Gardening to divert depression

3Jays - wish I could remember the name!  All I know is that they are a thornless, "antique rose" -over 100 yrs old, which is actually young because roses have been around 35 million years (some say longer).  And they are definitely climbers!  I think the origin of this one is from England.  I didn't know this, but most modern roses have little to no smell.  Antique roses have a wonderful fragrance.  If you have a nursery/landscaping center near you, they probably have plant specialists who would know the names of some of the antique roses and maybe have a picture book.

I'm so glad to run across this thread. And envious of those of you who can already garden. It's still too cold here and could even still snow. BUT, I've got some herbs still growing from last year which I pull in every night and some days too. And a couple tomato and chile seedlings I'll transplant later to our rooftop garden. The pansies are looking great. Maybe I can remember to ask my neighbour to take a photo.

Oh, and there's catnip for my tabby. He loves it and it keep him out of the other plants.

Gardening is so refreshing to those of us who enjoy it. That tiny seeds can grow to be such large and beautiful plants seems like a small miracle.

Snehlata:  I hurt for you and the loss of your kittens. I so hope that kind people took them in. It is awful to lose pets. They are like family members to me and many others, like our friend 3jaysmom. Goodness, Delhi is a long ways from your home! To be gone so long makes BC even more challenging. I am glad BC treatment is over for you.

I have never lived in a place where you could grow coconut, banana or papaya. That is wonderful! 3jays, can you grow these in Florida?

hi guys!where has everyone been!! good to see ya back, snh, and Maya2.. welcome to mommemaua!!  yes, those plants will grow in Fla. its amazing that so much grows here, where its all sand. i slways add moisture contol to my dirt, cause it needs more nutrition here.. i even just ignore my orchids, and as long as they don't get too cold, or too hot, they do great, all by themselves..

    i wish i had more room here, we only have 2 ft. in front where we're "allowed" to plant at our communkity  here, i did turn my patio into a shadehouse, by adding the  gazebo, as you can see in the picture. it keeps me just busy enough, though, so it works out...      3jays

Hello Ladies.....I haven't been on the boards  in quite a while and am sorry to see this thread has fallen by the wayside.  I hope we can get it started back up again and share some of our gardening adventures from this year.   I have been caring for my Dad daily since the beginning of the year and he went on to Heaven on the 10th of July.  I am happy to add though that I do have in my garden a lattice arbor that he built.  On either side of it I have transplanted running roses from my dh grandmother's garden.  She passed away in 2002.  One rose is pink and the other is red.  I thought they would blend beautifully together with the arbor being white.  I look forward to hearing about all of your gardens.  Karen    

Thanks to all for you kind words on the loss of my Dad.  I do miss him so much.  There is just a special relationship between a daughter and Dad. 

Bren - I know what you mean about looking over your hard work at the end of the day and receiving the satisfaction of seeing a job well done....till the next mowing or picking up of limbs or weeding the flower beds or......and so on, and so on.  I love your field of oaks, what kind are they.  I have a few saw tooth oaks I plan on planting this fall.  Hopefully I will get some more crape mrytles in the ground that I'm rooting right now.  I think gardening is my new passion/obsession. lol.  Too hot right now to get out in it though - 113 for past two days.   

The dogwoods in the spring.

I've been planting pansies for winter colour. My herbs still look great. Yum, fresh pineapples. Sneh, I'm so envious.