The Beginner.
Gardeners! well first of all we have the beginner. Remember the time when first you realised that ornamental gardening was going to become your hobby and great interest. Were you like me, couldn’t possibly read enough on the subject. Gardening was an experiment, you were only ever going to learn by your own successes and failures.
It was unlikely that at this early stage you had a greenhouse to raise the half hardy annuals, so like me you probably just chanced your luck sowing directly outdoors. Wasn’t it surprising to find just how much success you did have. Then there was the visits to the garden centres, we were never away from the places. Anything that took your fancy you just had to get, didn’t matter where in the garden it was going to go or whether or not they complimented each other. You loved your garden and at this stage were probably unaware whether or not it was tasteful or not to anyone else’s eyes. You were now well and truly hooked.
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The Amateur
Right, so now you have been gardening for a year or so, no longer a complete novice, but in fact a fully fledged Amateur, just like myself, and likely you always will be.
You now know a helluva lot more than you did when first you started out. You know the difference between perennials and annuals, when and how to prune Roses and when to apply the lawn feeding. Are you also surprised at how the plant names are being retained in that head of yours, good! well by the time you reach my age you will start forgetting them again and possibly start keeping an on-line record of them.
Although you will never know everything about gardening it will still be a great journey of discovery. You will probably always experiment
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