My garden will be quite low maintenance - I don't think that makes it sterile or boring. I've just chosen plants carefully.
It means I can tinker with seeds and cuttings when ( or if ) I have the time, watch the birds and insects, change things when the mood takes me, and do a bit of calming deadheading and photo taking. Isn't that what gardening is?
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
It will be extremely low maintenance to day as its teaming down here. Might have to do some house work and keep staring through the window at the greenhouse.
You're dead right FG. I love all the strimming and chopping down trees and hate the digging. I try to choose my plants but often I have no choice as I'm working on a garden that was set out by a keen gardener who had a slave/undergardener. I can't just run amok and throw stuff out but I am trying to make it less taxing. There's a lot of renovation to do so if I get the maintenance down to a minimum in the "sorted out" bit it gives me time for hedges and ditches.
Posy of course your husband likes those things, That's cos they do all the work for him while all he does is wave his arms about! I have a little light electric chain saw which scares the divil out of me but once I got the hang of it there was no stopping me. My only limit is the length of my extension lead!!! I'm even looking at my very shaky, very dodgy fence with a chain sawer's eye.
Steady, PP, it can get out of hand! We don't do extension leads, it's all petrol motors. I did suggest something small and modest that I could weild but it just sort of never happened. 'You don't want one of those....' So I do the seeds and pricking out and potting up instead. He can't stand that sort of stuff.
I bought the chainsaw before I got the enormous garden! Everything within a 45m radius of the house has been leveled including passers-by.It's like a monster crop circle.....just kidding. I do love it though. I used to struggle about the place with loppers and beg favours from strong people.
Again Hosta, horses for courses. My husband was the techy baby in our house but when he decided to treat me by cooking a snack as I was slaughtered, he made me beans on Barmbrack. For those of you who have never heard of Barmbrack, it's a sweet fruity bready bun thing which I love....but beans?!?! I ate the lot! The things we do for love!
The only under gardener here is me. I'm chief cook and bottle washer - inside and out. Girls help a little bit inside though. If I want anything done - it's down to me
Oldest fairy has helped me with fence building and getting old posts out the ground though. She's quite good with a pickaxe and a power tool - takes after her mother
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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'orses for courses'
My garden will be quite low maintenance - I don't think that makes it sterile or boring. I've just chosen plants carefully.
It means I can tinker with seeds and cuttings when ( or if ) I have the time, watch the birds and insects, change things when the mood takes me, and do a bit of calming deadheading and photo taking. Isn't that what gardening is?
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
It will be extremely low maintenance to day as its teaming down here. Might have to do some house work and keep staring through the window at the greenhouse.
You're dead right FG. I love all the strimming and chopping down trees and hate the digging. I try to choose my plants but often I have no choice as I'm working on a garden that was set out by a keen gardener who had a slave/undergardener. I can't just run amok and throw stuff out but I am trying to make it less taxing. There's a lot of renovation to do so if I get the maintenance down to a minimum in the "sorted out" bit it gives me time for hedges and ditches.
Posy of course your husband likes those things, That's cos they do all the work for him while all he does is wave his arms about!
I have a little light electric chain saw which scares the divil out of me but once I got the hang of it there was no stopping me. My only limit is the length of my extension lead!!! I'm even looking at my very shaky, very dodgy fence with a chain sawer's eye.
Steady, PP, it can get out of hand! We don't do extension leads, it's all petrol motors. I did suggest something small and modest that I could weild but it just sort of never happened. 'You don't want one of those....' So I do the seeds and pricking out and potting up instead. He can't stand that sort of stuff.
morning all.
I only tell you the good things about Hubby. He's a complete technophobe.
If he gets a new phone, as he did at weekend, he never reads the manual so I'm going through the " how do I do this, how do I find that?" phase.
He doesn't even change the time on his car clock when they go forward/ back.
As Dove and Lyn will testify, he always cooks waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too much food , so I spend the rest of the week on leftovers.
Lunch yesterday he cooked 3 whole trays of stuffing, for 4 of us !!!!!
Still love 'im though.
I bought the chainsaw before I got the enormous garden! Everything within a 45m radius of the house has been leveled including passers-by.It's like a monster crop circle.....just kidding. I do love it though. I used to struggle about the place with loppers and beg favours from strong people.
Again Hosta, horses for courses. My husband was the techy baby in our house but when he decided to treat me by cooking a snack as I was slaughtered, he made me beans on Barmbrack. For those of you who have never heard of Barmbrack, it's a sweet fruity bready bun thing which I love....but beans?!?! I ate the lot! The things we do for love!
lol
this morning
Him : can you set your alarm clock for tomorrow?
me: no, you set yours.
him: I don't know how.
me: get the book out and learn.
men eh?
The only under gardener here is me. I'm chief cook and bottle washer - inside and out. Girls help a little bit inside though. If I want anything done - it's down to me
Oldest fairy has helped me with fence building and getting old posts out the ground though. She's quite good with a pickaxe and a power tool - takes after her mother
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...