The gloominess is not unfounded though it's just how its reported that I take issue with. After all we've all come through a difficult first half of 2012, what with recession, European worries, untrustworthy bankers, hosepipe ban, constant rain - need I go on.
But the key to this is not the gloom and negatives, but is the fact that we are all still here and trading. So now is the time for everyone in the UK to do their bit and get the economy going. So lets all get out there and sell the vision of a new garden, encourage customers to buy, sell products to one another, build gardens, install irrigation systems, re-lay lawns, fit rainwater harvesting, try garden lighting, build a water feature etc.
Now, more than ever, we need to help one another to re-build our economy because we certainly can't rely on the useless government or the greedy bankers to make it happen, they are just too busy looking after themselves.
I think we've all now realised that this recession is going to be long, tough and unpleasant but if everyone has a will and determination to make things better then they will get better, despite the government and the bankers.
Nobody is going to solve the recession for us, we need to do it ourselves and the best way to do that is for everyone to get busy, designing, building, making, selling, repairing, exporting, maintaining and creating - that way we really can make a difference.
