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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!!!

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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!!!

You're very welcome I'm sure

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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

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"Gill Osborne" wrote in
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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,

Forgive me for jumping in on Franz but I didn't see your original post

Welcome Gill. You will find very knowledgeable, kind, helpful people here.
I don;t post often but I do read everything and learn a lot:))

Ophelia
Scotland

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Gill Osborne wrote:

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!!!
And I'm sure I'll learn a lot listening to your posts!

Welcome, and beware of lurking colonists.

Cold, black, windy, "spitting" a little rain from time to time. Good thing
the garlic is in the shelter of the garage waiting to be trimmed and
weighed...

Cheers!


Gary Woods AKA K2AHC- PGP key on request, or at www.albany.net/~gwoods
Zone 5/6 in upstate New York, 1200' elevation. NY WO G

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Cold, black, windy, "spitting" a little rain from time to time. Good thing
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Humph! You can send some of that there 'spitting' here to East Angular.

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Cold, black, windy, "spitting" a little rain from time to time.
Good thing
the garlic is in the shelter of the garage waiting to be trimmed and
weighed...

Humph! You can send some of that there 'spitting' here to East Angular.

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to about 20 cm. Where left - like concrete. 2 days rain in 4 months.
Still no hosepipe ban tho.

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