How do gardeners survive the Winter?

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  1. Val..

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    It is only November and I am already bored at not being able to go outside!! What do you other guys do? All suggestions welcome!!!!
     
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      research is good, and to be honest Val I could of done with a break , and thinking about that every weekend I had a good 4 hours doing lots of gardening chores , but thats only 1 off my hobbies .... so busy really , only finished planting bulbs , pruning honeysuckle rather than leave till January when it starts producing its tiny shoots , moving plants into the greenhouse its non stop Val :hapfeet:
       
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        Winter hobbies, of course :)
        Mind you, it has been so mild this year there are still little tweaks and pokes I can do when I'm outside :heehee: (Dratted weeds! :paladin: )
         
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          Val, as your avatar appears to be a hedgehog perhaps you might consider hibernating ?
           
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            And most important of all, join in the conversation and friendly banter with your GC friends :)
             
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            • Val..

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              It's been pouring with rain here all day otherwise there would always be something I could find to do outside.
              I'm considering it!!!! :biggrin:
               
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                Nah, twix your passion for slugs and your hedgehog avatar + all that rain ... only one thing for it...



















                ... go hunt SLUGS! :paladin: :roflol:
                 
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                  Digging, manuring, drystone walling, saving yoghurt pots for seedlings, greenhouse repairs (been putting that one off :doh:)

                  Some members write tripadvisor reviews for the 3 Tuns in Hay on Wye :snork:

                  Only 30 days to go till Kelsae planting day :yay::yay::yay:
                   
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                    Can't imagine who would bother to do that :)
                     
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                        The work in the garden is never finished! :hate-shocked:

                        I'm building a new ShineyFrame, when the leaves are down it will be time to clean the gutters, the patio needs repointing (I'll need to get someone in to do that as the bending is beyond me!), weeding, pruning, digging up plants that are in the wrong place :sad: (either being swamped by others or getting too big for their boots), cuttings, propagating, sorting out my deer and badger deterents and lots of non-gardening things to do.
                         
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                          if your bored @Val.. i could send my teens over for you to look after :biggrin: ooooo what a lovely rest i could have:biggrin: i dont mind sharing :roflol:
                           
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                            NOOOOOOOO!!! :yikes: I'm not that bored!!!!! :heehee:
                             
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                              How about doing online surveys Val? :) I've been doing em all morning, as i'm sat in the car waiting for the rain to stop. Useless BBC weather forecast :doh:
                               
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                              Good afternoon in the winter ,I go out more,I eat more,I sleep more,watch more gardening DVD's,and there is only 39 days or 947 hours until the new year and the approach of Spring 2015 ;):smile:
                               
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