When I was growing up I remember my mum collecting all the magazines about interior design and gardening. She still is obsessed with her garden. She can spend hours planting, trimming and do all the stuff a garden needs and you know what, it bores me silly. I hate gardening. I want a nice garden but I lose patience within 5 minutes of being on my knees stirring soil.
I have all the stuff a girl needs to garden though: the pretty flowery gloves and all the rest. I bought them following a huge impulse to become a gardening queen. I was dreaming a lovely flowers growing in my garden and especially tulips (my favourite ones). I lost all interest in it the minute I noticed that all my lilies had been decapitated by my sons... why bother...
Anyway I have been advised to stay away from the garden and just stick to putting the washing up to dry or lie on lounger when I step outside. Actually I have been clearly requested to stay away from any green living stuff as the minute I lay my hands on them they die! I already explained this in the past when I found myself amazed that I had three LIVING plants in my house. They have all died since then, due to excessive watering and being exposed to the sun at the wrong time of the day...
Lately I have also pulled the mint Craig has been trying to grow for a few months thinking it was weed and emptied a whole bucket of water with cillit bang on the potatoes he is growing at the bottom of the garden.
If only I was the only one but even the dog is a disaster in the garden and the cause of terrible lawn problems we are having! Her incessant peeing on different areas of the garden resulted in a very patchy lawn and this following a whole weekend that Craig spent digging, turning soil and laying new lawn...
Maybe we should purchase an allotment for Craig's next birthday, a place where both the dog and I would be banned...
Just a note - I have a "Cybermummy" post brewing, but until then, I wanted to say a huge thank you to the organisers (Susanna, Jen and Sian) and of course Huggies for sponsoring me and other great bloggers to attend this FABULOUS event!
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I'm so with you. I love the romantic idea of pottering around in a garden paradise, nurturing seedlings and cutting sweetpeas for a vase on my kitchen table.
However the reality is VERY different - it's such hard physical labour - looking after my boys and house is hard enough! Just as well we only have a courtyard garden with some token potted plants in.
We had a bigger garden at our previous flat and the dog just nuked the lawn with her wee...
Posted by: Katie | Monday, 05 July 2010 at 05:10 PM
I too am a frustrated (or maybe that's frustrat'ing) gardner. All seeds and no fruit with me, I'm afraid. Really lovely to meet you at CM - truly a brilliant day.
Posted by: Hot Cross Mum | Monday, 05 July 2010 at 08:52 PM
The courtyard sounds like a much safer option, but the dog might go on depression if she has no lawn to destroy... :)
Posted by: Perfectly Happy Mum | Tuesday, 06 July 2010 at 07:49 AM
Same here, I am still in shock after meeting so many of you actually! Was so lovely to meet you too x
Posted by: Perfectly Happy Mum | Tuesday, 06 July 2010 at 07:50 AM