The Gentle Gardener

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It is well-known that the Man-of-the-House has an 'interesting' relationship with his chain saw. The first time I asked him to prune all the Standard roses in the front garden of our old house, the boys came running inside yelling urgently for me to go outside straight away. Thinking something terrible had happened, dropping everything I ran at top speed, only to be halted in my tracks by the sight of MOTH using not a gentle, considered motion with my secatuers on the roses, but attacking the poor things with the chain saw. With all the commotion he had also drawn a crowd of wide-eyed passers-by, who were as stunned as me to see such a horrendous act being inflicted in the name of gardening!

In a flood of tears I begged him to stop, but he just ignored me & continued on until the lot were totally lopped. It took weeks for him to get me to believe that this chainsaw massacre was going to be for the best, continually citing the 'No pain, no gain' theory. However much to my amazement the next flush saw the roses produce the most incredible mass of blooms. Those beautiful creatures then went onto to become a feature in our street & people would always stop & enquire wanting tips & hints . However, I still remain the gentle gardener in this house, so here are a few delicious things that I would love on my gardening Wish List.