tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2894737639853067818.post2072072131074280035..comments2023-07-05T08:31:46.014+01:00Comments on Chris Barnes Garden Blog: Mum's the wordChrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08814020372850368559noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2894737639853067818.post-44314085656464657192011-04-07T11:13:54.544+01:002011-04-07T11:13:54.544+01:00NJ: You are so right. We think we have 'disc...NJ: You are so right. We think we have 'discovered' something only to find out it's been around a long time. I so admire that generation. They really just got on with it....<br />JS: A 'Gardening Geek'! Fantastic! Your post really made me smile. The student becomes the teacher eh? Very zen....Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08814020372850368559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2894737639853067818.post-77245230763127981322011-04-07T10:47:15.604+01:002011-04-07T10:47:15.604+01:00As a devourer of books (including at one stage the...As a devourer of books (including at one stage the RHS Encyclopaedia of Gardening), my mother used to ask me for gardening advice! Of course, as a teenage boy, this was Not Cool, but then I didn't really bother about such nonsense. :) <br />I've always had an affinity for living things, whether it be peering under rocks or mucking about in the garden.James Stapleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10040742550730807408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2894737639853067818.post-5484130013645197132011-04-04T19:00:37.742+01:002011-04-04T19:00:37.742+01:00What a thoughtful post! My mother was an organic g...What a thoughtful post! My mother was an organic gardener long before we knew what the term meant. Mama cut huge armloads of flowers like peonies to stuff into church vases. Not only did I learn from her but from also my MIL who gardened farther south and introduced me to more tropical plants like crinums and hippeastrum and camellias.Nell Jeanhttp://seedscatterer.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2894737639853067818.post-75231908525112508622011-04-04T10:37:07.645+01:002011-04-04T10:37:07.645+01:00Diane, thank you so much for adding this link. Th...Diane, thank you so much for adding this link. The fynbos fairies are a delight, coming as they do from such a wonderful fairie and plant kingdom!Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08814020372850368559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2894737639853067818.post-55992175778077544242011-04-03T21:49:42.478+01:002011-04-03T21:49:42.478+01:00Some fynbos fairies to add to your collection.Some <a href="http://themagiconions.blogspot.com/2009/03/fynbos-fairies.html" rel="nofollow"> fynbos fairies </a> to add to your collection.Diana Studerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12286066768376135880noreply@blogger.com