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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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@Sophie1
'Onya for picking up litter around the lake. One of those claws might be better for your back. Public green spaces are so much nicer when kept tidy.
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@Determined
I wonder too if our garden is too much for us to handle especially when Mr D is unwell.
We did however make a plan and I think the base structure is working well and I can see in time and with time and with a bit more judicious planting it might be ok. Finding the right plants that will thrive with limited TLC I think will be the key at our place.
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Unknown userMember
This is the choisya plant
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A couple of small jobs done in the garden today.
- moved a 1/2 barrel that has a water lily in it (plant next to it was overhanging it).
- weeded an area, freeing a shrub that was not previously visible.
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DeterminedSenior Contributor
Garden starting to look nice as flowers come out. I just need to get in and thin things out to enhance things. Currently cant do that until after settlement though 🤬
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Unknown userMember
Looks lovely @Determined
More weeding and planting done at our place. 😀
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eudemonismSenior Contributor
@Former-Member@Determined
@Sophie1@Smc
@Appleblossom
https://www.motherearthnews.com/organic-gardening/growing-fruit-trees-zmaz08jjzmcc
Have just transplanted two small peach/nectarine trees. Hoping to get a mixture of varieties. White flesh, orange flesh, peaches or nectarines. Strains. Early and late varieties. Put them into smalls piles of dirt mixed with pellet fertilizer & gave drink of liquid fertilizer. They've wilted little... have two warmish days coming up... hope they come good overnight... all up there is now four peach/nectarine seedlings out there.. will closely monitor and nurture... and will have to protect from dog running around and possibly eating/chewing/ pulling them up...
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Keeping the water up to them @eudemonism will give them their best chance of survival.
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