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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
Thank you @Former-Member 
Mr shaz will rim it soon i am thinking
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SmcSenior Contributor
Hi all.
We got some rain here last night too. There was a short but intense storm that went over, and dropped 20mm in less than an hour. The plants look a bit "happier" as a result. 
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AdgeSenior Contributor
No rain here, usually there's none during the Summer months - only during the Winter.
Just a short rainy season, when we get all our annual rainfall.
It's drier & hotter on the west-coast (except the far south-west corner).
We only get 1/2 to 2/3rds of the annual rainfall, that the east-coast gets.
Hot & scorched, or at least dry & scorched gardens (when it isn't hot)...
Adge
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SmcSenior Contributor
@Former-Member I had some in the garden that I planted two autumns ago, but it died down and I lot track of it. I thought I'd lost it but a little bit of it came up again last autumn, so I've saved some in the hopes of regrowing it next year.
The garlic I bought today is Printanor. It's meant to be a very good one. We shall see. 
I've also got Egyptian Walking Onions growing in a pot, saved from my Dad's old veggie garden. They're a fun vegetable.
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Faith-and-HopeSenior Contributor
Had to look up Egyptian Walking Onions @Smc .... 😊
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