"Gill Osborne" wrote in message
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Hi everyone! I was browsing through the internet seeing if there were
any gardening forums...and I found this one!
I'm Gill,35 years old, married to Neil and I've been gardening on and
off since I was about 5 years old.
When I was young I had my own tiny patch in the corner of my dad's
garden in which I used to grow all the easy stuff like
candytuft,nasturtiums etc. Then when I left home I had a second-floor
flat so was restricted to houseplants...my indoor jungle!
But when I met Neil in 1997 he had a ground-floor flat with a
tiny(15ft X 12ft!) front garden and I took over that when I moved in!!!
I mostly grew cottage garden plants but as we were just 100ft or so
from the sea front it was rather windy at the best of times....anything
taller than a couple of feet just blew over...or grew horizontally!!!
Then in April 2002 we moved to our current address which is a couple
of miles inland and I now have a back garden which is 25ft X 15ft. It
was mostly lawn(with an awful lot of moss,creeping buttercup and
dandelion!)as the previous couple hated gardening. I added a border
around the edges and grew mostly annuals and a few perennials that my
father-in-law gave me to give it a bit of quick colour whilst we were
busy sorting out the interior of the house!
This summer it hasn't looked too bad and I've realised where I need
to add a few things to give more impact/interest etc and I'm already
planning next years show!
As well as my all-consuming interest in gardening I also enjoy
reading, writing long letters to penfriends,painting & sketching,keep
fit, listening to classical music,visiting National Trust properties
and gardens for ideas and going for long walks in the countryside. I
used to do a lot of birdwatching a few years ago as well but after an
unfortunate incident with a weirdo(!!!) I don't get to do as much as
before....still retain a keen interest in the natural world though!
I'm a member of the RHS, Cottage Garden Society, Hardy Plant Society
and the Saintpaulia & Houseplant Society. I also belong to a couple of
art societies.
I'm sure I'll learn a lot from this forum and look forward to many
happy hours of posting!!!

Hello Gill, and welcome.
Good gardening,
Franz