Come on someone say something controversial... this thread is too much sweetness and light. Anyway the clocks go forward in an hour or two and it's time to go to bed!!
I have ME/CFS, so fall into the 'disabled' category. On a good day I could drive myself to the GC, but have no guarantee that I will have the energy to drive myself back! So I mainly rely on the internet for most things. When I do manage to get to a GC, it's mainly for the coffee & cakes, as lots of the things I see on the internet aren't available at the local GC. So I suppose the internet has spoilt me, really. Also, as I don't work, money is tight (OH works, but doesn't really earn enough for us to have lots of luxuries - like plants), so rely on some of the 'freebies' and bargains that can be had on the interweb.
I would love to be back how I was - I used to do aerobics, swim a mile twice a week, go mountain biking at the weekend with my husband and his friends (who tried to break me), and was learning to ride horses. Then I got ME/CFS. It took a while to accept, and you go through a mourning process for the life you had, then accept that things will never be the same, and try to do what you can, when you can, and accept you'll have good days, when things are nearly normal, and bad days, when you feel so tired it's hard to string a sentence together. So definitely no GC on days like that!
Its great to read about all of you and how you do your garden shopping and how the garden enriches your life no matter how well or otherwise you are. Do you also, like me sometimes buy plants at the supermarket when you do your weekly shop. I went to do my Easter grocery shop at a local supermarket last Friday morning and purchased along with food etc, two pots each containing 3 hyacinths about 2 inches tall looking strong and healthy. I could not resist them and now they will sit in my conservatory so that I can enjoy them when they bloom. Then they will go into the border to keep flowering year after year. I have done this in previous years and when I bravely ventured out into the garden a few days ago, looking like an Eskimo with all the clothes I had on, I saw some hyacinths in bloom which I planted a few years ago. What a lovely surprise, it made my day. There are so many ways you can buy your garden supplies and we should make use of them all, whichever suits us best.
I personaly feel for you MMP I suffer with ME along with Haemochromatosis, Lupus and Osteoarthritis. Its funny that people can look at you and make sweeping assumptions about your health. I know I shouldn't but it annoys me when a perfectly healthy woman with a baby on board badge who has been pregnant about 5 mins demands your seat. I would of course try to offer it or move if she was struggling or more heavily pregnant. My mother is also dissabled (wheelchair bound) she looks fairly healthy and still quite beautifull (my dad on the other hand looks bloody awfull - prematurely aged due to looking after my mum I think, lol). My point is, yes there may be people who can appear to be quite well to look at but just because they do you shouldn't assume that they are.
I would much rather visit a garden, a garden centre, a nursery, you can't beat that hands on experience. It can take such alot of time just planning a visit and theres no guarantee that one of my friends would be available to take me (not that I expect it - its not their job). In these cases the internet is a lifeline.
Oh, we're into naughty words, are we? Ok. 'Darn it!!'
Steady on GG...getting caried away now
If nothing else the GC is handy when it's precipitating down in Scotland!! MMP you're the proof that the 'interweb' (as we like to call it at work) has been a huge boon for so many people, and yes, GCs are often so full of the other things that the plants tend to be a bit limited in variety so the internet's very useful if you're looking for something specific or unusual. I did my shopping on Fri and bought some seeds not realising it was 3 packs for £4, so the sweet peas were basically free.
I'm going to have to go on GG's rant thread Ddave- car parking spaces- don't get me going !! Parent and child - why do they need to be next to the door-can 3 yr olds not walk any more??
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Parent and child spaces should be the furthest away from the shop, since these mums (and Dads sometimes) are by definition the fitest in society. They are always young and they are healthy enough to have had a family. The small children should also be encouraged to walk from the nether regions of the car park to get them started on a healthy lifestyle too. No, the spaces should be allocated on the basis of ability to walk under your own steam. Disabled spaces nearest, then spaces reserved for OAPs and then the rest for the younger elements. Controversial enough? Argue against that... the logic is impecable.
