Friday 15 May 2020

Growing our way out

*Photo credits: Shropshire Star.

The week ends up on a different feel than when it started not least because in England and Wales people can go to garden centres to buy plants, seed, tools and the like for planting it home.

Planting things especially out of doors is acknowledged  as something that helps people who are prone to depression as they can care for and grow things of utility such as vegetables or of beauty such as plants and flowers deriving much satisfaction from it.

Admiring some big gardens with lots of things growing  has helped me stay more cheerful through this Covid-19 nightmare and now people can do more of that.

It also underpins people near me, like the local Nursery who had been struggling growing lots of things that no one could buy and inexplicably you could buy plants and flowers from supermarkets but not a garden centre which typically are less busy.

Some measures have had to be put in such as sanitizer for applying to hands and trollies, one way shopping systems to minimize people getting closer than the Social Distancing requirements and contactless card only payments coupled with online order for bigger orders that can be collected.

Judging by the overwhelming public reaction, this appears to be something that people feel matters.

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