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I slightly neglected my greenhouse plants - and only checked on them yesterday - they were wilting so I watered them. This morning, I called in to see them and asked if they were feeling better. Then, it appears that I kissed one of the leaves.....

The green van is on its way for you!!! I expect it'll be quite full though as I bet most of us are as bad - I was pinching sideshoots of tomato plants and saying sorry to them the other day ::)  ::).

I do love a little giggle before retiring for the night. Thanks to both of you Lorna ;D

I now have just checked them today, and saying mummy will give you a nice feed later this afternoon

(Gawd...lost case!)

I talk to insects ('hello Mr. Bee' etc) and appologise if I go into the garden and scare off a bird............that probably makes me almost as bad :-\

Thanks Multiveg - that's the best laugh I've had for ages.  ;D :D ;D

When you feed them, will you be putting their bibs on + playing choo choo trains? ::)

I talk to the tadpoles in my pond.  :-[ I keep telling them to grow big and strong so's they can eat all me slugs!!  ;D

Mutiveg that cracked me up  ;D

Do you remember many years ago when it was headline news in the papers when it was discovered that Prince Charles talked to his plants?

At least its only headline news on A4All when you tenderly kiss yours....lol  ;D  ;D

Mind you, ive got to admit, it easily happens  :-[  ;D

Quote from: bunnycat on May 28, 2005, 14:15:19
I talk to insects ('hello Mr. Bee' etc) and appologise if I go into the garden and scare off a bird............that probably makes me almost as bad :-\

So do I, Bunnycat - glad to hear I'm not alone :).  I've yet to start kissing my plants though.

Phew - not just me, then? :D :D :D

 ;D I bumped into a lamp post once and said sorry...does that count ??? ;D

Probably :D

Does anyone else say "Grow well little seeds" when they plan stuff ?  I reprimanded my niece coz she hadn't talked to the carrot seeds she planted and I made her go back and order them to grow well.

No, but I tend to say "well done, little seeds" when they start coming up ...

i must be just as mad i talk to every plant when i plant it i tell it to grow well and i have gave it  a new home and  hope it likes it , i talk to all seeds and plants i think they like it  ;D ;D

So that's the secret  :o :o :o :o right l'm off to have a few words with my Spinach  ;)

i find u have to be really gentle with them and if u use a sexy voice they grow even bigger and better  ;) ;) ;) ;)

I always welcome new seedlings to the world, and always wish them well when they are planted out.  Then I shout at them when the wilt, or bolt, but congratulate them when they flower correctly or crop well.  Madness runs in our family though....on all sides!  :o :P :-\ ;D ;D ;D ;D

I was talking to a frog (or toad) in my garden the other which had a massive slug about to crawl on its head.  The frog sat there passively nose to nose with a flippin slug, so I told it off for not devouring it immediately  ;D   I talk to birds and the bats  ;D

Quotei find u have to be really gentle with them and if u use a sexy voice they grow even bigger and better 

Are we sure we're talking about plants here?

Don't worry you're not alone.

I say hello to newly germinated plants. And to newly opened flowers. and to the edible bits when they start to set.

I apologise to plants if I accidentally hurt them.

And to birds for scaring them away.

and I talk to insects.

And I literally said "tell me what's wrong" to a pepper plant that was looking a bit sick.

And yesterday I apologised to a kitchen cupboard door when I kicked it.

:-\

Caught Romeo talking to the post this morning:  "here, little letters, come and be opened ... ".  At least most of us only talk to plants & animals (& cupboard doors?!).

Does anyone speak to the cash machine or is it just me?  ;D

I do that!!!! I speak to the cash machine ;D

Usually with a bemused and head shaking hubby standing near by :-\

I have been known to talk to the wife sometimes .
                                           

"mummy will take you to the allotment" - sounds ok, but the "you" refers to a crazy daisy thing.

Quote from: Glyn on May 31, 2005, 22:11:39
I have been known to talk to the wife sometimes .
                                           

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Glyn i was defiantly talking about plants  ;D ;D ;D

I have always talked to the cash machine.  My OH thought I was crackers when he first heard.  Now he knows I am.  I also talk to my car.  And the cat.  And my pooter.   And my mobile phone .......

phew!! Thank gawd for that! Thought it was just me who talked to frogs (go get em babies)  and slugs ( bugger off next door) and plants ( grow well my pretties)  :-\ Was checking the porch door was locked last night and caught myself thanking the night scented stock for smelling so nice  ;D Yes they smell just as nice in a basket indoors  :P

we say good morning to magpies  :)
we talk to cows and horses and well all farm animals when we go on farms i work on  ;D
some times we make friends and they follow us does this make us both mad
we dont talk to the cash machine as it is not our friend at the moment (grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr cash machine) >:( >:( >:( >:( >:(

So pleased to hear other people talk to the cash machine -I called for some money on my way out with a friend and when I got back in the car she was doubled up laughing cos she'd seen me say "Thankyou" to it. That was nothing, she's never seen me when it gives me bad news   :-[

oh heck, we are all nutters!!!  I talk to anything that moves.  OH never has much to say so everything else gets it.  I shout on the pheasant to come for his feed.  Then its 'who is a clever boy then'  'where you been today'  'where is your lady today' bla bla bla.  I also have a word with cars and really quite sad when one has been sold and its on the way to a garage for sale.  So I take aphoto of it and then stroke it and say 'Thanks' Also when a car goes past another 1000 miles, OH and me, touch the dashboard and say 'Well done'.  So I think we are all crackers but never mind  I am Happy.

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And there's me, Carol, thinking I was the only one who talks to animals and machines !!  But there are others!!! :o ::) ::) ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

shall we start a nother club for us special peeps

Sounds good to me Waggi !  ;) ;D

Thanks, everyone. Makes me feel sooo much better to find I'm not the only one who apologises to songbirds for scaring them off,  is sarcastic to cash machines and chats to plants and bees.

Still like Alan Titchmarsh's story about the old chap who taught him saying you have to address every plant you put in by taking one step back and then saying 'Grow you b*gger, grow!'

And I often call the pigeons very rude names indeed.

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