It's become clear to me through posts and PMs that there are some gardeners here just waiting for the chance to discuss gardening!
So, I was thinking... how do you use gardening, or how does it affect you if you need a break, need some respite, need to relax, need inspiration....how do you use it as a therapy tool in caregiving?
What are your activities: Do you go out and pull weeds, read a magazine, design new beds? Look through garden catalogues? Go to garden stores?
And what interests have you added to your gardening? Visit estate or garden displays? Do you go to garden shows?
Does anyone design and plant Knot Gardens? Raised bed planters? Assistive gardens? Pollinator gardens (and have you thought of ways to help the bees and butterflies?)
Are your gardens primarily for pleasure or food, or a mix of both? Do you grow plants for medicinal purposes? Which ones, how do you harvest and process them? Any suggestions?
Do you grow plants that can be used in crafts, such as grapevines for wreaths and lavender for lavender wands? Do you make herbal products such as creams, lotions, chapstick?
What else can you share about gardening and the means in which it nurtures your soul?
I ran across my very special magazine "The English Garden", recommended by you, Garden Artist. Thank you so much!
My subscription ended in December, but it is still a pleasure to look over these.
Better than therapy, and easier than the actual gardening work, I can still dream.
Wondering where and when I can plant some daffodils in a hurry for my neighbor to see. My March 2022 magazine has tulips galore, and jonquils.
Maybe the English call daffodils tulips? I don't know.
What I do know is the daffodil is a bulb, not a seed. So, somewhere, somehow, the daffodil is ready to bloom in the spring. I just have to get my hands on some now.
How do you know said the old oak tree,
I just saw a daffodil
Dancing with a fairy on a windy hill.
It is probably too late to plant daffodils in socal. I think the bulbs need a minimum of something like six weeks in the cold winter ground.
Getting lunch afterwards! Beautiful day here, high in the upper 70’s!
I like easy gardening, such as tending to our hanging ferns on patio and porch. Planting flowers in pots near front door and on patio.
My husband does the planting in front and back yard.
Tulips are so pretty!
all the beauty around us god has carefully planned to hold us in awe. Thank you for listening to me go on and on!!!!!😂❤️
I’m hoping that I didn’t prune the branches too far back and hoping that it will bloom it’s heart out like it usually does every year.
We certainly don’t have a lot of weather below freezing, so I usually don’t have to cover my plants in the garden.
I love the blue flowers on a plumbago plant. It seems to attract a lot of butterflies which I enjoy seeing while sitting on my patio.
I have a table and chairs that I usually sit at with my cup of coffee in the morning.
I am thinking about a rocking chair that I saw not long ago. The only time I ever used a rocking chair was when my girls were young. Not sure why I am desiring to rock again but I just might go buy a couple of rocking chairs. I’m getting old! LOL 😆
We have a balcony off a wall of windows. I’ve got soil and cocoa fibre pots to start Morning Glory seeds (bright pink and blue). I hope they’ll cover the railing if I put a big square planter at each end.
Still too cold here most of the time to think about getting anything done.⛄⛄❄❄
You should complete your project. Sounds like it will be great when it is finished.
I hate to say it but my daughter did the same thing recently. She found two great patio chairs at the thrift shop. She keeps saying that she needs cushions for them. She has yet to make or buy the cushions.
Sometimes, we procrastinate!
What a spectacular garden and documentary on Francis Cabot’s life in Quebec. Twenty acres of gardens that are Just stunningly beautiful!
I love the deep pink color! I like planting in pots. It’s a lot easier for me to do. My husband does the planting in the yard.
I spotted a couple of yellow crocus in the middle of my back yard courtesy of the squirrels, now if only the sun would come out so they open up.
I think of GA every time I post on her thread. I hope that she is doing well.
At one point in time, her dream was to retire in France!
Bees and other insects are active during the Spring season.
Her friend says that if she takes original scent Irish Spring soap and rubs it inside of her door the bees will stay away. Anyone ever heard of this?
I looked online and saw that people use Irish Spring for deer repellent. Hmmmm, interesting…
She said that she is going to try it because her playful pup is trying to eat the bees!
Irish Spring has a very strong scent. Maybe that is how it works.
It reminds me of the Avon product, Skin So Soft that is supposed to repel mosquitoes.
I will tell you a trial and error story about using ordinary products. When my daughter was a teenager she wanted this cheap necklace from a trendy store that caters to teens. She bought it with her money from her part time job.
Well, her neck turned this funky color. Honestly, she looked like she hadn’t been washing her neck! LOL 😆
I told her to please wash her neck. She said that she was washing it.
I tried and she tried scrubbing her neck with a wash cloth. Nothing! Her neck was stained this ugly dark from the cheap necklace. I guess that it was an allergic reaction to the metal.
Anyway, I searched online to see if I could find help. I ran into a UK article that said Fairy dishwashing liquid would remove discoloration of skin from cheap jewelry.
I thought that I would try Dawn dishwashing liquid because our stores don’t sell Fairy and I have Dawn in my kitchen. The Dawn did get the ugly stain off of my daughter’s neck.
I have heard that Fairy dishwashing liquid is better than Dawn. I believe that it may now be sold on Amazon. I should try it out to see how good it cleans. It’s supposed to be a great multi purpose cleanser.