As I said, I do not garden but I fellowship with a gardener. This morning I went out the front door and suddenly realized I had said "Good Morning" to the daffodils. Is this a sign of senility, am I around the bend or do all gardeners talk to their flowers? I need to know. Desert Rat
There is nothing wrong with talking to the flowers , If they talk back thats when I would start to worry . ps welcome to Gardenstew . 8) Bugs
I always talk to my plants especially when I put a new one in the ground. Never had one answer me yet though but you never know!!!! You're going to fit in here just fine DR!!!!
I darent talk to mine.. they die when I do that.....mind you Eileen could tell you a story about an orchid !!!!!
Now what orchid would that be Jan?? Not the one I brought back from Holland for you, at great expense, and personal hardship surely? Not the one that had the most beautiful purple blooms on it? Not the one that was sitting in a pot when I came to visit with only one leaf hanging on by it's toenails? :cry: Not the one, that when I touched it, the leaf fell off leaving nothing but a stick standing in the soil?!!! Not the one that was ever so slightly DEAD Baccy??!!!!!!!
I welcome all of my seedlings as they emerge...sad but true. I congratulate my veggies as I harvest them...probably even sadder! And I stroke and natter to my plants in the conservatory as I water them. I'm afraid once you have started, there is no turning back.
Well EJ is proof that talking to plants works!! She's one of the most green-fingered people I know. Right that does it I'm off out to have a chat with the new spotted laurel.
I talk to my plants all the time too. I welcome them to my garden when they are planted or the seedlings emerge. I thank them when I harvest anything from them. And in late autumn when the first freeze is forecast I go out and thank the annuals and tell them goodbye and tell the perennials good night. You can probably guess what I say to the weeds as I am pulling their little life sucking bodies out of the ground....ooops, sorry , I spent a good part of yesterday doing just that.
Errr now how can I put this politely Baccy? I'd much rather you didn't if you don't mind but thanks all the same. Hey Frank!!!!!! Is this what you meant by telling someone to 'shove off' politely :?: :!: :!:
