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?
I just bought new clay pots at the garden center for my porch and patio. Now I need to purchase the soil and plants!
Anyways last year a starling built a nest on my porch. I put my Christmas cactus on the porch.
The cactus flourished , double in size and I ended up with the most beautiful Halloween cactus I've ever seen. One other house plant really grew too.
So that's where my house plants are going from now on , when the weather permits
My dH waters it-he is frugal.
I see it every day out there.
It is encouraging, and I remember the neighbor who gave the blue floral planter to me when they moved.
I know nothing about growing vegetables in water. Supposedly, they grow three times faster in water. He also has herbs planted in his aquarium. No fish in this aquarium, just plants!
My brother is going to plant lettuce too. He’s doing great with his hydroponic garden.
He has a beautiful aquarium with fish in it. He bought another tank to do his gardening.
I am jealous of his success! My green peppers are growing but at a much slower rate.
Tulips 🌷 are so pretty! I love watching birds and butterflies in my yard. The squirrels are fun to watch also.
My peppers are growing. I’m hoping they will produce lots of bell peppers 🫑! I want to plant green onions soon too.
Nice on the peppers, I got some zinas, and sunflowers, under heat lamps. And marigolds
I usually see hummingbirds in my backyard. I love them. I am amazed at how fast their tiny wings can flutter in mid air!
Zinnias are so vivid and bright. What color tulips and zinnias do you have?
When my daughter was driving back home from Denver she said that she saw fields of gorgeous sunflowers in Kansas.
The zinnias, are just seedlings starting, we can't put much outside for a few more weeks here.. I like the zinas , cuz I can cut them put them inside, or give them to someone that needs a pick me up. I love sunflowers, also have some teddy bear sunflowers, never planted them before so will see. Marigolds, are just so darn easy to grow and a good filller
I agree that marigolds are super easy to grow. Lantana is too. It practically takes care of itself!
I love all of the colors. They are so pretty.
I ran into some hardcore gardeners at the local Ace Hardware and found out that everyone lost their Mona Lavender giant pots last summer, except one gardener who buried her pots in the ground. The conclusion was that the pots themselves were keeping the roots too warm.
Are summer hear wasn't much better, we got all the rain you guys got none. We had some difficult days dealing with the air quality from Canadas fires