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Hi, i am not a gardener as such ,but i am slowly becoming addicted
to clematis , if i see one I JUST HAVE TO BUY IT so i think i may
have the bug.[...]


Gardening and shopping are not at all the same thing. If you think that
buying things willl make you happy you are doomed to misery.


Why oh why does this newsgroup attract so many miserable sods.
Take no notice May. I have bought many things that make me very happy.
My house and garden being at the top of my happy purchases list.
Sitting here looking out of the den winnow in between working on the
computer I can see a whole array of shrubs some of which I bought whilst
shopping, they also make me happy. I may have bought the original tiny
specimen in a pot, but it was me that decided where to plant it, how to
prepare the soil, when to feed it, when to protect it, and how to prune it
into shape.

So come on everyone lets hear your "makes me happy" garden purchases, and
drown out the miserable sods.

Mike
(very happy today)


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"Muddymike" wrote after "may" wrote via gardenbanter.co.uk..instead of
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Hi, i am not a gardener as such ,but i am slowly becoming addicted
to clematis , if i see one I JUST HAVE TO BUY IT so i think i may
have the bug.[...]


Gardening and shopping are not at all the same thing. If you think that
buying things willl make you happy you are doomed to misery.


Why oh why does this newsgroup attract so many miserable sods.
Take no notice May. I have bought many things that make me very happy.
My house and garden being at the top of my happy purchases list.
Sitting here looking out of the den winnow in between working on the
computer I can see a whole array of shrubs some of which I bought whilst
shopping, they also make me happy. I may have bought the original tiny
specimen in a pot, but it was me that decided where to plant it, how to
prepare the soil, when to feed it, when to protect it, and how to prune it
into shape.

So come on everyone lets hear your "makes me happy" garden purchases, and
drown out the miserable sods.


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means the growing season is starting. :-)

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Muddymike wrote:
"may" wrote in message
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Hi, i am not a gardener as such ,but i am slowly becoming addicted
to clematis , if i see one I JUST HAVE TO BUY IT so i think i may
have the bug.[...]

Gardening and shopping are not at all the same thing. If you think that
buying things willl make you happy you are doomed to misery.


Why oh why does this newsgroup attract so many miserable sods.
Take no notice May. I have bought many things that make me very happy.
My house and garden being at the top of my happy purchases list.
Sitting here looking out of the den winnow in between working on the
computer I can see a whole array of shrubs some of which I bought whilst
shopping, they also make me happy. I may have bought the original tiny
specimen in a pot, but it was me that decided where to plant it, how to
prepare the soil, when to feed it, when to protect it, and how to prune it
into shape.

So come on everyone lets hear your "makes me happy" garden purchases, and
drown out the miserable sods.

Mike
(very happy today)



What do you expect with a northerly wind blowing?
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Muddymike says...
I have bought many things that make me very happy.
My house and garden being at the top of my happy purchases list.

Mike
(very happy today)


Gardening is mostly happy purchases. Especially plants
which have been nurtured from tiny plants or seeds for many
years into magnificent plants. My "happiest" plants were
ones grown for free from seed - a huge phormium, some
amaryllis by cross pollination and some oak trees I grew
from seed at my fathers house forty years ago. Many others
too.

I'm now watching with delight a Gunnera Manicata bought a
couple of years ago as a small specimen, it is up again
after the Winter frosts and probably won't be many years
before I can shelter under its huge leaves. That is the joy
of gardening to me.
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So come on everyone lets hear your "makes me happy" garden purchases, and
drown out the miserable sods.

Mike
(very happy today)[/QUOTE]
thank you for that, i thought it was me , i looked over my post and thought i must have said something to offend , but couldnnt for the life of me see what i did to offend anyone . so i am glad to see that there are some happy people on here such as yourself .


i am only just getting into gardening over the last few years and only just started to post in gardening forums .


so gardening is new to me ,and the forum side of it too.

so i am on a steep learning curve in more ways than one .


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thank you for that, i thought it was me , i looked over my post and thought i must have said something to offend , but couldnnt for the life of me see what i did to offend anyone . so i am glad to see that there are some happy people on here such as yourself .


i am only just getting into gardening over the last few years and only just started to post in gardening forums .


so gardening is new to me ,and the forum side of it too.

so i am on a steep learning curve in more ways than one .
whaý not leran to grwo them so you donot have to buy it all the time
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