Howdy!

16 Oct '06 10:57 am

My name's Anna and I'm a Hamiltonian (NZer)and I've been on the lookout for a gardening forum.
I think you'll do nicely. Very Happy

My current garden is still very much a work in progress. We've only been here 2 years and I spent the first year of that recovering from a broken leg (excuses, excuses!) and this winter has seen me hibernate as I'm a sissy who doesn't like the cold.
This however has not put my weeds off which are growing splendidly and I can boast some of the most impressive grass, dandelion and buttercup, and it shouldn't be long before the thistle rears its ugly head.
Yay.

I do love the look of your site Moosey. You have a beautiful garden and I covet it in a bad way. Very Happy

So don't be surprised if my place becomes a near carbon copy of yours. Laughing

Anyhoo, nice to meet you all and now I'm off to peruse the forums. Smile

16 Oct '06 5:13 pm

Welcome, Anna! Send us some pix of your garden, please - and visit whenever you like! You'll meet some wonderful gardeners from over the seas, as well as some of us NZers!

17 Oct '06 12:19 am

I like your attitude, Anna! I think I will like your garden as well!
(And remember: share the work-in-progress and the failures, not just the triumphs)

Looking forward to seeing and reading more
Jack

17 Oct '06 4:21 am

Always nice to meet new gardening folk. I would just like to set you straight. An excuses is something that has no merit. Reasons are why things happen the way they do. Things unfold in a certain way for a reason. The unfortunate thing is we can't aways see the reason.

There. I had my say. Rolling Eyes

The master procrastinator,
Christopher

17 Oct '06 8:16 am

Thank ee kindly for the welcome. Smile

As to procrastinating, I'm a great believer in 'never do today what you can put off until tomorrow'. That's the motto I live by. Very Happy

I don't currently have any garden piccies to share but will rectify that once I can figure out how to use the digital camera (Bit of a technophobe!) or persuade hubby to take 'em for me.

We're on a lifestyle block of an acre and a quarter but the section was bare when we bought it so we're starting from scratch. Please don't expect too much. It's early days yet. And while 'I' am the gardener in the family, hubby and I don't always see eye to eye on where things should go so consequently nothing gets done. We have upteen plants sitting, waiting for a home but can't agree on where 'I' am allowed to plant them. Razz

Ah well... Very Happy

Anyhoo... it's a lovely, though extremely cold (brrrr...) day, and I do intend to get out and pull some of those weeds mentioned earlier.
If only I could get off my chair...
Must get off my chair...
Must...

Um...

17 Oct '06 1:51 pm

Have you ever thought, Anna, of camping out in the garden, in the middle of the bit you want to work on next? Have a thermos of tea, or whatever, out there, and stagger out of your tent and into the garden work. Hee hee.

Christopher, this may not work in flutterng snow. Snow! There are amazing differences in our weathers, if that is grammatical enough to be understood!

17 Oct '06 8:41 pm

Welcome to ...our gardens! And your garden, completed or not, finished or not, it belongs to our gardens already! It is loved and cherished, like all gardens here in this site! And just wait and see: you'll be hugely inspired by all these gardens!

By the way: I enjoy your expressive, original, humorous, writing style! Thank you , Anna! And welcome, again --- sorry to be late on this...

18 Oct '06 2:43 pm

Better late than never. And it's lovely to be here. Smile

As to my beloved yet sadly neglected garden, the camping out idea might be the only way to get me motivated. With the freezing cold snap we've had of late that would be my incentive. Finish 'this' spot or spend another night out in the cold! Very Happy

18 Oct '06 8:38 pm

Hello Anna and WELCOME! Smile

Take it slow and steady, don't feel pressured and please yourself first otherwise you please no one, that's my two cents worth! Rolling Eyes

Regarding photography, I've always relied on my other half to photograph whatever I want because I've no confidence in my ability to do so. However, with his kind encouragement and insistence that I learn, I've started taking snaps since 4 months ago and am enjoying every moment of it. The best thing about digital camera is you can keep snapping the same scene at varying angles and then delete the whole lot or just retain the few that you like or start all over again. It's really fun, I think! Very Happy

19 Oct '06 12:34 am

Hi Anna and yet another Welcome from another forum-ite!

Hee hee, I like the camping out idea - perhaps that's what's needed in my garden too!

Hope you enjoy your time here as much as the rest of us do! Smile

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