tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8080816235590144089.post5414914479039708681..comments2024-03-29T09:48:58.255+01:00Comments on My Life in Flip Flops: Letting it happenJennyffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08133651986287619972noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8080816235590144089.post-31260784172613281662021-06-08T10:24:51.582+01:002021-06-08T10:24:51.582+01:00My garden has had to fend for itself this year and...My garden has had to fend for itself this year and is decidedly overgrown. Yet all the perennials pop up without me lifting a finger. Nature is amazing.josiekittenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15785710144572421726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8080816235590144089.post-66895289930469316782021-06-08T04:52:17.702+01:002021-06-08T04:52:17.702+01:00I grew up in Northern Illinois where daffodils and...I grew up in Northern Illinois where daffodils and tulips do well in spring. Then married and moved to South Texas where they do not, but amaryllis do. One older lady of the community had them planted in the garden that surrounded her modest house. It was a sight to behold in spring. I'm hoping the ones I've planted outside here (Oklahoma) will take. At least they made it through the winter, although they don't look like they will bloom this spring. Enjoy your blooms!Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14217649175025066003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8080816235590144089.post-70200069979809825782021-06-06T20:56:08.844+01:002021-06-06T20:56:08.844+01:00Oh I would love to stay in an eco-friendly place l...Oh I would love to stay in an eco-friendly place like that. It's something that has always interested me. And my friend gave me a beautiful amaryllis for my birthday but I thought it was an indoor plant. Either way I cut it back when it died off and it does seem to be coming back but I would LOVE to have it grow outside. Trouble is, I'd be afraid the cold would get it!Treadershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08613671137557939083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8080816235590144089.post-12055582757481857002021-06-06T20:49:02.996+01:002021-06-06T20:49:02.996+01:00Gardening does need to be less regimented and more...Gardening does need to be less regimented and more relaxed! Let the plants tell us instead.gzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08034777779347889773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8080816235590144089.post-38100476002854581502021-06-06T17:42:32.583+01:002021-06-06T17:42:32.583+01:00The more I weed, the more weeds I see so I think I...The more I weed, the more weeds I see so I think I need to be more accepting of weeds! Especially if they flower or fit in with the rest of the greenery! Ellen D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03776803182673252265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8080816235590144089.post-89451564910527606762021-06-06T14:11:43.177+01:002021-06-06T14:11:43.177+01:00I think many of the best most famous gardens follo...I think many of the best most famous gardens follow that philosophy.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8080816235590144089.post-36270492150068280762021-06-06T13:52:19.017+01:002021-06-06T13:52:19.017+01:00I don't mess with my plants much, I don't ...I don't mess with my plants much, I don't dig the boarders, just add farmyard manure and a mulch, I don't suffer with too many weeds either, mine is a tiny garden and I do have loads of pots for bedding plants and things which don't do well in clay. Here in UK my unheated greenhouse is always full over winter. Poppypatchworkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12749159567150084975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8080816235590144089.post-42477284764471341822021-06-06T13:45:35.670+01:002021-06-06T13:45:35.670+01:00One thing we have discovered chez nous is that our...One thing we have discovered chez nous is that our approach to gardening has to be completely different to in the UK. We will have been away for ten months, the longest time ever, and fully expect there will be plants that have not survived, others that will have just done their own thing! We have to go with the flow, as fighting it is pointless! Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09726164724131916224noreply@blogger.com