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Why do we garden?

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  • bédébédé Posts: 3,095
    To avoid taking Vitamin D.

    Why keep your garden unchemicalled but dose yourself?
     location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand.
    "Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    Still need Vit. D., there is none during winter. As you have suggested many times to posters, usually in a rather rude manner, do your research.
    IN THE UK, IN WINTER, THERE IS NOT ENOUGH SUN, TO MAKE VIT. D.
    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • ButtercupdaysButtercupdays Posts: 4,546
    Especially if like me you are so wrapped up barely any bare skin is visible!
    I'll stick by my Vit D + calcium to keep me and my bones healthy :)
  • WAMSWAMS Posts: 1,960
    Biglad said:
    To provide the most luxurious feline toilet in the neighbourhood. Nothing beats the thrill of discovering a fresh cat turd after working long and hard in your garden.
      Lol!

    I garden mostly because I can't stand frowsting indoors. Never feel as alive in the house as when outside.
  • M33R4M33R4 Posts: 291
    edited March 2023
    bédé said:
    Some for show, some to keep-up-with-the-Jones's ...  Please tell us why you do it......
    • I love watching seeds that I've sown grow into adult plants
    • I love testing to see if the seed I bought will indeed look like the pics on the seed packet (a lot of times the Ebay ones never even grow)
    • I love seeing last year's plants return to say hello even stronger
    • I love giving a home to new plants (I find it hard to resist new species I come across)
    • I love feeding the bees with the huge array of bee-friendly plants
    • I love to switch plants around to see if they fare better and if the lines flow better
    • I love to watch my garden evolve and change year by year
    • I love to take care of my trees
    • I love to share my garden with my family who praise and appreciate - gives me a huge sense of wellbeing and achievement. 
    • There is nothing like sitting with a Guinness in my garden late into the evening when the sun still lights the sky, admiring the fruits of my labour.....inside saying to myself I did this
    • I love to look at what I've created this year and make plans for next year based on what's worked well or otherwise
    • My garden is another very important room in my house and I love to show it off hoping it brings as much joy to others as it does me  <3
    I wish I could garden all year round!
  • M33R4M33R4 Posts: 291
    Biglad said:
    To provide the most luxurious feline toilet in the neighbourhood. Nothing beats the thrill of discovering a fresh cat turd after working long and hard in your garden.
    Bane of my life too, more so when your dog finds cat poo tastier than Butcher's Prime Cuts  :s
    I wish I could garden all year round!
  • raisingirlraisingirl Posts: 7,093
    because I'm not an optimist but gardening helps me find some optimism
    Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon

    “It's still magic even if you know how it's done.” 
  • To find gardeners who garden for vanity you need to survey exhibitors who grow specifically to compete against similar minded growers, to beat them, take home a smidgen of  prize money and possibly have their picture in a local rag holding an antiquated trophy. They are usually obsessive about whichever plant they grow to show, but they are also, in their own way, finding happiness.
    Everyone else seems to garden to create a happy place to recharge their batteries and simply feel happy and fulfilled.
    What more could anyone ask for?
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