My main interest?....Gosh how do I answer that. I want to garden the world! I am an addict when it comes to plants. I can never learn enough. I garden for a living so my passion is my work. I love to take on a new garden and make it work be it tiny back terrace garden or plonked in the middle of the countryside garden. I try to plant with the site in mind. If its semi wild keep it that way just add more interest. I never try to force a plant to grow where it doesn't want to be. Nature knows best and I go with her. I also share the love lol. Can never throw a plant away. My gardens are so varied that what doesn't work or is not wanted in one garden will flourish and be loved in another.
H. Really an addict then - but aren't we all really. So you garden professionally then for a living. That does give you a heck of lot of scope because presumably as much as anything it has go to be along the lines requested by clients - of course using your own ideas as well with their agreement. Have fun and a good choice think.
Hi Keen 1 and addict, Hope you enjoy the forum, but I must say when do we find time to actually garden as we seem to spend a lot of time nattering on about this and that. Me included,. The sun is shining and here I am typing away when I should be out catching up on all the jobs 2 weeks of 18 inches of snow put paid to in March. Am going.. Have gone.
Hi. Thanks again. Agree with what you say but we fit it all in somehow do we not. Always so nice to talk about it as well as tend and grow it all. Quite apart from the sheer pleasure of doing all this there is always that little bit of self pride involved when we stand back and think "I did that"- and so worth while.
...such enthusiastic gardeners here, how wonderful..
Keen 1, thanks for your replies...get back to those shortly... I use Picasa too as well as resizing on 'paint'... if Picasa is easier for you then perhaps you can follow this...
go into Picasa and click on 'Web Albums' [top right hand corner] you must open a Google account for this, it's easy and nothing to worry about... make sure your album that you have your photos in is 'public' or 'anyone with the link'...
double click on a photo you want us to see
on the right you will see Tags - link to this photo - click once on this
tick box - image only [no link]
select size - large
then on 'Embed Image' left click once to highlight it, then right click to 'copy'
come back to this forum and in this reply box click on green 'tree' icon above [3rd from right]
select 'an external site'
put cursor in URL and right click then 'paste'
click on 'Insert' - your photo should appear like mine below..
...you get used to it Mr Keen.... trial, error, and perseverance... much like a bit of gardening....
..oh and thanks for the info re Mrs Chatto's garden, I've not been there obviously... lots of great gardens all around us... I also enjoy plant photography, I try to take photos of most of my plants when they look their best, and sometimes when they don't... in case things need to be changed...you know...?.. talk again soon... bi for now...
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Hi keen1 i'm new too!
Hi. Well two newies together then - welcome to you also. What is your main interest in the gardening world - type and plants etc.
Hi. Ref sending pics to the site - how please - can see no reference - a procedure to follow would be appreciated. Thanks.
My main interest?....Gosh how do I answer that. I want to garden the world! I am an addict when it comes to plants. I can never learn enough. I garden for a living so my passion is my work. I love to take on a new garden and make it work be it tiny back terrace garden or plonked in the middle of the countryside garden. I try to plant with the site in mind. If its semi wild keep it that way just add more interest. I never try to force a plant to grow where it doesn't want to be. Nature knows best and I go with her. I also share the love lol. Can never throw a plant away. My gardens are so varied that what doesn't work or is not wanted in one garden will flourish and be loved in another.
H. Really an addict then - but aren't we all really. So you garden professionally then for a living. That does give you a heck of lot of scope because presumably as much as anything it has go to be along the lines requested by clients - of course using your own ideas as well with their agreement. Have fun and a good choice think.
Hi Keen 1 and addict, Hope you enjoy the forum, but I must say when do we find time to actually garden as we seem to spend a lot of time nattering on about this and that. Me included,. The sun is shining and here I am typing away when I should be out catching up on all the jobs 2 weeks of 18 inches of snow put paid to in March. Am going.. Have gone.
Hi. Thanks again. Agree with what you say but we fit it all in somehow do we not. Always so nice to talk about it as well as tend and grow it all. Quite apart from the sheer pleasure of doing all this there is always that little bit of self pride involved when we stand back and think "I did that"- and so worth while.
...such enthusiastic gardeners here, how wonderful..
Keen 1, thanks for your replies...get back to those shortly... I use Picasa too as well as resizing on 'paint'... if Picasa is easier for you then perhaps you can follow this...
go into Picasa and click on 'Web Albums' [top right hand corner] you must open a Google account for this, it's easy and nothing to worry about... make sure your album that you have your photos in is 'public' or 'anyone with the link'...
double click on a photo you want us to see
on the right you will see Tags - link to this photo - click once on this
tick box - image only [no link]
select size - large
then on 'Embed Image' left click once to highlight it, then right click to 'copy'
come back to this forum and in this reply box click on green 'tree' icon above [3rd from right]
select 'an external site'
put cursor in URL and right click then 'paste'
click on 'Insert' - your photo should appear like mine below..
...you get used to it Mr Keen.... trial, error, and perseverance... much like a bit of gardening....
..oh and thanks for the info re Mrs Chatto's garden, I've not been there obviously... lots of great gardens all around us... I also enjoy plant photography, I try to take photos of most of my plants when they look their best, and sometimes when they don't... in case things need to be changed...you know...?.. talk again soon... bi for now...