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    The Gardening Confessions Thread

    A few of my horticultural horrors......:

    -I tried to propagate rudbeckia by way of root cuttings

    -I massacred a helenium in full-flower thinking it was a weed

    -I tried to take cuttings from crocosmias.....going as far as potting them up and waiting for weeks!

    In my defence I was very much a newcomer to gardening when these occurred.

    Have you got any confessions?
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    I weeded out all my Rebeckia seedlings and left some very pretty leaved weeds!!
    "Nicos, Queen of Gooooogle" and... GYO's own Miss Marple

    Location....Normandy France

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      I slung snails into the next door allotment after he complained about my manure heaping smelling when he was in his green house.....three weeks later he had the cheek to ask where I got my manure as he wanted some
      Karen

      Nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool
      Even a journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step!

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        In the first year of living here, I weeded out a load of wall flowers. Whoopsie...

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          I always throw snails over the fence. It's up to them to find their way home.

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            I pulled out my Cardoon seedlings thinking they were thistles! Thankfully one survived!
            My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order
            to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)

            Diversify & prosper


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              Hoed out a row of parsnip seedlings - didn't notice and thought they were weeds.
              Whooops - now what are the dogs getting up to?

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                i have never ever done anything silly at all in my garden.........ever................
                http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...gs/jardiniere/

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                  I thought couch grass would make a nice edge to my beds.
                  I planted mint in between the spuds one year (not confined in a pot, either)
                  I used freshly cut raspberry canes as pea sticks (they all rooted)

                  oh, and many others
                  All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by Jardiniere View Post
                    i have never ever done anything silly at all in my garden.........ever................
                    hmm...except locate it next to a flooding river!!!
                    "Nicos, Queen of Gooooogle" and... GYO's own Miss Marple

                    Location....Normandy France

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                      i didnt locate it... it was there before me.............
                      http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...gs/jardiniere/

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                        Originally posted by Jardiniere View Post
                        i didnt locate it... it was there before me.............
                        yeh yeh!!!..but I have to say...you've one a wonderful job!!!!
                        "Nicos, Queen of Gooooogle" and... GYO's own Miss Marple

                        Location....Normandy France

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by Two_Sheds View Post
                          I thought couch grass would make a nice edge to my beds.
                          I planted mint in between the spuds one year (not confined in a pot, either)
                          I used freshly cut raspberry canes as pea sticks (they all rooted)

                          oh, and many others
                          That is how I discovered how easy it is to root blackcurrent cuttings. My neighbours were delighted.
                          Flowers come in too many colours to see the world in black-and-white.

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                            When helping my runner beans run up their support,I realised the most stubborn to run one...which therefore got the most time spent on...was actually bindweed!!!

                            A couple of nights ago Andi was wondering what herb had sprung up near the compost...he gave me a few leaves & I gave them a good rub in my hands to try to emit the scent...turned out they were stinging nettles!!!

                            I must add that both these mistakes were made towards the end of the day as the light was surrendering to night!
                            the fates lead him who will;him who won't they drag.

                            Happiness is not having what you want,but wanting what you have.xx

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                              Originally posted by andi&di View Post
                              I must add that both these mistakes were made towards the end of the day as the light was surrendering to night!
                              And the 2 bottles of wine had nothing to do with it.........
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