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Me, too, WW.
Come on someone say something controversial... this thread is too much sweetness and light. Anyway the clocks go forward in an hour or two and it's time to go to bed!!
I have ME/CFS, so fall into the 'disabled' category. On a good day I could drive myself to the GC, but have no guarantee that I will have the energy to drive myself back! So I mainly rely on the internet for most things. When I do manage to get to a GC, it's mainly for the coffee & cakes, as lots of the things I see on the internet aren't available at the local GC. So I suppose the internet has spoilt me, really. Also, as I don't work, money is tight (OH works, but doesn't really earn enough for us to have lots of luxuries - like plants), so rely on some of the 'freebies' and bargains that can be had on the interweb.
I would love to be back how I was - I used to do aerobics, swim a mile twice a week, go mountain biking at the weekend with my husband and his friends (who tried to break me), and was learning to ride horses. Then I got ME/CFS. It took a while to accept, and you go through a mourning process for the life you had, then accept that things will never be the same, and try to do what you can, when you can, and accept you'll have good days, when things are nearly normal, and bad days, when you feel so tired it's hard to string a sentence together. So definitely no GC on days like that!
Its great to read about all of you and how you do your garden shopping and how the garden enriches your life no matter how well or otherwise you are. Do you also, like me sometimes buy plants at the supermarket when you do your weekly shop. I went to do my Easter grocery shop at a local supermarket last Friday morning and purchased along with food etc, two pots each containing 3 hyacinths about 2 inches tall looking strong and healthy. I could not resist them and now they will sit in my conservatory so that I can enjoy them when they bloom. Then they will go into the border to keep flowering year after year. I have done this in previous years and when I bravely ventured out into the garden a few days ago, looking like an Eskimo with all the clothes I had on, I saw some hyacinths in bloom which I planted a few years ago. What a lovely surprise, it made my day. There are so many ways you can buy your garden supplies and we should make use of them all, whichever suits us best.
I personaly feel for you MMP I suffer with ME along with Haemochromatosis, Lupus and Osteoarthritis. Its funny that people can look at you and make sweeping assumptions about your health. I know I shouldn't but it annoys me when a perfectly healthy woman with a baby on board badge who has been pregnant about 5 mins demands your seat. I would of course try to offer it or move if she was struggling or more heavily pregnant. My mother is also dissabled (wheelchair bound) she looks fairly healthy and still quite beautifull (my dad on the other hand looks bloody awfull - prematurely aged due to looking after my mum I think, lol). My point is, yes there may be people who can appear to be quite well to look at but just because they do you shouldn't assume that they are.
I would much rather visit a garden, a garden centre, a nursery, you can't beat that hands on experience. It can take such alot of time just planning a visit and theres no guarantee that one of my friends would be available to take me (not that I expect it - its not their job). In these cases the internet is a lifeline.
Steady on GG...getting caried away now
If nothing else the GC is handy when it's precipitating down in
Scotland!! MMP you're the proof that the 'interweb' (as we like to call it at work) has been a huge boon for so many people, and yes, GCs are often so full of the other things that the plants tend to be a bit limited in variety so the internet's very useful if you're looking for something specific or unusual. I did my shopping on Fri and bought some seeds not realising it was 3 packs for £4, so the sweet peas were basically free.
I'm going to have to go on GG's rant thread Ddave- car parking spaces- don't get me going !! Parent and child - why do they need to be next to the door-can 3 yr olds not walk any more??
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Parent and child spaces should be the furthest away from the shop, since these mums (and Dads sometimes) are by definition the fitest in society. They are always young and they are healthy enough to have had a family. The small children should also be encouraged to walk from the nether regions of the car park to get them started on a healthy lifestyle too. No, the spaces should be allocated on the basis of ability to walk under your own steam. Disabled spaces nearest, then spaces reserved for OAPs and then the rest for the younger elements. Controversial enough? Argue against that... the logic is impecable.