Creepy crawlies help me escape from the real world before lockdown I never gardened, now Im growing
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Im not an outdoorsy person. Ive always loved the idea of having a garden, but if someone else could put in the legwork then, well, that suited me just fine. But since lockdown Ive started gardening and its brought about a surprising change in me one thats certainly tickled my friends and family, who have rarely seen me roll up my sleeves to dig up a weed, let alone pick greenflies off tomato plants. In fact, my plant-caring abilities have been the butt of jokes from my four siblings for years, and yes, you guessed it, the punchline is inevitably the plant dying. I cant lie, its a new passion that grew out of necessity, rather than me deciding I needed a lockdown hobby. A week before the PM officially announced lockdown, my family of four had to self-isolate because my husband started to show coronavirus symptoms; so I was faced with having to keep a hyper three-year-old boy occupied in a two-bedroom flat. At that point our small, overgrown outdoor space became a godsend, and presented itself as a much-needed play area for him to run around in. So, with my partner out of action and using garden shears borrowed from my parents plus a pair of yellow rubber washing up gloves, a new green-fingered me was born. I set about clearing the garden of weeds that were almost shoulder-high in some places. My body ached from the effort, but a sense of pride was already bubbling up inside me. And once the gardens potential was revealed, the next step was finding a way for my 10-year-old daughter to get involved. With what seemed like endless hours of home schooling stretching out before us, the garden has become a project I can enjoy with both of my kids. Theyve loved the responsibility of watering seedlings and watching the different stages of growth, and it has also given all three of us a reason to head outside each day even those days when getting up and putting on clean clothes was a struggle. And its not always me leading
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