Dads are great. I've had such a hard time lately, but my Dad travelled 6 hours today (return journey) to come up and give me some company and helped me with my gardening as I had been a bit overwhelmed over the last two weeks and my potting on and sowing had got very behind.
We havent always had a smooth relationship but he was really there for me today.
We did some bonding over the flowerpots, had a lovely lunch and a cider together and he talked through all my growing plans with me. He gave me loads of information about growing conditions, times to sow things, where to site things, watering, compost etc. All the stuff that he had built up and learnt himself but I hadnt learnt yet.
He potted on some of my peppers, morning glories and french beans for me, sowed some runner beans, sunflowers and nasturtiums and showed me how to pot on my leeks properly and thin them out instead of just planting everything in big clumps like I usually do!
I gave him some pepper plants, leek seedlings and celery seeds in exchange. I am now back in control of my veggie growing thanks to my Dad, but more importantly I just felt like we really shared something special.
I know this sounds soppy and sorry for the long post, but its amazing what gardening (and Dads) can do for the soul. x
We havent always had a smooth relationship but he was really there for me today.
We did some bonding over the flowerpots, had a lovely lunch and a cider together and he talked through all my growing plans with me. He gave me loads of information about growing conditions, times to sow things, where to site things, watering, compost etc. All the stuff that he had built up and learnt himself but I hadnt learnt yet.
He potted on some of my peppers, morning glories and french beans for me, sowed some runner beans, sunflowers and nasturtiums and showed me how to pot on my leeks properly and thin them out instead of just planting everything in big clumps like I usually do!
I gave him some pepper plants, leek seedlings and celery seeds in exchange. I am now back in control of my veggie growing thanks to my Dad, but more importantly I just felt like we really shared something special.
I know this sounds soppy and sorry for the long post, but its amazing what gardening (and Dads) can do for the soul. x
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