Mary J Blige

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  Gettin' my garden on - looking for inspiration! !

  by Mary J Blige in

  1. social
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  gardening is my physical activity thing.

  i like to have a productive garden but dot it with a bit of pretty.

  the front lawn is around 40m2 and i am converting it to potager this year.

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  Mary J Blige

  4th try! Side of house...
  
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  Gettin' my garden on - looking for inspiration! !

  by Mary J Blige in

  1. social
  2. physical

  gardening is my physical activity thing.

  i like to have a productive garden but dot it with a bit of pretty.

  the front lawn is around 40m2 and i am converting it to potager this year.

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  We have a saying here in NZ Mr Flipper, it is "as scarce as bat shit". Think I might be able to get a ready supply of chicken manure though. Also was going to try mushroom compost this year.

  A lawnch. That is exactly what I am after. Seems little point having a cartwheel and handstand lawn when your kids are past that. So lunch it is. Will be pruning the cherry tree a smidgen and opening up the sun. Plan to grow pear and apple against fence. Have a thornless blackberry, boisenberry and a two raspberries that did pretty poorly last year...

  I also have a pretty narrow strip down the side of the house where berries passionfruit and compost are. Also propogating a few grasses, lavendar and the like. Want to go crazy out front tho...

  Loving all the creative suggestions guys!!! Keep them coming!!
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  Gettin' my garden on - looking for inspiration! !

  by Mary J Blige in

  1. social
  2. physical

  gardening is my physical activity thing.

  i like to have a productive garden but dot it with a bit of pretty.

  the front lawn is around 40m2 and i am converting it to potager this year.

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  Mary J Blige

  Brackets on the fence posts could work for me too...

  Finally got this to work... Before:
  
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  Gettin' my garden on - looking for inspiration! !

  by Mary J Blige in

  1. social
  2. physical

  gardening is my physical activity thing.

  i like to have a productive garden but dot it with a bit of pretty.

  the front lawn is around 40m2 and i am converting it to potager this year.

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  Mary J Blige

  Wow that's awesome! Hey, I learned a neat trick about tomatoes - to snap off all but the top 1/4 of the plant before you plant it out and then place it in a trench horizontally with just the top turned up 90°. Apparently they grow 5ft and fruit prolifically because the snapped off leaves root up and the plant increases hydration to sustain itself. Well at least that's the theory so I shall give it a try and report back.
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  Gettin' my garden on - looking for inspiration! !

  by Mary J Blige in

  1. social
  2. physical

  gardening is my physical activity thing.

  i like to have a productive garden but dot it with a bit of pretty.

  the front lawn is around 40m2 and i am converting it to potager this year.

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  Mary J Blige

  Snap that - have just spied nicotiana sylvestris seeds - the plant looks interesting and scented flowers works for me!!
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  Gettin' my garden on - looking for inspiration! !

  by Mary J Blige in

  1. social
  2. physical

  gardening is my physical activity thing.

  i like to have a productive garden but dot it with a bit of pretty.

  the front lawn is around 40m2 and i am converting it to potager this year.

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  Mary J Blige

  I am rhubarb mad possum, exactly for stewing and pie. Planted an apple to go with it although that will be some years away...

  Ruby - LOL! Naughty little foxes!!! Bees are exactly what I am after too. Have pea petit and pea progress seedlings on the grow and love sweet peas.

  Xanthippe - I shall try nicotiana (new to me!) and French climbing beans you say? I have grown scarlet runners and dwarf green / butter beans... but will seek out some French!

  Do you all realise at this rate, you will have a stake in my garden! 😄
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  Help me Out Here

  by vinman in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i've been out about 9 months.

  and yes i am still obsessed with anti-watchtower material.

  i've been married 23 years.

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  Mary J Blige

  I hear you. The prospect of living forever on earth gave no urgency to living life in the now. Leave it till the new system! You'll have plenty of time to study, learn music and do your own thing then! So you never needed to think about life goals and if you did, it was more of a fantasy.

  For the now, my interests come last and my family's interests first. My down time now is reading and researching all of 'this' and I am becoming consumed by it.

  I still don't think that I am living an honest and authentic life but will integrate more things in every now and then. Hence my garden goal this year :)

  Guess what. I want grandkids to pick fruit from nanas garden. Didn't ever think about having grandkids coz surely that would be after a thousand years. Good god yes it is layers and layers of cultedness.
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  Cognitive Dissonance Runs Deep

  by vinman in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  while it is true that maybe 1 or 2 things woke you up (like myself), it is interesting to reflect on the reality of what you did not believe, even if you were a true believer and would of died for the organization.

  here is my list (not a complete list, i'm sure their is more).

  what is your list like?.

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  Mary J Blige

  Like Faye, it was death and resurrection with no hope of any normal happy life. Almost a hell on earth and what loving god would torment any living thing like that? That really stumbled me.

  The shunning practice too. I had bad memories as a child of how others were treated and I remember being embarrassed by it.

  Belief that only JWs were good people and were going to survive the big A.
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  Gettin' my garden on - looking for inspiration! !

  by Mary J Blige in

  1. social
  2. physical

  gardening is my physical activity thing.

  i like to have a productive garden but dot it with a bit of pretty.

  the front lawn is around 40m2 and i am converting it to potager this year.

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  Mary J Blige

  Have been trying for a while to upload 'before' image with no luck. Will give it a try again later.

  Possum - would you believe that we have had some heavy frosts but my rhubarb is still growing strong and insanely, while some strawberries have died down, I have a handful of flowers (still)...

  Bonsai, I have just shopped around on line and see I can get a ready supply of heliotrope and cosmos so as I have never grown either, I shall do so on your recommendation! Your courtyard sounds amazing!!!
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  Gettin' my garden on - looking for inspiration! !

  by Mary J Blige in

  1. social
  2. physical

  gardening is my physical activity thing.

  i like to have a productive garden but dot it with a bit of pretty.

  the front lawn is around 40m2 and i am converting it to potager this year.

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  Mary J Blige

  Gardening is my physical activity thing. I like to have a productive garden but dot it with a bit of pretty. The front lawn is around 40m2 and I am converting it to potager this year. Already have a few seedlings on the grow so what I want to know from you lot who are enjoying the last of your summer gardens is:
  "What have you enjoyed growing this season?"
  "What new tips have you picked up this season and are keen to share?" and
  "What suggestions do you have for my empty but ready for something spectacular space?"