Saturday, 1 February 2020

A lovely day for gardening

It's warm and sunny with quite a blowy wind today. Tony has gone off to watch a football match in Manchester and I spent an hour in the garden just having a general tidy up. We bought a load of pansies last year but Tony never got around to planting them so I spent a while planting some of them today. Poor things are flowering their little hearts out and can now stretch their toes out into some good earth. I really noticed a huge improvement in my stability while gardening. In November I was really unsteady on my poorly leg while trying to do a bit of gardening. Today it was much stronger and I was able to bend at the waist without feeling as though I would topple into the hedge. Speaking of hedges. Does anyone have any experience of growing one? I keep reading that we should cut it back by a third in order for it to bush out. It seems such a same to cut off that much growth when it is still hardly more than a line of twigs.
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  1. jenny_o2 February 2020 at 01:01

    I think you could prune the hedge plants just a little instead - not take a full third - if they are small to begin with. It's great that you have noticed an improvement in your leg. I find that's a good way to compare strength and agility - by doing something you haven't done since last month or last season. It can be hard to see a change day by day but it's clearer with a longer gap.

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  2. Joy2 February 2020 at 07:09

    I don't know anything about hedges but you have kindly given me a focus for my walk this morning. I will go to the garden centre and see if they have nanything nice that I can pop in my front bed (or the back bed, come to that).
    Thanks.
    xx

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  3. mamasmercantile2 February 2020 at 13:02

    Thrilled you have noticed a difference in your leg, what an improvement.

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  4. Chris2 February 2020 at 18:39

    Well done you gardening, definitely progress on the hip. I need to get out to our garden too I use a spade dug in beside me to hold on to, to keep my balance.

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  5. EmmaT5 February 2020 at 10:30

    Its lovely to get into the garden this time of year, when all the bulbs are coming through and new shoots beginning to appear, a nice day after all the rainy ones is good to get out. Emma

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