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Post by JennyWrenn on Mar 13, 2007 18:18:20 GMT
35. GF will like a plant for her birthday and as it is so nice I must get one for me too  Nice to see you Juliet, and ZW and Isabella are forgiven and can come off the naughty step ;D |
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Post by Juliet on Mar 13, 2007 18:31:57 GMT
Hi Jenny, nice to see you too! I was so shattered last night, I needed a break from all the estate agents' websites! 36 R has taken the trouble to drive me all the way to the GC so I'd better buy something or he'll think it was a wasted journey  OK, back to the grindstone ... |
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Post by Plocket on Mar 13, 2007 18:52:02 GMT
Hia Juliet! How's the house hunting going? Any joy yet?
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Post by Juliet on Mar 13, 2007 19:08:18 GMT
Hi Plocket, We've only seen 4 houses so far - two had big gardens ;D but the houses needed too much work  , the other two were nice but the gardens were a bit small. I think it will take a while to find somewhere suitable, but our house isn't on the market yet, so we're not in too much of a hurry - hope to have it on the market in about a fortnight. The time consuming thing (apart from the list of 70 or so things we need to do in the next fortnight  ), & the reason I'm not on the boards much at the moment, is going through all the estate agent's websites - some are much more user-friendly than others! |
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Post by Plocket on Mar 13, 2007 19:12:31 GMT
Hia Juliet! You sound very cheerful about it though Juliet. I really do hope you find the perfect home and manage to sell your house quickly. I was thinking about you the other day so I'm glad you checked in. Keep us posted!  Px |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 13, 2007 20:20:08 GMT
Thanks Jenny.....oops on the naughty step again but forgiven at last! 37.....I must have plants, plants and more plants.... 38.....Oooooh more plants...i must have one of those! |
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Post by Juliet on Mar 13, 2007 22:38:24 GMT
Thanks Plocket - nice to be thought about Ziggy - that sounds like one serious addiction!  |
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Post by Jonah on Mar 14, 2007 21:28:51 GMT
Well I had to go to the diy store today to try and find a sonic rat repellant. They didn't have what I wanted, so I bought geranium ballerina, physalis and a few more pulsatillas. And I only spent £10! |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2007 2:07:55 GMT
Thanks Plocket - nice to be thought about Ziggy - that sounds like one serious addiction! Hmmmm it sure is...at the mo i've got plants in the bath, sink, floor and anywhere else i can squeeze em in pots to grow on!.....and got another 160 ready to prick out into small pots...will have to wait for the weekend for those to be done. ;D |
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Post by isabella on Mar 15, 2007 4:43:41 GMT
I am just waiting for my plug plants to arrive - about 500 in all - busy lizzies,Illumination begonias,blue salvias,laurentia and Vanilla marigolds  ;D 39. plug plants save a lot of work and worry about seeds germinating 40......... |
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Post by JennyWrenn on Mar 15, 2007 6:39:42 GMT
40. Isabella has so many plants; I must keep up I must keep up have to keep on buying to keep up, to keep up........cant let the Board down 41... (Saw pix of your garden Isabella so can imagine you must have to buy this amount to fill all your baskets and tubs ;D) |
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Post by isabella on Mar 17, 2007 20:42:59 GMT
Sorry but I had to buy 3 Ferns and a Brachyglottis today ;D ;D ;D
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Post by Deleted on Mar 23, 2008 20:17:14 GMT
41......I needed some cash back and the GC was the nearest place, unfortunately I had to buy something
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Post by Chuckles on Mar 23, 2008 20:49:47 GMT
Hi Manicmower cheers for resurecting this thread it's that time of year again when we go GC mad ;D Wonder how long it will get to 100 excuses for buying plants 42...... Oooh haven't got one of those, maybe I'll get a couple ;D 43....... |
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Post by Amo on Mar 23, 2008 21:12:41 GMT
I didn't see this one on my initial travels!! 43... But Darling, one simply must plant in 5's, 7's and 9's!  44... |
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Post by Auricula on Mar 23, 2008 21:41:34 GMT
I went to a GC on thursday and bought £120 worth of shrubs and perennials. On Saturday I went to a specialist nursery and bought £60 worth of plants - then we had the worst spell of weather of the year, so everything is sheltering in the greenhouse and I can't get through the door!! Hope weather improves soon, so I can get planting!! |
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Post by prodigal gardener on Mar 23, 2008 21:57:15 GMT
44. It followed me home, so I planted it 45. |
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Post by Juliet on Mar 23, 2008 22:36:11 GMT
 I like that one, Karlslass ... makes it sound as though it might be a triffid though!
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Post by Tig on Mar 24, 2008 0:15:31 GMT
45. I saw it ... so I bought it (it must fit in somewhere in my planting scheme?) ..
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Post by prodigal gardener on Mar 24, 2008 8:52:54 GMT
I like that one, Karlslass ... makes it sound as though it might be a triffid though! Plants quite often appear in my car and I have no recollection of buying them, so I surmise that they like me so much they follow me home  Of course after their difficult journey it would be churlish of me not to plant them wouldn't it  |
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Post by Barbara on Mar 24, 2008 10:02:47 GMT
i'm off to the gc in a mo. going to buy plug plants for my baskets. and look around in case i see something i havent got have to have lunch at a nice pub,so, a grand day out i hope |
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Post by Barbara on Mar 24, 2008 13:48:46 GMT
well ibought, a blue phlox, a blue campanula, and for my baskets, bacopa, begonias, diasicas, petunia, tumbelina, nemisia, pelagoniums, and about a hundred lobelia seedlings. i also bought lettuce seeds, and more sweet pea seeds. its enough to be going on with |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 24, 2008 19:52:51 GMT
Think I'm coming down with a mystery illness......visited a GC and DIY store and didnt even come home with a packet of seeds.
Is it curable??
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Post by Juliet on Mar 24, 2008 20:13:52 GMT
It's just a temporary affliction, Manic, don't worry - see post 15 on page 1 of this thread |
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Post by Yakram on Mar 24, 2008 20:33:30 GMT
Hello fellow plantaholics - glad you're not anonymous!  OH thinks I'm President of the Plant Rescue Society, too. ;D There is a sort of cure to our affliction, which works some of the time. That is to become very very specialist. Another cure is to work as a volunteer in a kitchen garden and have to fill all the pots and trays needed to prick out 300 lettuces, or 1200 sea pinks, or 1200 forget-me-nots, etc., on your volunteer day. Wouldn't have it any other way though.  |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 24, 2008 21:04:38 GMT
I don't need an excuse !!!!! ;D
Px
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Post by Deleted on Apr 5, 2008 21:39:59 GMT
Hi all
My name is Michaella, I live in the Uk, I am totally addicted to gardening, the only reading I do if not the Bible, is gardening books and magazine, my main tv viewing is gardening programmes. I just cannot get enough of it. I am also very excited about this site, I am new here.
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Post by Tig on Apr 5, 2008 22:43:17 GMT
Hi Michaella  GWD is a diverse mix of gardening enthusiasts, from novice to professionals We all just try to help one another get the best from our gardening efforts, and have a few laughs in the process. If you want any help, just ask - if you feel you can help someone else who has a query jump in. x Tig |
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Post by Shrubrose on Apr 6, 2008 7:04:27 GMT
Welcome Michaella. Hope you jump in as Tig says, we're a friendly bunch! |
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, the other two were nice but the gardens were a bit small. I think it will take a while to find somewhere suitable, but our house isn't on the market yet, so we're not in too much of a hurry - hope to have it on the market in about a fortnight. The time consuming thing (apart from the list of 70 or so things we need to do in the next fortnight 
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