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Am I Losing The Plot?

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  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    I had a long conversation with my toad at midnight squatting in the bushes, in pjs, torch in hand. Me, not the toad.
    I have given up all thought of what the neighbours make of me. The frogs and toads and roses make for much better company anyway. Do you find that roses make particularly good conversationalists? I have always found it so. 
  • raisingirlraisingirl Posts: 7,093
    One of my roses - American Pillar - is rather argumentative I find. Possibly because I spend at least a day every year swearing at it :blush:
    Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon

    “It's still magic even if you know how it's done.” 
  • Joyce GoldenlilyJoyce Goldenlily Posts: 2,933
    Not at all. I always apologise to worms, bugs etc which I disturb when gardening. I also talk to plants, some need chivvying along, some I just thank for being so beautiful and some need a major ticking off for not trying hard enough. (Yes, I did used to teach)
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    If I accidentally chop a worm I always say i’m so sorry I wouldn’t have done that if I’d seen you before! 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • LauraRoslinLauraRoslin Posts: 496
    I often say 'Right, worms, I'm about to dig so move yourselves away'.
    I wish I was a glow worm
    A glow worm's never glum
    Cos how can you be grumpy
    When the sun shines out your bum!
  • ButtercupdaysButtercupdays Posts: 4,546
    I always say sorry when I accidently injure one - and when the chicken gets to it before I can rescue it!
    I've talked to myself ever since I can remember. I used to make up stories out loud as I was playing as a tiny child. I talk to animals and plants and  interrogate the weather andI still talk to myself.
    It helps me think when I am doing something and  I justify it because I am more likely to get a sensible answer than lots of people who talk to mobiles  ;)
  • Valley GardenerValley Gardener Posts: 2,851
    Yes I talk to plants and worms,and much as I wouldn't want him on me,I always speak to a big spider that appears from the wall when I'm watering! The vibration from the water on his web makes him think supper is served!

    The whole truth is an instrument that can only be played by an expert.
  • DyersEndDyersEnd Posts: 730
    It's completely normal and because I live on my own I talk to all sorts of things including plants, my two cats and flat-pack furniture when I'm trying to build it. Oh, and myself of course. 
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    I do talk to the sky quite a lot, esp about rain. I guess I talk to everything.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Perfectly normal - in our nice gardening world   :)
    I regularly speak to the birds, spiders, bees etc. I'm sure the neighbours think I should be committed.  S*d them   :D
    I swear at the slugs and snails, but that's perfectly normal too.....
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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