Thanks Beaus. My daughter was diagnosed with a form of manic depression and I'm teaching her gardening to help her condition whilst she helps me. She's buying her own gardening tools now. You should have seen her excitement after her first saffron crocus flowered. Saffron also has safranal which give a little antidepressant buzz. I'm hoping her getting exercise, working with plants, being out in the sunshine (when we have some) and growing fresh fruit and veg will help her. She also gets a buzz from seeing the results of cutting back, changing a space and then seeing it all grow.
You sound an amazing woman and mum Jenny and i am sure working and enjoying your garden will help you both immensely i notice you are new to the forum and hope posting on here and making new friends to share your gardening achievements and failures will help you both
Hee hee, like your stash piles Beaus Mum! I think I have that astrantia Lola.
I like to buy and plant perennials over winter, even if I am just buying roots and dead leaves. I find they establish better in my heavy soil and I wouldn't expect to water them or look after them at all once planted.
The plants I have ordered from nurseries that wait until spring to deliver I will have to take care of by the time the soil bakes in summer, they just don't settle in as well.
It's my first foray into the gardening chat Beaus, I've had the magazine for years but didn't get a chance at this kind of thing. I don't get out a lot now so I have time for a natter on line. Thanks for the compliment Beaus ?
Aym hang in there, perhaps getting him to grow more edibles might help. Does he fancy strawberries or any Particular fruit? Not trying to make you feel guilty though, I've been growing seeds and cuttings for a few months. The greenhouse is just the tender ones, all the hardy ones are outside and it looks like a wholesale nursery. My front garden is empty apart from a few large shrubs so it should swallow up most of this lot. I have to have a drive and wider paths put in first though. Oh T&M and Van Meuwen are the same company. J parkers usually buy from the same places as a few of the big lot do but they are a different lot and they also have their own garden centres.
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Thanks Joyce x
Hi Jenny and wow what a collection
Hope someone is helping you with your garden transformation?
Would love to see any before and after pics, lots of love and luck to you x
Thanks Beaus. My daughter was diagnosed with a form of manic depression and I'm teaching her gardening to help her condition whilst she helps me. She's buying her own gardening tools now. You should have seen her excitement after her first saffron crocus flowered. Saffron also has safranal which give a little antidepressant buzz. I'm hoping her getting exercise, working with plants, being out in the sunshine (when we have some) and growing fresh fruit and veg will help her. She also gets a buzz from seeing the results of cutting back, changing a space and then seeing it all grow.
You sound an amazing woman and mum Jenny and i am sure working and enjoying your garden will help you both immensely
i notice you are new to the forum and hope posting on here and making new friends to share your gardening achievements and failures will help you both 
Really looking forward to seeing you more x
I went to the GC and got the black currant plant I wanted with my vouchers so free
Have been looking in catalogues more at seeds remember the year of the bean and Zinnia
Hee hee, like your stash piles Beaus Mum!
I think I have that astrantia Lola.
I like to buy and plant perennials over winter, even if I am just buying roots and dead leaves. I find they establish better in my heavy soil and I wouldn't expect to water them or look after them at all once planted.
The plants I have ordered from nurseries that wait until spring to deliver I will have to take care of by the time the soil bakes in summer, they just don't settle in as well.
Quite easy to grow Zinnias from seed kinda big like dahlia seeds
I have just ordered my first plug plants, annuals, but they won't be coming until 30th March.
It's my first foray into the gardening chat Beaus, I've had the magazine for years but didn't get a chance at this kind of thing. I don't get out a lot now so I have time for a natter on line. Thanks for the compliment Beaus ?
Aym hang in there, perhaps getting him to grow more edibles might help. Does he fancy strawberries or any Particular fruit? Not trying to make you feel guilty though, I've been growing seeds and cuttings for a few months. The greenhouse is just the tender ones, all the hardy ones are outside and it looks like a wholesale nursery. My front garden is empty apart from a few large shrubs so it should swallow up most of this lot. I have to have a drive and wider paths put in first though. Oh T&M and Van Meuwen are the same company. J parkers usually buy from the same places as a few of the big lot do but they are a different lot and they also have their own garden centres.