tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6093499986237480423.post8840549459189798095..comments2023-03-26T15:27:37.450+08:00Comments on begin again...: My GardenAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09816650270802955615noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6093499986237480423.post-10468624481588977182010-11-12T14:53:08.718+08:002010-11-12T14:53:08.718+08:00Mint can be annoying like that (in its growing hab...Mint can be annoying like that (in its growing habits). The smell is heavenly though. I would say the same of coriander and rosemary.<br /><br />Very process-oriented, this gardening!<br /><br />The plant which kept growing and growing in our own garden was more or less passionfruit.<br /><br />Strawberries are touched by insects before people, it seems.<br /><br />Fertilising and mixing is very important, I'm sure you've realised by now. Tomatoes need special fertiliser.<br /><br />"One day when I'm rich I'll build a massive greenhouse and I'll plant a forest in there, and work in there every day. We will never have to go to the supermarket because I'll grow everything. And as I'm digging after coming back from a book launch or movie premiere I'll be thinking about this day, this day when I was fourteen and blogged from school when she was supposed to be doing math, when I was a kid dreaming, forever dreaming."<br /><br />This is a great dream - especially the gardening part of it. You can still garden when you're poor or busy.<br /><br />Hydroponic gardening is something else.<br /><br />Enid Blyton said that when she was planning her house, her garden went too. Elfin Cottage was the garden she took most pleasure in, and Green Hedges, though it was more formal (and had a greenhouse!) came a close second. When she developed dementia, she still loved to paint her garden. And it all started for her with her Dad, when she was possibly about five years old. Sadly she couldn't enjoy the garden with him when she was 14 because he left her and her family.Adelaide Duponthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01490123934889071074noreply@blogger.com