I have succumbed to the perils of poor footware choices numerous times - why do brambles, Holly leaves or sharp sticks always find the little gaps around your shoes?! I am also a bit renowned for forgetting to put gloves on - yesterday I was pulling a bit of bindweed out of a hedge and just reached in a bit more... MASSIVE BRAMBLE!!! No sense, no feeling I suppose.
Buying a house with a huge berberis darwinii hedge, which has to be constantly cut back either at £250 a time or by ourselves. Each thorn is about 1" long and so vicious, they go straight through wellies, garden shoes - and especially flip flops! One of our garden visitors was a non shoe wearing type and I had to warn him not to go anywhere near it. It's got to go - as soon as I can persuade my OH on the merits of a fence.
We called it "Jaundice berry" and many people some years ago were planting it as a guard against intrusion. The people next door put some under a window and now the window cleaner will not go near. After hitting my foot with a spade i always wore tough boots for the garden, Joan would not have them near the house so I changed in the garage. Frank.
Panicked, imagined all manner of pests and diseases had rendered the whole thing pointless, and dug up my spuds. They were clean, disease free and delicious - but I reckon a couple more weeks would have doubled their quantity. Lesson learned for next year.
'If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.'
Neglected a Forsythia for a year only for a low hanging branch to root unnoticed behind the shed. It is now a 6 inch diameter stump that i cant reach to cull!
Gave a Poppy a chelsea chop 2 weeks ago. Wentva bit far and now its dead as a Dodo.
Gardening. The cause of, and solution to, all of my problems.
I made friends with a little newt from our pond a few weeks ago, then in my wisdom a week or so later decided to move some pots around and managed to squash said newt ...... I literally wept for hours. Other half thought a family member had died when he got home. I really wish I hadn’t done that 😢
I did that last year to 'Jenson' one of our resident Newts. I was devastated. Still the old boy had a good life and left his offspring in a good home.
Gardening. The cause of, and solution to, all of my problems.
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I have succumbed to the perils of poor footware choices numerous times - why do brambles, Holly leaves or sharp sticks always find the little gaps around your shoes?! I am also a bit renowned for forgetting to put gloves on - yesterday I was pulling a bit of bindweed out of a hedge and just reached in a bit more... MASSIVE BRAMBLE!!! No sense, no feeling I suppose.
It's got to go - as soon as I can persuade my OH on the merits of a fence.
After hitting my foot with a spade i always wore tough boots for the garden, Joan would not have them near the house so I changed in the garage.
Frank.
Gave a Poppy a chelsea chop 2 weeks ago. Wentva bit far and now its dead as a Dodo.
Bad times.