I agree @Buttercupdays … I worked with children and young people with learning disabilities including Downs, and in my own time spent happy and exhausting evenings volunteering at a youth club to support some the young folk who attended. Some became real friends.
My son’s village school class included a lad with Downs … his dad worked for us. Ed was just part of the gang, played his part in village events and now, around 50 years old, is the groundsmen at the playing field, kit man for matches, has a garden maintenance round, shares an allotment with a neighbour and grows veg for his mum and his married sister’s family, and has his own tankard behind the bar in the village pub and is a member of the pool and darts teams and plays cribbage with the best of them.
It’s so sad that some people feel that the contribution to society made by folk with Downs and other conditions is somehow ‘less worthy’ than that made by the rest of us … and when I say ‘sad’ I mean ‘sad for them’ … they’re missing out on a lot of fun, fulfillment and real friendship.
The folk they despise aren’t sad tho’ … they’re far too busy making a meaningful contribution to society.
As a young lady called Jade once said to me … ‘if people think I’m thick and can’t do things … that just shows how stupid they are.’ 😊 👍
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
"Monty sows rocket, harvests chillies and tomatoes, and demonstrates how to take semi-ripe cuttings.
Adam Frost shows how his new garden is shaping up, Frances Tophill meets a head gardener in south London where gardening sustainably in response to climate change is high on the agenda, and there's a self-confessed 'plantaholic' in her flower-filled garden in Kent.
The celebration of the Queen’s Green Canopy continues with a visit to a tree champion in Worcestershire who holds the national collection of gingko biloba, and more viewers share what they’ve been getting up to in their gardens."
After seeing Monty using grey water, my friend followed my advice to collect the shower water, which made another 15 l for the garden. We really do our best to save water.
This was the first episode for quite some time that I enjoyed from the beginning to the end.
Must be honest, that brought a tear to my eye @Artemis3 .
I did enjoy that lady's enthusiasm, especially when she said she could always find a space for a plant. I could definitely relate to that, and so could my OH.
Agree that it was very disheartening when l looked out of my window afterwards @joanna65, but l have been trying hard to remember to use the washing up water for plant watering. My honeysuckle is definitely reaping the benefits.
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The folk they despise aren’t sad tho’ … they’re far too busy making a meaningful contribution to society.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Earlier this week, 7.30pm.
"Monty sows rocket, harvests chillies and tomatoes, and demonstrates how to take semi-ripe cuttings.
Adam Frost shows how his new garden is shaping up, Frances Tophill meets a head gardener in south London where gardening sustainably in response to climate change is high on the agenda, and there's a self-confessed 'plantaholic' in her flower-filled garden in Kent.
The celebration of the Queen’s Green Canopy continues with a visit to a tree champion in Worcestershire who holds the national collection of gingko biloba, and more viewers share what they’ve been getting up to in their gardens."
I ♥ my garden.
And here are two photos of MD that reflect the pleasures and changes time brings.
I did enjoy that lady's enthusiasm, especially when she said she could always find a space for a plant. I could definitely relate to that, and so could my OH.
Agree that it was very disheartening when l looked out of my window afterwards @joanna65, but l have been trying hard to remember to use the washing up water for plant watering. My honeysuckle is definitely reaping the benefits.