I learned that I eat a lot less beetroot than I thought I would and that crocosmias stand up well to the wind. Still haven't learned to grow tomatoes though
Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
Hortico totally feel your pain about neighbours how use there gardens as rubbish tips, I have one next door to me . She had so much rubbish lying about that I actually had rats in my house coming from her. It made me ill. That was last year and now the council are coming to clear her garden out AT NO COST TO HER. Everyone talks about her and she couldn't care less. But I have to live next door to her. Apart from that I have learned a lot about putting plants in the right place for them ,amazing how they come on when they are planted in the right place and I have learned that next seed planting time to label everything.
PP that's amazing! You literally can buy any old cr@p on there! I'm almost certain hidden in the dark within that photograph is someone holding that rose so that it doesn't collapse from the weight of the water it seems to be holding... or is that glue!?
Hortico totally feel your pain about neighbours how use there gardens as rubbish tips, I have one next door to me . She had so much rubbish lying about that I actually had rats in my house coming from her. It made me ill. That was last year and now the council are coming to clear her garden out AT NO COST TO HER. Everyone talks about her and she couldn't care less. But I have to live next door to her. Apart from that I have learned a lot about putting plants in the right place for them ,amazing how they come on when they are planted in the right place and I have learned that next seed planting time to label everything.
LINDA , yes I too had neighbours like this ,and it isn't only council tenants. In our other house our neighbours put everything down the toilet , from babies nappies , paper towels he used to bring from work .to the half inch outer layer of fat from a large pork joint .you name it they put it down .
The shared drain was in our garden .and of course it got blocked . I won't go further .but to say rats like a sewer/drain , don't they .????
The council , well they didn't want to know .
In my mind it should be an agreement if you take on a house with a garden , it should be just that a garden and not your own personal rubbish tip.
So now I've had my rant too.! What else should we talk about ?
All I've learnt this year is that I never learn! I find doesn't matter anyway as you can be as sure as eggs is eggs that the weather (or beasties) will put paid to any well laid out gardening plans no matter how experienced you are.
A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
Having bought our very first house last year, I have learnt all the basics of gardening this year. I now know that digging lots and lots of brambles out of clay soil is a nightmare (thank you previous owners!)
The other thing that I've learnt is that gardening is very addictive, and I spend way too much time thinking about future garden plans and spending lots of money!
What I learned from my garden this year is never to stress about getting it perfect. It will be here a long time after me so I just seize the day and enjoy tweaking and re-doing and falling in and out of love with plants.
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I learned that I eat a lot less beetroot than I thought I would and that crocosmias stand up well to the wind. Still haven't learned to grow tomatoes though
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
Hortico totally feel your pain about neighbours how use there gardens as rubbish tips, I have one next door to me . She had so much rubbish lying about that I actually had rats in my house coming from her. It made me ill. That was last year and now the council are coming to clear her garden out AT NO COST TO HER. Everyone talks about her and she couldn't care less. But I have to live next door to her. Apart from that I have learned a lot about putting plants in the right place for them ,amazing how they come on when they are planted in the right place and I have learned that next seed planting time to label everything.
PP that's amazing! You literally can buy any old cr@p on there! I'm almost certain hidden in the dark within that photograph is someone holding that rose so that it doesn't collapse from the weight of the water it seems to be holding... or is that glue!?
Disappointed by the lack of a flake, however.
LINDA , yes I too had neighbours like this ,and it isn't only council tenants. In our other house our neighbours put everything down the toilet , from babies nappies , paper towels he used to bring from work .to the half inch outer layer of fat from a large pork joint .you name it they put it down .
The shared drain was in our garden .and of course it got blocked . I won't go further .but to say rats like a sewer/drain , don't they .????
The council , well they didn't want to know .
In my mind it should be an agreement if you take on a house with a garden , it should be just that a garden and not your own personal rubbish tip.
So now I've had my rant too.! What else should we talk about ?
All I've learnt this year is that I never learn! I find doesn't matter anyway as you can be as sure as eggs is eggs that the weather (or beasties) will put paid to any well laid out gardening plans no matter how experienced you are.
I learnt you can never have too much gaura, and to not try and cut my lawn into interesting shapes because i am no good at it.
Indeed it is Verdun!
Having bought our very first house last year, I have learnt all the basics of gardening this year. I now know that digging lots and lots of brambles out of clay soil is a nightmare (thank you previous owners!)
The other thing that I've learnt is that gardening is very addictive, and I spend way too much time thinking about future garden plans and spending lots of money!
I feel the same and fully agree with you.