I have now decided

daisy dukes


Joined: 06/09/2008
Posts: 3815

Message Posted:
12/09/2011 20:56

That gardening should be classed as an extreme sport!!



In the last year, i have had numerous spider bites, ant bites, stings, cuts, slices and gashes...not to mention 2 hospital visits to rehydrate myself! Also serious loss of weight due to being too hot and too knackered to eat. Sunburn, sunstroke and callouses....unsightly swellings in sensitive places! Oleander poisoning in the eye...not to mention the nightmares of slithering vipers through the undergrowth!!



At this very moment of typing, i have a massive swelling on the back of my neck from some sort of bite, an infected heel from a bourganvillea prickle....and...AND....CHIPPED SODDING NAILS!!!



If anyone deserves a day in a relaxing spa...i vote for me!!!



Does anyone else think that gardening is an extreme sport??? What more sort of injuries should i look forward to??



But i'm still smiling...why...coz i love it...i love tending a garden!!



DD

EamonnMc


Joined: 18/06/2010
Posts: 1019

Message Posted:
12/09/2011 21:14

I vote for it to be included in the London Olympics ! Daisy, you have a head start and look good for the gold !! The training has paid off !! Congrats !

daisy dukes


Joined: 06/09/2008
Posts: 3815

Message Posted:
12/09/2011 21:24

Eamonn...hear hear....Woohoo!! Olympics for the Gardeners of the World! yay!!!!



DD

martinD41


Joined: 06/09/2010
Posts: 3001

Message Posted:
12/09/2011 21:32

Gardening in Cyprus, don't make me laugh... It's to dry in Summer to grow anything,just look at the state of the local Veg...Yuk.......Once you have had an award winning English Country garden,you realise that here it's just Mucking about in the Dust..............Cactus and Cat s**t...

daisy dukes


Joined: 06/09/2008
Posts: 3815

Message Posted:
12/09/2011 21:39

Martin...you are obviously not an avid gardener...too dry?????? The indigineous plants here, are more than used to dry seasons, and therefore cope very well, and never stop growing!!



DD

dizzycows


Joined: 12/05/2009
Posts: 2736

Message Posted:
12/09/2011 21:48

Im going for gold to DD, so watch out ...lol...



love gardening, getting dirty, ......got no nails either, but Iv got the bestis carrots and tomatoes, .....

EamonnMc


Joined: 18/06/2010
Posts: 1019

Message Posted:
12/09/2011 21:54

Msg 6,



Let's see them Dizzycows, We'll be the judge !!1 Lol....

Blackbird



Joined: 11/08/2009
Posts: 1432

Message Posted:
12/09/2011 21:58

Gardeners???? Heroes the lot of you... I cant stand it.

EamonnMc


Joined: 18/06/2010
Posts: 1019

Message Posted:
12/09/2011 22:00

They are very "earthy " aren't they ?

CarrieRBag



Joined: 23/12/2008
Posts: 1374

Message Posted:
12/09/2011 22:15

DD this is a great post... makes a change so keep it up.

EamonnMc


Joined: 18/06/2010
Posts: 1019

Message Posted:
12/09/2011 22:17

Msg 10,



I agree, very important "to keep it up" ! lol.

flowerfairy


Joined: 17/09/2008
Posts: 1277

Message Posted:
13/09/2011 00:35

I always say if you planted a pencil over here, it will grow.

After working as a florist in Uk, I find it totally amazing that I am growing plants in my garden here that I paid a fortune for in Uk. Stephanotis is growing like a weed at the moment, awesome. Lucky me.

Nice post DD, don't worry about the nails, they too will grow back, haha

misunderstood


Joined: 08/04/2011
Posts: 1004

Message Posted:
13/09/2011 07:21

flowerfairy - no pencils, think of the lead in your soil lol. I am sure if you researched there would be a plant that thrives on lead.



Gardening, so relaxing, so rewarding, great.



What a nice topic daisy dukes.

daisy dukes


Joined: 06/09/2008
Posts: 3815

Message Posted:
13/09/2011 07:58

Flowerfairy....i adore stephanotis!! You are so lucky.....i only have a courtyard, that has full sun in the summer, and full shade in the winter...therefore it's super hard for me to have anythng grow well...however, i take much delight in other peoples gardens....



