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Linda Slow Growing in Scotland's avatar

This has very much been my experience in north east Scotland. Hoeing is a joke - the hoe sliding along the top of solid mud. Lavender plants I grew on from the microscopic "special offer" plants that arrived in the post are looking very sorry for themselves. I would love to be continuing with clearing the overgrown borders I've inherited, but I'm pulling out so much soil with the roots that it's not worth it. On the plus side, I had absolute tree trunks of Cosmos, and the kale is a forest. My apple crop has been the best ever. We have also had much less in the way of gales in this north eastern corner. You are quite right about the emotional downs as well as ups of gardening - so much of gardening social media these days features the stylish and manically happy people who have only just discovered gardening and look! perfect bountiful crops. Thank you for the realistic but still uplifting gardening writing.

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Jack Wallington's avatar

Thanks Linda, I think it's important to show the downs, it's real. I don't believe a lot of what I see on social, or often it's people who are growing crops full time or with teams, which isn't realistic for normal people. It's useful to learn from the downs too :) hope your kale forest is still luscious!

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