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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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@Smc
Cold snaps = 😬
Getting things planted = 🙌
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Mr Darcy has been busy again weeding another section of garden designated for the plants we have bought. There are a few jobs that need doing and I am wondering if I need to get in some help so Mr Darcy does not get overwhelmed.
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Mr Darcy has been busy mowing and weeding, he has got another garden bed roughed out, ready for fine tuning and planting.
I got section of mowing done, my weeding has been a bit more random, usually trying to liberate individual plants that are not visible and likely to be whipper snipped if not exposed. Have been putting marker sticks in some spots to alert Mr D there is a wanted plant in situ. I put some bamboo sticks around the newly planted carpet roses to protect them as the chooks have been scratching in the mulch and in the process have decimated the small plants, initially burying them with the mulch then scratching over them, one has died.
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SmcSenior Contributor
Our lone chook doesn't get to free range @Former-Member, but I've had some similar problems with blackbirds. They may have scratched out a basil plant or two, but I put in a whole punnet, so there's plenty more. I've got small rocks around a lot of my "at risk" plants, particularly potplants. They do double duty, helping keep the surface of the soil moist, and when I repot, they're easy to put aside and reposition later.
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Unknown userMember
Looking at ways to enclose the chook run @Smc. I don't want the hens free ranging, there run is plenty big enough.
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AdgeSenior Contributor
Appleblossom Hibiscus @Appleblossom I have one growing in my backyard. Lovely.
Adge
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@Adge
Posting a photo = 👍
Today we finished a garden bed, planted and mulched around 7 plants.
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AdgeSenior Contributor
Yes, but that was sheer luck @Former-Member
The "Attach Photo" Button still does not work for me (nothing happens).
I did a "Copy & Paste" job - to get the Appleblossom Hibiscus photo in.
I couldn't do that for Jelly cat's photo (it wouldn't work).
Adge
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