Tuesday, 25 February 2025

Glorious

 Got up this morning to gorgeous sunshine and hardly any of the sub zero wind , so pottered happily outside all morning . Broad beans huge propagator full sat outside on the garden bench , note to self must remember to tie them down before the next howling gale . Asparagus , leeks , celeriac and a few cabbages in the other propagator . All will sit outside till they feel like making an appearance , im in no rush for them , then the propagators will turn there hand to squash and cucumbers and jewel corn . Inside i will start a few tomatoes and peppers .

Much to my surprise sarcastic son , turned up asking for garden jobs , bear in mind hes barely left the house since before covid . I asked him what he wanted to do and he said pruning , apparently hes been watching lots of gardening videos on You Tube . Hes done wonders in the back garden near the house , but he got maybe 10ft away from the house and said he was going in now because he was starting to panic . Is this a sign that hes finally found a decent counsellor , the job center have fixed him up with one due to the total indiference from our GP .  He did say the new counsellor was nice and got that he has agrophobia with anxiety issues , she has told him to set little goals and it doesnt mean hes a failure if he cant complete them . Big difference from the last idiot he got who kept telling he was a failure at every turn and actually worsened his condition . Mental Health care in the UK is a soddin joke 

4 comments:

  1. That is a really big deal for your son. I wish people realised how hard it can be.

    It sounds like you are going to have an amazing garden!

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  2. Just found your blog and letting you know I found it brilliant . I don't know why I never found you before. I will have to start reading a few more previous posts.
    Kate (I know another Kate! )

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  3. Your son has now found a health person to help him at last it seems - I've suffered with anxiety forever - The help I received has been very poor - Small goals help me greatly - and if I fail one day I shrug my shoulders and am usually motivated next day x

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