What gardening job's snap you out of a bad mood....

Luckily we never did have a ban here. I'm surprised anyone still does. I know they have lifted some of them.

 

Ya I do that too. With me ending up singing. LOL god knows how the neighbours cope.

 

I likes Burning things, especially while drinking a bottle of wine.

 

Harvesting potatoes is my favourite thing. I've enjoyed harvesting other stuff I've grown, but nothing beats potatoes. I think its partly the suspense of it all. You look at a plant, you think 'I hope there's just right', you wonder how many are under there. You lift the plant and all new potatoes emerge from the soil. You rummage about and find more. You look at those new potatoes, and you know they are going to be infinitely superior to shop bought ones, and there for tonight's tea.

 

What bugs me about the hosepipe ban is the utter nonsense they are telling the public.
Apparently, domestic use counts for roughly 8% of total water use (the rest being farming and industry), and of that hosepipe use is only a minor percentage. The ban is really not making a huge saving of resources.
And the fact that the water companies are not able to make use of this rain because "it is the wrong time of year" also shows a lack of investment in infrastructure.

Anyway, this is supposed to be a thread on how gardening makes us relax, not get more irate!

 

Pricking out. Especially the very small stuff, or pots where you need to "wash" the roots apart.

Squishing Lily beetles too!

 

I don't go near the garden when I'm in a bad mood, otherwise everything would get over pruned or pulled up. I just have to thrash it out with a good blasting of rock music.

 

Deadheading does it for me too. Otherwise, picking cut flowers for the house...mmmmm

 

Digging up Potatoes is great too Dave I love it when they come out.

Have you come across the book about Menfolk being Fire Watchers?

 

It's not actually a job...but i love to wander around the garden and in the GH and just stare at the plants....that really chills me out.....(and no i haven't got a beard)

 

totally agree, aimless wandering all the way!

 

No, what's that one then?