Plantaholics Anonymous

I now declare the first meeting open :D

Went to a local car boot yesterday, ostensibly because it has a park there for the kids. Came away with....

4 Sweetcorn plants,
6 Rockets,
1 Cleome,
3 Pennisetums (red ones, lovely!)
A 3ft Callistemon (�£2 bargain!)
3 Ox Eye Daisys
2 Monardas
2 large Osteospermums (white and yellow)
and a large grassy thing :D And still had change from �£20!!!!

It was only when the Spawns came back from the park that I realised that it was going to be a bit of a squeeze in a Saxo :eek: :D :D

My names Windy and I'm a Plantaholic :D

 

Went to our local boot sale a couple of weeks ago, nothing there but toms, cabbage and broad beans for sale. oh yeah and one obscure uvularia amongst it all, so bought that. No treasures or even owt interesting. Lucky you.

 

havnt been to a boot sale in years.
might actually try a german one next week.see if i can pick up some sauerkraut and sausage

 

mmmmmm....not sure about sauerkraut and sausage.....probably make me live up to my name :D :D :D

 

Please can I join?

You should have seen me the other week with my mum. I only went to buy some troughs to plant my petunias in that I have grown from seed and I came back with:

Black eyed susan seeds (they are growing very nicely now)
3 bell plastic things (what are they called, that you put over pots?)
2 burgandy petunias
2 metal planters in metalic grey
1 clematis
3 geraniums
2 cosmos that smell like chocolate!!
1 floating plant thing for my little pond

It's cheaper than therapy this gardening addiction!!! haha

 

Anyone can join Gilly......it's a 3 step plan :D The first step is admitting you've a problem...then you go into denial for several years until you can't fit anymore plants in...then you do someone elses garden :D :D :D

 

come and do mine please windy , plenty of refreshments :D

 

Callistmon!!!!
Given in have we? :D

 

I dont have a problem

 

Windy, your avatar looks like he's in need of a paracetamol :eek:

 

Glad to see the heid-banger's back, Windy! :D

I'm at stage 3 - I do everyone else's gardens - but they pay me!

 

It's true - I can't come away from a garden stall, counter, centre etc. empty-handed. Sometimes, I don't know where I'm going to plant my purchases, but it doesn't stop me. I think that makes me eligible to join PA.

 

My ex boyfriend wouldn't let me go to garden centres unsupervised so I grabbed the cats and left him and the country!

Well, it was one of the reasons anyway

TO

 

:D :D I know, I know!!!!! But it was a bargain!!.......Quite what I'll do with 13 when my seedlings have matured I don't know :rolleyes: :D But I'm firmly ensconced in the denial stage at the moment :D
I knew I had a problem when we popped in B&Q for some glue...I'm browsing the garden section and spawn 1 cries 'Mother!! Step away from the plants,put the Bamboo down, I'm taking you home' :D :D
(Luckily, she's at scout Camp all this coming weekend...so I might pop back for that bamboo...)

 

You see, I havent a problem because I just pop into the local GC several times here and there and just buy 1 plant at a time - went there 3 times last week :D

(My names Marge and Im a frequent buyer :rolleyes: )