Moan, moan, moan----get it off your chest or have a chat

[rob krejzl]

Donald sodding Trump. AAAAARGH!!!     Sorry, this may not mean much to overseas forumists. The Scots will know what I mean.

Martin,

One of our golf courses is a last remnant of unimproved native grassland and a refuge for several otherwise threatened orchids. One can only hope....

[Anthony Darby]

Wasn't there a colony of rare sedge (Carex sp.) at the Swilcan Bridge, St Andrews Old Course that was wiped out by enthusiastic greens people before the last Open there?

[Maggi Young]

Just received this from a friend who found it in another forum.... it was posted in the forum pages of the Pacific Bulb Society  by Carolyn Craft, who was, in turn passing it on........in the sprit of helping forumists, I think it MUST be repeated here......most of us need all the help we can get!!..........
„Ring,  ring...Hello! and welcome to the Gardener's Psychiatric  hotline.
If you are  buying plants, yet have no space or time to plant them, you are 
obsessive-compulsive.  Please press 1  repeatedly.
If you want  someone else to do the digging, you are co-dependent.  Please
ask  someone to press 2.
If you will  plant anything and everything, you have multiple personalities. 
 Please press 3, 4, and 5.
If you are sure  the sun, rain, bugs, and plant diseases are out to get you,
you are  paranoid delusional.  We know who you are and what you want..just 
stay on the line so we can trace the call.
If you are sure  the flowers are talking to you, listen carefully and a
little voice will  tell you which button to press.
If you can't  throw away a plant, even if it is dying, you are
manic-depressive and it  doesn't matter which button you press.
If you think  your garden is being attacked by evil spirits, press  6-6-6.
If you continue  to plant only flowers with fragrance, you are nasally
fixated.   Please press the scratch-and-sniff button.
If you  occasionally hallucinate and know that this year your garden is going
to  look as good or better than Martha Stewart's please be aware that the 
thing you are now holding to the side of your head is alive and is about  to
bite your ear.“
 

[ichristie]

Dear Maggie, thank you, we all need a good laugh, it seems like we have many forms of madness amongst gardeners well I have them all and live very happily knowing that .Out in the big wide world the powers that be who are supposed to look after the interest of the world well that is definately another real form of madness, cheers Ian the Christie kind.

[Anthony Darby]

I used to wonder why didn't we get (Earl Haig Fund) poppies with a leaf. Now I realise that our poppies are more botanically correct.

[JohnnyD]

Dear Maggi,
The piece you quote is OK but it has left Clare & I arguing over which is who between us! (Did that make sense?)

[ranunculus]

If you concentrate on mini-gardens then press the miniscule button on the base ...

If you live with a mini-gardener then press the eject button!   

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[JohnnyD]

Cheers Buttercup

[gote]

I once got my diagnose:
"HORTOMANIAC! "
is what a friend called me.
Göte

[Paul T]

My wife calls my friends and I "Garden-o-philes". 

[SueG]

I've been called 'a hardcore' gardener before now. . .
Sue

[rogers]

Friends,

Outdoor Entertainment can be arranged both in the winter and the summer season. Special moments can be shared in the garden with our families and friends, which become memories and are cherished throughout our life. So, it’s a great idea to transform our ordinary garden, patio or deck into an extraordinary one. It takes a few hours to spruce up our outdoor space in giving it a wonderful look. It needs to be remembered that the key for having success in outdoor entertainment is in proper planning. There are some useful tips, which should be kept in mind before progressing.
One of the most essential ingredients in creating our Entertaining Stage is the comfortable and elegant sitting/lounge area. It needs to accommodate everything including with some delicious food items, good books and also our favorite cocktail.
One also has to make sure to include a tilt-able sunscreen umbrella, varieties of adjustable chairs, an expandable outdoor-table along with numerous folding side tables, and several loungers.
Personal accessories like seat cushions, lanterns, and rusticated garden ornaments should also include in our Entertaining Area. Inclusion of these accessories usually provides a stimulating and beautiful view as if like a piece of heaven.

Edited by the Moderator to remove website url.  Blatant advertising 

[David Nicholson]

Now if there is anything in life I would really like it's a personalised seat cushion   I've read some 'twaddle' in my life but the above takes some bettering!

[annew]

It wouldn't leave much room for troughs would it? Our idea of entertainment in the garden is trying to carry a new frame from the shed to its new position without falling in the pond.

[Maggi Young]

Friends, we are not too happy with folks who register for the forum just to use it for advertising  purposes, but in this case, I think the reaction already shown says it all!