Sunday 9 February 2020

Green fingers

This is the only gardening tip you are ever likely to get from me. It may be the only one I am (almost)  qualified to give.

Plants like to be handled roughly, especially during potting at the seedling stage. They do much better if they are not mollycoddled.

I once briefly had a girlfriend who asked me to handle her roughly. I could not bring myself to do it.

I have never excelled at gardening.

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10 comments:

  1. Jacqueline @ HOME9 February 2020 at 10:15

    You don’t like ‘ a bit of rough ‘ then ? XXXX

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  2. Rachel Phillips9 February 2020 at 10:20

    This post is unfinished.

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    1. Tom Stephenson9 February 2020 at 14:22

      Well why don't you finish it for me?

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    2. Rachel Phillips9 February 2020 at 14:52

      So she decided to show you and you ended up with a broken rib and she became a head gardener.

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    3. Tom Stephenson9 February 2020 at 15:01

      No. I never saw her again and the girl who broke my ribs was an Israeli choreographer.

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    4. Rachel Phillips9 February 2020 at 15:03

      I made it up for fun when you asked me to finish it.

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    5. Tom Stephenson10 February 2020 at 01:24

      Oh, I thought you remembered the story of the Israeli girl who broke my ribs.

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    6. Rachel Phillips10 February 2020 at 01:37

      Well, yes I did, but I added the head gardener bit because I thought it was a good punchline to the story.

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  3. Joanne Noragon9 February 2020 at 16:37

    Metaphor mixing, here.

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