Gardens and gardening

Does anyone else love their garden? I love mine although it's a bit of a mess, I've not been able to do as much as normal due to a bad shoulder. Earlier in the year, knowing I wouldn't be able to do so much, when I did a big spring clearing and weeding session I scattered loads of flower seeds, just to fill in any gaps, so now I have a slightly wild bed of established perenials and annuals that I hope will self seed, such as echiums, marigolds, love in a mist and verbena. I cleared out more weeds and stuff and am now waiting to plant some crocosmia's and a massive sedum I was given. Hopefully in the next couple of years I will have the bed as I want, with all year interest and plenty of forrage for polinators.

I want to re-invigorate by shrubs too, with more or new roses, lavender's, and ferns, I have geums floating through all of this as well as chives as they such a brilliant companion for roses, helping to keep black fly and aphids off them.

Come winter I will replant the old veg patch with more fruit, hopefully a couple of small fruit tree's and some raspberries and currants and maybe a raised bed for blueberries.

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  • yes although this year has been difficult with the lack of rain

    12 years ago I got involved in a community garden and then did RHS courses /exams , and after set up as a gardener (which I did for 8 years)

    I think there's a lot of ND folk in Horticulture as so many seemed so easy to get on with

    Just being outside with nature around you, and the flow of seasons is very calming - with or without gardening

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  • yes although this year has been difficult with the lack of rain

    12 years ago I got involved in a community garden and then did RHS courses /exams , and after set up as a gardener (which I did for 8 years)

    I think there's a lot of ND folk in Horticulture as so many seemed so easy to get on with

    Just being outside with nature around you, and the flow of seasons is very calming - with or without gardening

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