it came up by itself
beeing picking them and mum has been giving them to the ladies who deliver the "Meals on wheels"
have to wait for the higher avacadoes to fall from the trees now -- we have 3
Saturday I spent the afternoon garden mum`s gardens , got a few gaps now , so have to find a groundcover that flowers nearly all year and loves full sun
@Faith-and-Hope, @Former-Member , @TideisTurning , @MissTreated
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Unknown userMember
@Shaz51 it sounds amazing having avo trees around you. I am a little jealous!
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Shaz51Senior Contributor
love to give you some @Former-Member 
the oldest tree produces the biggest, creamy avacadoes
and since we had our house fire 13 weeks ago and we have moved in with my elderly mum
our avacados are being picked by passerbys
but that is ok , as long as everyone enjoys them 
--- ha ha and people are telling us they are yummy
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Unknown userMember
@Shaz51 That would have been great. Love a good avo. Lucky for those passerbys they get to enjoy them. Hope you're doing well after everything that has happened.
Take good care of yourself,
tropicalsun
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Unknown userMember
@Shaz51 I believe your avocados are being scrumped.
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Shaz51Senior Contributor
ha ha Yep @Former-Member
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Sophie1Senior Contributor
Thanks @Former-Member for planting info - have you ever grown Brussel sprouts ?
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