It's become clear to me through posts and PMs that there are some gardeners here just waiting for the chance to discuss gardening!
So, I was thinking... how do you use gardening, or how does it affect you if you need a break, need some respite, need to relax, need inspiration....how do you use it as a therapy tool in caregiving?
What are your activities: Do you go out and pull weeds, read a magazine, design new beds? Look through garden catalogues? Go to garden stores?
And what interests have you added to your gardening? Visit estate or garden displays? Do you go to garden shows?
Does anyone design and plant Knot Gardens? Raised bed planters? Assistive gardens? Pollinator gardens (and have you thought of ways to help the bees and butterflies?)
Are your gardens primarily for pleasure or food, or a mix of both? Do you grow plants for medicinal purposes? Which ones, how do you harvest and process them? Any suggestions?
Do you grow plants that can be used in crafts, such as grapevines for wreaths and lavender for lavender wands? Do you make herbal products such as creams, lotions, chapstick?
What else can you share about gardening and the means in which it nurtures your soul?
Usually I don't mind and occasionally squirrel, but even are cats can't keep up with chasing them.
Bunch of road work down my road pretty sure they all came here. Hopefully they go home soon
I hope so. Going for follow up care. I have over 20 test results in my portal right now. Will discuss with my doctors.
I have to wear a heart monitor for a month.
I am still having a couple of symptoms.
Please take care of yourself.
Sorry about your peppers. I've never seen that one!
They are sitting in the pot looking pathetic, a few peppers and no leaves. I don’t know if they will come back or not. We’ll see.
It is super hot here. My husband stayed with me in the hospital, even though I told him that he could go home.
So, they weren’t watered. I think he thought it was okay because we had a lot of rain previously.
Take me to your weeder!
They predicted 97 Wednesday. Seriously not sure if we have ever had it 97 , maybe a few times in my life but very often. And never June. Will see if they are right.
Needs, it's hard to keep up with that kind of watering. When you think about your peppers not getting watered enough, then think about your body, makes you realize how important water is to are bodies too.
Yeah, it’s stifling here!
It's going to be my "She Deck"
They are hanging on by a thread but I am still hoping they will come back.
Still got sun flowers, but will see , now that we have the squirrels proof bird feeder.
Whit powder mold, none yet but I'm watching for it
Needs , nice on the peppers!
Does anyone have any experience with this? A relative of mine got West Nile virus in AZ. He was in the 1% who had it so bad that he got neurological damage and had to relearn essential ADLs. He's recovered now but...yikes. Arizona + mosquitoes. Go figure.
I swear can birds be that smart?
I'm getting so many new varieties of birds this year. 😊
But hope springs eternal, I've planted some bush beans where the garlic was in hope of taking advantage of the big rainfall we are supposed to get from the remnants of Beryl.
Or maybe passive composting in that area for a year?
Jjust some thoughts knowing exactly how you feel.
I'm just whining because where I grew up all we had to do was till the ground and toss in the seeds or plants and we got very good yields, now I'm planting in areas where the topsoil has been stripped away and no amount of compost and peat moss seems to replenish that, it will take decades.