No single sort of garden suits everyone. Shut your eyes and dream of the garden you'd most love, then open your eyes and start planting.
Jackie French
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We removed all of the strawberries from the long border ( 25' x 3') in the front garden in March 2023.
I wanted shrubs, climbers and Spring bulbs in there instead, so I transplanted hundreds of bulbs from the allotment plot that we gave up, brought other plants from there, carefully checking and washing the roots so that I didn't inadvertently bring mare's tail, bindweed or couch grass from there, split plants in the back garden and transplanted them, bought a few things in Poundland, and moved the acer I bought in Asda a few years earlier as a tiny stick of about a foot tall.
The border now looks as I hoped it would. It took a bit of work to sort it out, and some patience as I waited for things to grow and fill the space. Now, it more or less looks after itself, just needing some hoeing, and a prune back of anything getting too large.
My gardens are a source of joy to me; unregimented, wild and woolly and they have flourished.
They wouldn't suit everyone, anymore than a manicured lawn, fake grass, concrete paths, regimented planting and straight lines would suit me... it's horses for courses, like everything else in life.
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Thankyou SAM for the comment on my last post which I've now removed.
I'm grateful you took the time to acknowledge our loss and trauma when I know you have trials of your own.
When a heartfelt post like that attracts fewer comments than one about felt shapes I know it's time to stop posting anything of a personal nature.
Am sorry I didn't comment on your last post, I just had no words. But I realise now that any words are better than none at all. Am so sorry for your loss x
ReplyDeleteThanks Joan. It honestly felt like the blogland equivalent of people crossing the road to avoid me.
DeleteI am also sorry that I didn’t comment on your last post - I had 2 miscarriages and found them physically and mentally too painful to think about. Kay
ReplyDeleteThanks Kay. It was a traumatic event, made worse by a lack of care and treatment by medics until 2 weeks later when the situation became serious and dangerous.
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