how to make a fool of myself.

We all have to start somewhere Donna, I had no interest in gardening until my children were of the 'I'll eat that, never mind what it is in the garden' age ! Bit by bit, I learned plant flowering seasons, what I liked/disliked and I remember taking a 'plant' into the office for I.D. only to be told it was a weed ! Oh, how upset I was, it had a tiny blue flower on with a nice leaf shape but turned out to be 'birdseye' or Speedwell. You need to get the tap root of the Dock (Rumex) right out of the ground to eradicate it. I wish you every success with your gardening.

Don't worry we all had to start somewhere and I guess many on here have done the same - my Dad planted loads of bulbs he found in the greenhouse one year and yes in the front garden we had loads of onions appear!!

Welcome to goy Donna and don`t be to sad, we`ve all done it in our time.

and use the garden part here on goy. you can put photos with each plant you add to the list. I have found it invaluable.

Well, one unknown plant is nothing in comparison to all the ones you do know, - so try not to feel too bad about it. You will learn mor here aswell, and also be able to share your knowledge with other members. Isn't that wonderful :o))

Sorry Donna,but It made me smile too,as we all have done things like this.My first attempt at seeds were very successful,yes I did the whole packet.! I then frantically begged everyone at work to save me their plastic cups from the vending machine,as couldn't afford anything else.I ended up with at least 100 cups on every available window ledge,my mum wasn't very pleased.Lol.However,one by one,they died off,till I was left with just one little plant.Even my mum was willing this little thing to survive....and survive it did..and one morning,it flowered..the most pretty little Dandelion you ever saw :o)))
We were just hysterical with laughter.So Donna,that was my first foray into gardening,and from then on,I loved learning about it...Keep going,girl,and all will
be ok in the end :o)))

welcome from me too Donna, as everyone has said you will learn..
lol GS nothing wrong with onions... lol Bloomer..

Hi Donna
When I was a teenager I decided to grow a tomato plant in my parents front room ie the important room. The windows were south facing and I hoped it would get more sun there. I visited it each day, pricked out the side shoots, fed it, but no fruit appeared. Eventually I went on holiday and when I returned I visited my tomato plant to discover it had a perfect, red tomato. Alas it was plastic!! My father had put it there as a joke. The plant never produced any tomatoes and
I have never grow tomatoes since.

Chin up we have all done it Donna. At my first dinner party after I had started my first garden from builders rubble, I was proudly showing guests my new 'Cotton Easter Plant' I was so red faced when I was corrected as it was 'Cotoneaster'.
The pleasure comes from learning what you like and how to nurture it.

My biggest booboo lasted quite a number of years to sort out, I remember when we first moved in here I bought a packet of different herbs and sowed them , they really disappointed me as hardly any of them came up, I knew hardly anything about herbs and didn`t even recognize some of them, however in years to come I was overun in that particular plot with some weird and wonderful weeds and some of them took a couple of years to eradicate, I found out later that I had destroyed my herb garden.......