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I guess I should put my rhyme where my mouth is, so to speak...
I have to admit, I love pests and diseases. I have always loved to dig in the garden but seldom stayed long enough to care too much for planting and designing a garden. I like going into dreadful gardens, clearing, burning and leaving something that can be worked with. I love to build things, too.
About four or five years ago I woke up one morning and said, "I'm going to college". Quickly enrolling on an RHS course at Rodbaston, in the midlands. It was a night course which suited this rather older fellow, long past his garden clearing best. I have recently signed to the RHS level 3 on line as Rodbaston are not offering such a course.
Pest and disease was always a concern when i decided to grow my own and is perhaps the greatest linking factor of all gardeners and growers alike, even the best suffer at a blight or aphid outbreak. So I imagine I will live most of my time on this site in the pest and disease threads, learning and sharing anything interesting I discover while reading books old and new.
anyway the rhyme.
Beginnings.
The seeds are sprouting in the trays,
and soil is warming under sun,
I grow my own, it's all the craze,
and tasty work, abundant fun.
It's free and fresh, as is the air,
rewarding way beyond some dreams,
and if the season plays it fair,
I'll find rewards from planting schemes.
Across the land a buzz explodes,
as sunlight feeds depleted zing,
and in me sunlight spurs and goads,
as winter fails her fight with spring.
And with free seeds from Grow your own,
I may no longer feel alone...
Buying the GYO magazine may turn out to be one of the better moves I have made.
I look forward to learning a great deal.
Tptp
I have to admit, I love pests and diseases. I have always loved to dig in the garden but seldom stayed long enough to care too much for planting and designing a garden. I like going into dreadful gardens, clearing, burning and leaving something that can be worked with. I love to build things, too.
About four or five years ago I woke up one morning and said, "I'm going to college". Quickly enrolling on an RHS course at Rodbaston, in the midlands. It was a night course which suited this rather older fellow, long past his garden clearing best. I have recently signed to the RHS level 3 on line as Rodbaston are not offering such a course.
Pest and disease was always a concern when i decided to grow my own and is perhaps the greatest linking factor of all gardeners and growers alike, even the best suffer at a blight or aphid outbreak. So I imagine I will live most of my time on this site in the pest and disease threads, learning and sharing anything interesting I discover while reading books old and new.
anyway the rhyme.
Beginnings.
The seeds are sprouting in the trays,
and soil is warming under sun,
I grow my own, it's all the craze,
and tasty work, abundant fun.
It's free and fresh, as is the air,
rewarding way beyond some dreams,
and if the season plays it fair,
I'll find rewards from planting schemes.
Across the land a buzz explodes,
as sunlight feeds depleted zing,
and in me sunlight spurs and goads,
as winter fails her fight with spring.
And with free seeds from Grow your own,
I may no longer feel alone...
Buying the GYO magazine may turn out to be one of the better moves I have made.
I look forward to learning a great deal.
Tptp
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