July 19 , 2012
Garden Psychology: What Does Your Garden Say About You?
“ Show me your garden and I shall tell you what you are . ” Alfred Austin
Like our home ’s interior , our garden reflect our essential selves at truly ground storey . What do our gardens say about us ?
All living things will throw us a curve ball . How do we finagle our worry and respect our success ?
Some gardeners are very precise in their jobs , but relaxed in the garden . Oh yes , that ’s me ! I ’ve run into obsessive works movers , pruning maniacs , weather freaks ( moi ) , and can you believe it , snob ? !
I just desire to wallop their turned up nose with some horticultural taxonomy that I plausibly ca n’t pronounce . Oops , I want some anger direction ! shot I ’ll go biff a stink germ . AnHempiteraof some sort . . . !
But every gardener I ’ve methas these caliber : curiosity , pertinacity , creativity , and passionateness . Plants link up us to go for , anticipation , learning and nurturing .
In spring at a loge depot , I saw a womanhood carefully cradle her individual little choice with such dear and tenderness . I resisted my dominance freak itch to tell her that she was planting it right smart too ahead of time and it would probably rot . Because that ’s where we all lead off : with dream . And joy . And one piddling plant .
And I just reckon that plant made it !
This week on CTG , we explore WHY we garden . Tom joinsBilly Lee Myers , Jr. LMFTto analyze how our earthly connective enrich our souls and our relationship .
One concept Billy note is our comfort zone . His friend , Jenn Miori , a instrumentalist withThe Carper Family , contribute her insightful drawing . It certainly connects for me !
On Billy ’s website , I’ve already take many of his article that help me greatly with challenge in my living . Sometimes we postulate someone to serve us become around our perspectives .
As I developed this programme , Rick Bickling , blogger at The How Do Gardener , sent me this humourous take on our troubles : The Five Stages of Garden Grief . Bet you ’ve been there !
keep on our garden psychology theme , Daphne explains how annualscontribute to our modality ( and what an annual really substance ) . Really , one angelical footling plant life can change by reversal a buster Clarence Day into a heavenly one , even in a patio pot . And zinnias like this will ameliorate your day with all the butterfly that nectar on them !
Daphne ’s Pick of the Weekis odoriferous potato vine , a perennial that is usually an yearbook for us . One of mine is in a pot determine into — dare I reveal this — a bunny girl sculpture fromIt ’s About Thyme . I even protect it over wintertime in my terrace greenhouse to return to the bunny ASAP in bound .
Its vivid colors ( chartreuse here , but it also comes in mystifying purple and other renditions ) chases by the summer blues . It take sun , though I love it to brighten up my psycho shady area as a spreading ground cover in summer to fill the blank that repeated oxalis covers in coolheaded weather .
Many of us fall in love with horticulture when we harvested our first vegetable . This week , Trisha picks the cucumbersthat employment best for us and how to arise them . It ’s not too late to find some cucumber passion !
Get her grow tips , including how to attend pollination . And oh yes , you ’ll want to try hersummertime recipesthat will get you past the grouch when it ’s hot and viscid out there .
Trisha also explains that if you need to spray neem oil or spinosad to trade with cuke pests , do n’t habituate it while bees are dynamic . These products will pour down your pollinating bee if the leaves / flowers are still wet when they arrive . put on when the bees are n’t combat-ready ( like in the evening ) . Once the products dry out , it ’s good for bees .
On tour , see how Kati & David Timmons discover a new perspective when they turn an old yard into a garden of spirit . negative grass , too .
Finally , bunnies Harvey and Gaby wanted me to share this with you . Thanks to“One Big Happy ” Rick Detorie !
Okay , off to wait for more bunny ornaments . Thanks for checking in and see you next calendar week ! Linda
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