If it's possible, i'd love some cuttings...i hate to buy stuff knowing theres more chance of it dying than living. I once bought a snail vine for 50tl...it lasted a week.....i was absolutely gutted!!



Today i'm off chopping down an out of control bourganvillea...no doubt i shall come hme with several more injuries...aaah, the joys!!



DD

daisy dukes


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Posts: 3815

Message Posted:
13/09/2011 17:05

Yep....as predicted...lots of new injuries!!



DD

dizzycows


Joined: 12/05/2009
Posts: 2736

Message Posted:
13/09/2011 17:08

picture please ...

daisy dukes


Joined: 06/09/2008
Posts: 3815

Message Posted:
13/09/2011 17:39

Pictures of the injuries, or of my masterpiece?? Unfortunately i didn't take pictures at all today, sorry Dizzy...i'l remember to take some on the next assignment!



DD

pc4854


Joined: 23/08/2009
Posts: 243

Message Posted:
13/09/2011 18:36

Daisy Dukes, If you have genuinely suffered all those things, then I can only say, You are truely a cypriot gardener, welcome to the club!!!

Hector


Joined: 26/08/2008
Posts: 2352

Message Posted:
13/09/2011 19:47

Sounds like a job for a full 'elf n safety' inspection team to carry out a proper risk assessment. Suggest you take things very very easy and carefully until said team arrives some time in around 2014. Meanwhile you could read a few Alan Titmarsh books whilst sipping a cool beer.

BizziLizzi


Joined: 02/08/2011
Posts: 855

Message Posted:
13/09/2011 20:28

I bought a house with a "garden" which was bare earth (not even weeds) apart from one very straggly rose bush and three sad fruit trees surrounded by bare walls topped with wire mesh(for the dogs safety). I spent a year begging, watering feeding and generally nursing a few cuttings.



I have spend another thirteen years, pruning, cutting, splitting pricking out, and in extreme cases digging out and giving or even throwing throwing way the result of said cuttings, to prevent being totally surrounded by jungle!

daisy dukes


Joined: 06/09/2008
Posts: 3815

Message Posted:
13/09/2011 20:50

pc...i have absolutely definitely suffered all of the above...so i guess i'm a true Cypriot gardener now...(except i'm one of the reliable ones!! lol)



Hector, not sure about the 'elf n safety'....but several cold ones later....hey presto, injuries are all healed!! (Just need to find an Alan Titchmarsh book...i'm assuming you 'don't' mean the gardening one?? ;)))



BizziLizzi...i'm betting your garden looks fabulous now....it would be great if you could load your pictures for us all to see....in fact, it would be brilliant if all those avid gardeners could load a few pictures to show us what you've all accomplished.....



Come on everyone, show us what you've got!!



DD

Jovial_John


Joined: 31/01/2009
Posts: 1024

Message Posted:
14/09/2011 08:24

When I moved to Cyprus I brought my 20 year old Barbour jacket because I couldn't bear to part with it - although I never imagined it would be used. But it has found a second life because it is bougainvillea proof. All my neighbours borrow it to prune theirs.

martinD41


Joined: 06/09/2010
Posts: 3001

Message Posted:
14/09/2011 08:54

msg5 DD Could you tell me which Indigenous plants do well here please....? many thanks

yorgozlu



Joined: 16/06/2009
Posts: 4437

Message Posted:
14/09/2011 09:33

sorry to go off your topıc Sam

yorgozlu



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Message Posted:
14/09/2011 09:37

Post removed , off topic , no need for that Yorg .......... Simbas

simbas



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Message Posted:
14/09/2011 10:25

Msg 25 , post removed for reason given

Simbas

yorgozlu



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Posts: 4437

Message Posted:
14/09/2011 10:29

in that case/I suggest you re-read msg 4 again/then Simbas







whats good for goose......................not in this case/I guessssssssss





once again........................democracy at it's best!

yorgozlu



Joined: 16/06/2009
Posts: 4437

Message Posted:
14/09/2011 10:31

off topic.............



http://www.cyprus44.com/forums/73325.asp









selective rerading at it's best!