Gardening Therapy.

You have been busy. Was your daughter pleased with her Christmas gift. I had something very similar and was ecstatic lol.

Oh yes Sam, it will very helpful as growspace as well when she also has the greenhouse up and running and finds she needs to move things about as they grow and need potting on..

Well done you. Got lots done & feeling better, Great job.

I totally agree with the therapy aspect of gardening, it has helped me through many a down moment.

the guinea pig looks snug in there.

job well done lincslass.

Hi Linclass,you were my first friend request,I,m getting more used to everything now but still learning how to do everything.sorry about your dad is it a recent thing?I lost my dad 6years ago this week, been a walk to the cemetary today,we had a tree planted there in memory of him.

Wow, you must be shattered after all that!!!

I pull myself together in the garden Sbg, my plants know all my woes, lol.
We lost Dad in December Poppy, I planted a tree in my garden, 2yrs back when we lost Mum so have kept some of his ashes to place there with hers, I can sit there and think...
Sheilar it did me a power of good...

Well done Lincslass . . . I'm sorry you've been feeling down, but you've done absolutely the right thing. Just achieving a few jobs in the garden is therapeutic. :)

Our gardens help us heal Linclass, I feel sorry for non-gardeners, where do they go to destress and forget!

As for what youv'e done in your gardens, well done, ive hardly started, a bit of a sweep, im itching, got a small border to empty ready for the pergola :)))
Good weather next week, getting as high as 15c up here by thursday, loads of plans, in my head lol..

Hi Lincslass, I am so glad you are feeling a bit better. and a lovely blog

I'm glad some gardening helped raised your spirits Sue. It's a tough time you've been through. I like that thing your daughter had for Christmas. I wouldn't mind one myself lol.
And isn't it great when everything starts to grow back after the winter :o)

Im please that you were able to get a bit of garden therapy :) It's great that you have all those memories of your dad to keep you going :)
He will be most please things are going to use. I just love that old bird bath.
We all need to 'chat' to someone in the garden I think - I just talk to myself or one of the pets. Although I do have fond memories of my grandad doing his veg etc every year. I wish I had stuck in and learned more :)
Thank you for sharing your private thoughts with us :)

Lovely blog Linc..gardening helps doesnt it :)))))

Hi Lincs, isn`t it a great feeling when you get the first jobs of spring under your belt, and lovely to see the violets and wallflowers heralding whats to come.
The loss of your dad has obviously been hard to come to terms with but I`m sure as time ticks by you will have plenty of happy memories of the times you shared together.

I do so know what you mean Sue. I have been quite poorly for most of January, think it was a delayed reaction I to losing Paul in September, but yesterday i managed to get out and catch up with some of what should have been done in the autumn. It gave me a real lift.It helps to think that keeping things going is what they would have wanted us to do.

Hello Lincs, you're doing exactly the right thing, I lost my Dad 32 years ago but I was only young, a teenager, at the time. It'll get easier, pet, I promise. Just get involved in your lovely garden, it'll help fill your head with nice thoughts.xx

Thanks for the blog, LL, there's not much I can say that hasn't already been said, and probably said better than I could! but gardening is wonderful therapy - getting dirt under your nails and an ache in back and knees and seeing that you're creating something ...

YoungDaisy, this is my very first garden, only tablecloth size and only been here about 18 months - I knew I wanted a garden but I had no idea how much it would de-stress - I used to have houseplants, at one time nearly 100, counting the babies that I potted up when bits fell off the parent while I was repoting them - Spiders, mostly, which I grew to give away. That was good - but this is better!

Nothing like a bit of sun and exercise to make you feel bettwe! Nice work!

Best therapy ever,Lincs..and nice to have your own private thoughts when you are out there,in your own space...:o)

I dont know what I would have done without my garden for many reasons over the past few years. Im sending you a great big hug ((((())))))))))

glad the gardening has helped sue after losing your Dad,
its best to keep busy and keep your chin up, all will be ok sue take care xx

Lots of good work done there, Sue.
I'm glad the gardening therapy has worked for you.

I hope that, as the weather improves, and gardening gets into full swing, you'll feel even better. :o))) xxx

Nothing like a spot of gardening to lift ones spirits, a difficult time when one loses a parent, all the best and keeeeeeeeep gardening!!

When I go out in the garden I never have a plan I just drift from one thing to another - and I find that very reassuring somehow - so any blue thoughts become less stressful - my you look as if you have a plan - ll those pots of plants well underway - thanks for sharing Marigold

go with the flow is the best way to do things at times - I'll go into my garden with a definite aim in mind and four hours later, realise I've done a lot of things, but not the thing I went out to do! But I drifted with the flow of what was there to be done at the time, and that was kind of soothing; interacting with the plants, listening to what they had to tell me and going along with that rather than imposing my will on them

There's nothing like a bit of gardening to lift your spirits and its so nice that you still have your mum and dad in the garden with you.

I did laugh at the shed being moved four times, Lincs! ... Let's hope this is will be the final home for it ... love those Violets and how lovely to see that early Wallflower ... mine have lovely foliage but not many buds so far ... I agree with all the comments on gardening being so therapeutic ... just drift off into my own little world ... lol! ... :o)