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Am I Losing The Plot?

stewyfizzstewyfizz Posts: 161
in The potting shed
When i shut the greenhouse up earlier this evening i said goodnight to the occupants. Should i seek medical advice, or is this normal?
Gardening. The cause of, and solution to, all of my problems.
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  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618
    edited June 2018
    Who wants to be normal? I've never been normal in my life, and I'm not starting now.
  • josusa47josusa47 Posts: 3,530
    Perfectly normal.  No need to seek medical advice, unless they they answer you.
  • stewyfizzstewyfizz Posts: 161
    I actually chuckled to myself. Thinking what on earth am i doing talking to Tomato plants a Cucumber and some peppers? 
    Gardening. The cause of, and solution to, all of my problems.
  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445
    How could you expect them to do well if you didn't encourage them?


    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    " This "normal" of which you speak does not appeal to me at all"
    Devon.
  • stewyfizzstewyfizz Posts: 161
    The signs have been there for a while i've realised. I also have several plants with nicknames. Spike (a Cordyline obviously), Airy (the Spanish Moss) and Curly (pictured)


    So i guess i am just a normal gardener then!
    Gardening. The cause of, and solution to, all of my problems.
  • KT53KT53 Posts: 9,016
    Hostafan1 said:
    " This "normal" of which you speak does not appeal to me at all"
    Gardeners are normal.  It's the rest of the world which is full of strange people.
  • herbaceousherbaceous Posts: 2,318
    edited June 2018
    stewyfizz I'm not entirely sure that last sentence hangs together, guessing and gardening, I get that. But normal? In my limited experience 'people' aren't usually normal and gardeners definitely off the chart. I like talking to my plants, they stay still while I explain complicated growing requirements, they never answer back and sometimes they take to me (sometimes they can't wait to get away), so what's the issue?

    Oh dear Hostafan, I'm clearly not a gardener, but then I've always suspected that was the case  ;)
    "The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it."  Sir Terry Pratchett
  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,043
    I thought it had been proved that talking to plants makes them grow better, they also like music especially those in greenhouses.
    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • Bee witchedBee witched Posts: 1,295
    Yes ..... but does anyone talk to worms?
    As I'm weeding I've been known to say out loud "Let's move you to somewhere safe then" and tuck one under a hosta.

    Seriously bonkers lol 

    Bee x
    Gardener and beekeeper in beautiful Scottish Borders  

    A single bee creates just one twelfth of a teaspoon of honey in her lifetime
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