
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 do weed whack the backyard and have planted many colourful shrubs so there's a lovely view from the deck. Between that, veggie beds, greenhouse, 2 dogs, 4 cats and 25 chickens that's all I can manage. I have some muscle that comes a few hours each week to do what's too heavy for me. Frantic time of year, so much more to be seeded/planted so indoors has gone to h*ll. The dust and do hair isn't going anywhere :)
Stacey, Good for you! You have wanted to get rid of that tree-I am noticing from last year. You have been patient too! Doing all this in addition to the helping Fil is quite an accomplishment.
i dont regret a moment that i spent with mom but im not dishonest enough to claim it was a picnic either . it was hard and it was worth it . it makes me feel like i deserve this low stress and peaceful life im enjoying now .
my mom didnt drive was near blind , and lived in the country . she had to have a domestic partner and im glad i was available .
just a word of encouragement to the many here who are sacrificing to help an elder .
Captain, I have lots of red and grey squirrels and many chipmunks.
The rabbits left town when the cats moved in. But the neighbors meat chickens do wander over from time to time.
im an animal lover ..
When my dog kept getting sick-all plants were banned in-house. We just never put them back after she died. That may be a good idea though-to help the indoor oxygen. Thinking about it.
Who does indoor gardening? Any houseplant people?? I have 2 lucky bamboo plants in water. One is around 6 years old. Ànyone like Pothos (devils ivy)? Easy to grow and great for filtering indoor air.
Hoping it lives. More research!
People here live so close-they wear headphones to pretend they cannot hear the neighbors saying helllo.
I googled: Japanese Maple in Canada withering....
Last winter was mostly mild but not much snow cover, it survived the polar vortex of the year before which was its first winter with me. Checking online I think I may have plated it too deep, they say to leave a few inches of the root ball above ground... now they tell me!