It's all in my head!

use the goy garden pages here to log the plant with a photo. then you can 'tag' it and know exactly where it is and what it looks like when not in flower. I use it and it is a great help.
sorry to hear you are not 100% fit though. its so unfair when our body lets us down.

I know it's a struggle coping when we have disabilities, and also when there are things on our minds. It makes it very difficult to consentrate and then we can become forgetful.
And it's not the way we look but the way we feel.
I'm sure it has helped you to write it all down. I know it does with me. It helps to sort things out in your mind.
Being in the garden also helps. I hope we have a nice spring so that we can all get on with it :o)

Thanks folks, I do not want to appear downcast, the fact that I have a garden at all is worth living for, I have a lot going for me, it is just a struggle, but one worth doing. I am my own worst enemy, I take on too much, ask my children, they know all about it, I feel guilty because I am not contributing to society so I try and throw myself into other things. Thanks for the encouragement folks, I will get there, even if I take the scenic route.!!

The scenic route is usually the best route :o)

sometimes it is the only route, but you see life on the way.

You certainly do lol !

Hi Lemondog

I can really sympathis with you regarding your inability to do what you want to because of health problems - I'm just the same.

I just do a bit at a time and what doesn't get done just doesn't get done.

Writing things down on paper always helps me enormously, if only to sort my brain out - I am so forgetful these days it's the only way I can remember everything.

Send us some photos when you get going with your garden - it's always interesting to see other peoples' gardens, especially those who are a similar position to me.

Thanks Mariek, I will post the photos when the time comes. I could not do any gardening today as it was too cold and my sinuses and neck were too painful, so I stayed in a painted an Iris.

Sorry to hear that your not feeling 100% at the moment Lemondog, hope you will be feeling better soon! Can't wait to see the photos of the new prairie look, it sounds good!

Bless you L.dog, you can only do what you can and if your garden and plants please you then that is fine. Dont worry about seeds etc. that is hard work, take the easy option and send for or buy the plants you love and then you will have peace of mind. It is far too cold at the mo. to go out and work so stay in the warm for a while.

Thanks again every one I know it is too cold, but it is hard to change habits made over a life time, I still feel guilty. I have just had an email from my council, I enquired about selling some plants from home and they have oked it as long as it does not get out of hand. That will give me a boost, I can sow things for selling, them I don not have the hard work of planting them all, and it will give me money to buy plants, I am excited.

I'm sorry to hear you're not A1 L.dog , I have a back problem that restricts me from doing as much as I would like .. the selling of your plants sounds a good idea , I love stopping to see what plants people have for sale on the road side ,I might even be stopping at yours one day , we have had a cat coming into our house for this last month eating our cats food it looks just like the one in your Avatar it frightened me to death in the hall last night ... :o)

If the cat is anything like my Ellie, you should be afraid very afraid, she is a deadly killing machine, she lures you in by showing you her lovely fluffy belly and then goes in for the kill. You have to be very brave and give the cat more food, tee hee. sorry could not resist. thanks for your interest Amy, i hope your back improves and that you get good sunny weather with which to enjoy your garden this spring.

Lemondog....I've not visited your blog before but will look in now that I've discovered it :) It is always frustrating when our bodies let us down (I feel much the same with health issues) and you are doing very well to continue and not give up on your enjoyment of your garden.

Your kitty sounds like the boss for sure...a deadly killing machine as you say. I bet she is good company for you though...

I hope you find it interesting and profitable now that you have the ok from your council to sell some of your plants. You will enjoy meeting people that way as well which will cheer you :)

Thanks for your comments but I cannot sell my plants at the moment as I cannot earn any money on incapity bebfit, I have sent off to hold a plant stall for the RSBP in the summer, so that will keep me focused I hope, lovely to hear from you.

Lemondog, I sell plants on my driveway and thru ebay. I have to watch what I earn as cannot go over a certain level. However, I can show that the cost of the seeds/plants and the compost and pots are the same, if not more than what I make. Also, when you are disabled you need therapy and gentle gardening is therapy for many people. So tell the powers that be to bog off, this is your holistic medicine!! Just because you are disabled doesnt mean you have to sit indoors all day looking at four walls, thats ridiculous, you are doing what any sensible person would do, keep active, keep occupied and the interest helps with your memory too.

Thank you so much TT, I will take your advice and act on it, I have been feeling totally useless lately so your words are balm to my soul, thanks again .LD

Have a word with your Doc, tell him how much better you feel, but you are worried about people saying you are not disabled if you can garden. Get him to put it on record that he recommends it for your mental wellbeing, although it doesnt alter your physical disability. You can only potter for a given amount of time.

Thanks TT, I am lucky with my doctor, he listens!

Now that IS a blessing!!