Moosey's New Zealand Garden - The Reality of Virtual Gardening

» Gay_Klok - Moosey's garden

delightful! Absolutely delightful, both article and photos and garden.

When I first started gardening [in the Town House Garden], I was visited by a lady who lives only one street along and who owns one of the very best gardens in Tasmania. She looked at the garden bed where I had planted a whole mass of "Iceberg" roses that had grown from cuttings from my mother's garden. As the cuttings had all grown rapidly, I couldn't bear not to plant any of them

Judy said to me "I think your long border is marvelous." I was so excited, I couldn't wait for Kees,to get home , I rang him at work "Did you know we have a Long Border? That is what Judy called the Icebergs bed"

-- posted by Gay_Klok

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» CarolWallace - Long border

Sounds positively Gertrude Jeckyll to have a long border!

I really enjoyed the garden and article, too - love the humor.

-- posted by CarolWallace

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» jerrib - This was a jewel of a guest

article, Carol. I, too, look fine as a virtual garden, but let anyone come to visit and they will see sheer disorganization in my garden. It's a perennial flower garden alright, but after so many deer and slugs and rabbits chewing on it, I sometimes just take a long vacation from it until the urge strikes me to try again. Never know how it will turn out. (Yes I do have the critter-free plant list, but that's no fun!)

But I like my garden. I never know what will pop up and struggle to survive the critters! And when a plant blooms and stays on the vine a while I silently cheer!

Jerri

-- posted by jerrib

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» Jo Murphy - Re: Moosey's garden..Very Virtual Garden

In response to message posted by Gay_Klok:

On my browser the pictures have come out as boxes with that dreaded little cross on the top left hand corner.
it gives an aura of mystery to the story. I get this feeling that I'll never see the garden.
I really love the humour to be found on these pages.
I have finally found some time to get back to the Pink Flamingo painting. People keep asking my where on earth could I posssobliy get an idea like that.
PS I get little yellow blotches come up through my images so I guess the web is unpredictable,
Keep laughing,
Jo
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-- posted by Jo Murphy

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» CarolWallace - Re: Re: Moosey's garden..Very Virtual Garden

In response to message posted by martine3038:
I loved this article too, and tried hard to get Moosie to apply to be an editor - she said she would like to, but I think in the end she was too shy. But the humor is so great - as is the garden!

We all want to see your flamingos when you finish that mural, Jo! At the moment I am off murals and into painting faux Moorish tile on a bland, blank closet door in my pantry - but nevertheless, I am still painting on walls. ;-)

I can't figure out what kind of yellow blotches you are seeing - I just checked and all photos seem quite normal to me.

-- posted by CarolWallace

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