... and how is your garden?

[Dundee]

Now is the time to enjoy one's garden. 
 
Are there any gardeners here?

And if so - what do you do in your garden these days? 

[Taf]

A few of us are gardeners.

This year I am growing  potatoes, leeks (3 sorts), jerusalem artichokes, peas, kidney beans, french climbing beans, yard long beans, onions, red onions, garlic, shallots, banana shallots, tomatoes (2 sorts), sweet peppers, chillis (2 sorts), cucumber (3 sorts), courgette, pumpkin, redcurrants, blackcurrants, blackberries, tayberries, kiwis (3 sorts), grapes (2 sorts), strawberries (3 sorts), passion fruit, apples (2 sorts on one tree)and cherries (2 sorts on one tree), plus herbs.

There's also a lawn and a variety of annual and perennial flowering plants, hostas, fuscias, clematis, roses, lavender, and others.

I built the garden from scratch over the past 5-6 years, including raised beds, sun patio (and the furniture), compost bins, shed, fencing, arches, greenhouse, vertical coldframe, planting troughs, and driveway.

It's my retreat...... where I can chill, as the twins rarely come out here, even though it was built for them....

Photos of this Spring in the garden posted.....

http://www.totaltwaddle.co.uk/board/picture_bookcreative_words/my_garden_in_spring-t33324.0.html

[Spite]

  Don't have a garden.  And, after watching folks mow lawns, and dig the dirt, I'm rather glad. 

[Dundee]

There's also a lawn and a variety of annual and perennial flowering plants, hostas, fuscias, clematis, roses, lavender, and others.

Yes, I like the Clematis, too!  Especially the "Montana Rubens" Variety.

It is in full bloom just now.

[Dundee]

  Don't have a garden.  And, after watching folks mow lawns ....

But then you miss the smell of freshly mown grass!

[Spite]

  Don't have a garden.  And, after watching folks mow lawns ....

But then you miss the smell of freshly mown grass!

  Oh, no.  I still get that.  Which is a pity, because I get Hay Fever. 

[Izzy]

I have weeds

[Spite]

I have weeds

  If you like them, they're not weeds.

[Izzy]

If you like them, they're not weeds.

I don't like them

[Spite]

If you like them, they're not weeds.

I don't like them

  Get digging then, you lazy bugger! 

[Izzy]

Get digging then, you lazy bugger! 

But how come I can kill nice plants but not weeds?

[Spite]

But how come I can kill nice plants but not weeds?

  Maybe you're the AntiTaf?  Let's face it, we can't all be great, like him.

[Izzy]

Maybe you're the AntiTaf?  Let's face it, we can't all be great, like him.

Do I still get to have my own form of greatness?

[Spite]

Do I still get to have my own form of greatness?

  Yes, so long as you understand that the fields of Gardening, Woodwork, DIY in general, Poncey recipes, Knowledge of alcohol, Alcohol consumption, and Clothing of dubious sexual orientation, are already taken. 

[Izzy]

  Yes, so long as you understand that the fields of Gardening, Woodwork, DIY in general, Poncey recipes, Knowledge of alcohol, Alcohol consumption, and Clothing of dubious sexual orientation, are already taken. 
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I suppose so