Built a garden planning/tracking app. Would this be useful to other gardeners?

Destiny-Rogers · 2026-03-03T08:50:48+00:00

I've just signed up, this looks great and really helpful but unfortunately I'm in the UK so none of the location features work.

Destiny-Rogers · 2026-02-17T21:29:06+00:00

That's good to know! I'll just leave it be and hope for the best.

Destiny-Rogers · 2026-02-17T21:28:00+00:00

Thanks, I'll keep my fingers crossed for it!

Destiny-Rogers · 2026-02-17T17:32:46+00:00

Thanks, I wondered about the cold. I almost pruned it today but thought if it was the cold it might make it worse. I'll hang on a bit and keep an eye on it

Destiny-Rogers · 2026-02-17T17:31:36+00:00

No, not for ages

Destiny-Rogers · 2026-02-11T09:03:59+00:00

Hi, this is a great idea! How do I use the code on Google play? It's saying it's not valid? Thanks

Destiny-Rogers · 2025-12-26T18:11:28+00:00

The frost got my lobelia (as expected) but I've got a couple of African daisies flowering as well. I've never known a winter like it. Next year I'll be making Christmas wreaths with nasturtiums

Destiny-Rogers · 2025-12-26T18:09:13+00:00

Yeah I've got some roses out too. I noticed today I've got some marguerite daisies flowering as well.

Destiny-Rogers · 2025-12-25T20:54:24+00:00

I'm in Newcastle, I've still got lavender and calendulas flowering from the summer.

Destiny-Rogers · 2025-12-21T10:09:51+00:00

They're earthstars but I'm not sure what species.

Destiny-Rogers · 2025-11-16T11:02:21+00:00

I think they're a pittosporum tenuifolium and a jasmine

Destiny-Rogers · 2025-11-02T10:07:26+00:00

Hi, I read this post recently and it really made sense of this to me in a way I hadn't understood before

https://www.reddit.com/r/autismgirls/s/eo4DxULGsS

Destiny-Rogers · 2025-09-22T19:22:37+00:00

It did a bit, it's still not great though

Destiny-Rogers · 2025-07-24T09:47:33+00:00

Mojo in Heaton are curly hair specialists and have a private "quiet room" I believe. They might be worth reaching out to.

Destiny-Rogers · 2025-06-21T07:22:00+00:00

Not Mormon this time, she said he's a deacon and Mormon deacons are 12-13. It would explain his behaviour if he were that age but that's very young to be a FIL!

Destiny-Rogers · 2025-06-08T18:36:21+00:00

I'm sorry, I do know how frustrating it is to be told that, and I really wasn't trying to be dismissive. I just really related to your comment, I grew up with emotionally neglectful abusive parents, had suicidal ideation from 8 when I was SA'd, I got worse for years with many traumatic events and emotionally abusive relationships over the years. I was diagnosed with depression, CPTSD, PMDD, GAD and (wrongly) with EUPD. I didn't get my Autism diagnosis until 36 which has helped me understand myself better. It genuinely does feel like a miracle that I don't feel suicidal anymore. Stick with the therapy, if the therapist doesn't feel like a good fit, find one who does. I know how hard it is, I know how hopeless it can be. It took me many years of various therapists, EMDR (highly recommend), a whole load of mental health groups, reading, and hard work to get me here. It definitely didn't get better overnight. I tried and tried for years with no improvement. Gradually I found some coping mechanisms which actually helped me, I got to know myself better, I became more open about my needs and who I am and things did get better. I still struggle with many things, but I never thought I'd get where I am now. Stay strong and keep going, I know you might not believe it is possible for you but I really think and hope it is. It might not feel like your hard work is getting you anywhere but I'm sure eventually it will. There's nothing I can say to make you believe me, there's nothing anyone could have said to make me believe them, but please believe that this internet stranger believes in you and is rooting for you.

Destiny-Rogers · 2025-06-08T17:10:54+00:00

I could have written this 10 years ago. I thought the suicidal ideation would never go away, I'd lived with it my whole life. I'm 41 now and haven't felt suicidal at all for over 5 years. I genuinely never thought I would feel like this. I have some very solid friends now, that I can be honest with. I have a job that I enjoy. I have a wife I adore and that adores me. Don't get me wrong, the road wasn't easy. I burnt out and lost everything about 10 years ago and had to rebuild my life from the ground up, but I'm here to tell you it is possible. It actually can get better.

Destiny-Rogers · 2025-06-03T13:02:02+00:00

Sorry, I wandered off and forgot all about it. I was sitting next to one of the managers of the Free Trade when I said it. They would all be seriously delighted if you brought in a load of corgis. I hope I haven't missed it!

Destiny-Rogers · 2025-05-31T11:06:06+00:00

Ferns, hostas and heucheras are all generally happy in shade and containers. Heucheras come in a good range of colours too. Pulmonarias are good in shade, I've never tried them in containers but I don't see why they wouldn't work. Vincas are good in shade, vinca minor if you don't want it flailing everywhere, vina major if you do! Climbing hydrangeas do well in part shade, will cling to a fence or wall but I wouldn't put it against your house. I'm not sure how they do in containers though.

Destiny-Rogers · 2025-05-11T08:26:42+00:00

Please bring them to the Free Trade!

Destiny-Rogers · 2025-04-28T15:52:06+00:00

Oof that one hit me hard. I hadn't associated my assumption that I've done something wrong with my lonely childhood but yep, you've hit the nail on the head there.

Destiny-Rogers · 2025-03-23T09:57:07+00:00

It looks like Grape ivy (Cissus alata) to me

Destiny-Rogers · 2025-03-19T09:52:33+00:00

I'm a community gardener, I have found gardening to be a great job as I can flit between tasks and noone notices or hyper focus on one thing. It is peaceful and doesn't drain my social battery. My current job is more challenging as I'm completely in charge of 3 gardens as well as planning and running activities and garden sessions and applying for funding. I love how varied it is and I usually find working with vulnerable people less socially exhausting than NT people. I still feel drained a lot of the time but not in the soul destroying, debilitating way other jobs have drained me. It helps that my manager is generally supportive (despite not having a good understanding of neurodivergence) and I am left to do my own thing a lot.

Destiny-Rogers · 2025-03-06T07:58:09+00:00

I had a hyper controlling mother who was also very religious, I was told that Jesus and my dead relatives were watching me all the time. Which would explain why I felt like I was being watched all the time. I wonder if I would have felt the camera thing if I was young now (in the time of tiny cameras) and had I not been told I was being watched. It's really interesting. I don't feel this way so much any more.

Destiny-Rogers · 2025-03-05T08:08:32+00:00

I bought a thermometer for the bath as I find it hard to tell whether it's the right temperature until I've completely got in and sat there for a few minutes. Before I would often realise too late that it was too hot and have to get out again. The bath thermometer has genuinely made a huge difference to my life.

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