A garden is for life

Last post 01-08-2012 4:56 PM by AdamBorzy. 11 replies.

• 09/02/2012 09:24 AM

  Greenfrog Location: United Kingdom Joined on: 04 Feb 2012 Posts: 5

  Reply | Contact 10 things I like doing in my garden. Having breakfast with my nightie on. Having lunch on the terrace. Lying in the sun beside the kitchen door and falling asleep. Having some very nicely chilled white wine on a spring or summer evening with a friend or two before the midges are out. Finding a frog. Lying on my back looking at the sky. Looking at the bumble bees. Showing my grandchildren how to plant seeds. Smelling the roses and honeysuckle. My garden is a constant source of joy and learning.

• 09/02/2012 09:03 PM

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  Snark Location: Suffolk Joined on: 12 Jan 2011 Posts: 266

  Reply | Contact watching the ducks,seeing all the trees opening in different shades of green,looking for the first snowdrop,the first aconite ,the first wood anemone.Eating raspberries straight off the canes.Lifting the first new potatoes.Digging.Drinking coffee on the sunny seat outside the back door. The list goes on but it's all frozen solid at the moment so it has to bee planning how to spend far too much money with thee seed catalogues. For the Snark was a boojum you see

• 10/02/2012 10:18 PM

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  Location: Joined on: 07 Nov 2006 Posts: 2,377

  Reply | Contact Oh! Greenfrog,   From your most descriptive writing about yourself. Have you ever thought, considered yourself to write prose? Greenfrog.  Whatever caused you to choose such a nomme de plume?  Your writings tell so much more.  Please.  May I tell, what I see of you, in your text. Obviously, unless blessed with an unusual ability to display certain pldeasures.  You, obviously have a nice garden.  Your daily access to it is unhindered.  Begining atg the dawn of a new day.  Yes!  you desire so much, to be part of your garden.  Perhaps.  Not at the present time of snow, cold and not so comfortable season.  You truly love, appreciate, and most of all.  Your garden is to you.  Like a Greek God of former teachings.   Well my friend.  There are so many of us on this forum who, value so much our graden space, whether large acreage or the postage stamp size bit of land. Greenfrog.  Please.  Continue to dream away.   We here on the forum.  We are with you.   Mike.

• 29/03/2012 11:07 AM	In reply to
  Mark Location: Australia Joined on: 27 Mar 2012 Posts: 9	Reply | Contact  I also have my beautiful garden. Garden is the only place where you can fill relax. Specially in the summer nights I can feel calm and cool in my garden.

• 29/03/2012 03:08 PM	In reply to
  The Hedge Folk Location: Somerset Joined on: 22 Jan 2010 Posts: 663	Reply | Contact  I like chopping, cutting, burning and burying things. My garden keeps me off the streets. www.ashridgetrees.co.uk

• 29/03/2012 10:17 PM	In reply to
  jan Location: Waltham Abbey Joined on: 13 Mar 2012 Posts: 9	Reply | Contact Oh, I can so easily go along with most of what you say but you can put it in better words than me! Jan J.JeffreyRead

• 28/04/2012 04:45 PM	In reply to
  jan Location: Waltham Abbey Joined on: 13 Mar 2012 Posts: 9	Reply | Contact I can go along with that . J.JeffreyRead

• 28/04/2012 05:08 PM	In reply to
  Glenda Location: St Albans Joined on: 07 Sep 2011 Posts: 4	Reply | Contact gardening is the home of the free spirit who sings and dances in abandon....

• 17/05/2012 11:17 AM	In reply to
  Peter Ponder Location: Joined on: 07 Oct 2011 Posts: 9	Reply | Contact Same as me i've just constructed a few garden rooms recently and it keeps me off the streets

• 10/06/2012 09:07 AM

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  Account deleted Location: Joined on: 08 Jun 2012 Posts: 14

  Reply | Contact I have to agree, finding that little bit of sun and enjoying the fruits of ones labours - checking out the plants on a sunny morning, before anyone else is up;  having my tea on the patio just before the sun goes down - remembering what the grass looked like when my sun used to play football there!   Dosing on the sun lounger - watching the dragonflies hopping about over the pond -  cloud watching - watching the birds on our feeder and occasionally a cheeky squirrel!  Most of all, being able to forget about work and the stresses of daily life and let time stand still - even if just for a moment :)

• 10/06/2012 11:11 AM

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  madmuncher Location: Nottinghamshire Joined on: 20 Mar 2010 Posts: 140

  Reply | Contact This time of the year garden/gardening can be a source of bit of stress to me..as well as being gardener (job), I'm gardener in rest of the time too (as hobby). I have long list of thigs that 'must be done' yesterday.., but yesterday I decided that 'sod it, its going to be my day today'. And I had rare opportunity to potter about and have a sniff around garden..straighten odd bloom here and there, see and hear birds about, taste odd veg and flower, sit down for cup of coffee next to pond and see newt puddling around, tickle my chilli flowers and 'waste' lot of time with them and just stare at them and see all the different forms of flowers and colours. Totally 'AHHHH'-day..sensory over load and stress just disappeared. Its good to take time out and see all the beauty around before its gone and we have foot of snow again.. Now I'm ready again for those 'duty calls' jobs that are waiting to get done.

• 01/08/2012 04:56 PM	In reply to
  AdamBorzy Location: AdamBorzy Joined on: 21 Apr 2012 Posts: 30	Reply | Contact Gardening is a great teacher teaching gardeners two subjects that matters most in life – "patience" and "perseverance".