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admin
Schenectady, NY
 January 2, 2012 9:50 AM Post #8951371
| There are a total of 87 votes:
| I enjoy birding. It goes hand-in-hand with gardening.
(11 votes, 12%) |  |
| I enjoy building things. (like what?)
(6 votes, 6%) | |
| Needlework is my favorite 'other' activity.
(5 votes, 5%) | |
| I like to travel. (where have you been?)
(4 votes, 4%) | |
| I enjoy photography. (show us some images!)
(17 votes, 19%) | |
| I have many hobbies. (tell us!)
(28 votes, 32%) | |
| Other. (tell us!)
(16 votes, 18%) | |
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carrielamont
Euless, TX (Zone 8a)
January 2, 2012 10:07 AM Post #8951389
| I write, and I compose music. |
whodunit13579
Columbus, OH
January 2, 2012 12:03 PM Post #8951554
| I am an amateur photographer, I am a bird watcher/general nature enthusiast, I partake in many outdoor activities, and I build rockets. |
luciee
Hanceville, AL (Zone 7a)
January 2, 2012 3:42 PM Post #8951894
| Photography, crocheting, sewing (when it does not get on my nerves), reading murder mysteries, houseplants and out door gardening. |
ericabelle
West Plains, MO (Zone 6b)
January 2, 2012 5:24 PM Post #8952013
| Photography, Travel, Needlework, Birding, Papercutting, Beekeeping, Reading
Future Hobbies I want to learn: pottery, stained glass, and painting |
cececoogan
Waukesha, WI (Zone 5a)
January 2, 2012 5:43 PM Post #8952049
| I like to read and I like to go dancing to country music and Texas swing dance and 50 and 60 music with the twist . |
OutsidePlaying
Laceys Spring, AL (Zone 7a)
January 2, 2012 5:56 PM Post #8952064
| Fitness, skiing (snow), travel (work and pleasure), piano, reading, hiking, learning photography, bird watching, anything else outdoors I can find to do. I'm involved with building rockets too. |
monkeymomr
San Bernardino, CA (Zone 9a)
January 2, 2012 7:20 PM Post #8952187
| Books and movies. I love mysteries! |
pepper23
KC Metro area, MO (Zone 6a)
January 2, 2012 7:22 PM Post #8952191
| Horseback riding, books, birding, hiking and jigsaw puzzles are a few of mine. |
pirl
(Arlene) Southold, NY (Zone 7a)
January 2, 2012 7:27 PM Post #8952204
| Photography, renovating and remodeling the house, cooking (non-gardening time only), dining out, travel. Cape Cod and Maine are our two favorite places because we love both areas and they allow our dog, Harry, to share our cabin or room.
He just loves our stops at Dairy Queen.
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kwanjin
West Valley City, UT (Zone 7a)
January 2, 2012 10:20 PM Post #8952369
| Photography, traveling, gardening, reading(horror and sci-fi)and writing, martial arts and... MOVIES, MOVIES, MOVIES. Tell me a story...I can listen for hours, days... |
steadycam3
Houston Heights, TX (Zone 9a)
January 3, 2012 4:08 AM Post #8952444
| In addition to flower and vegetable gardening, landscape design, I like to build things, eg. I built a pergola and a porch swing. I also built 6 raised boxes for my square foot garden. I also enjoy re-purposing things. It just gives me so much satisfaction to use something that might have gone to waste. I built my porch swing from an old teak deck-storage box my neighbor was discarding. I enjoy taking a lot of photos but I would not dare to call my self a photographer. Garden design is my favorite thing. I have some part of a plan for the next project on my mind constantly. Im a news and politics junkie and read that about as much as I read gardening books. |
bonehead
Cedarhome, WA (Zone 8b)
January 3, 2012 8:45 AM Post #8952705
| In no particular order: reading, crocheting, sewing, birding, camping, hiking, snow skiing, cooking, photography, crabbing, fishing, boating, canning/preserving (less than in years past but still an interest). Most recent garden hobby has been growing herbs and learning to use them, particularly as skin care products. |
g_whizz
rosetta TASMANIA
Australia
January 3, 2012 4:18 PM Post #8953385
| My main interest is liliums, but i dabble a bit with miniature daffodils ,..,then theres my hot rod pickup[which is never finished].. i collect license plates, oil/grease/automotive cans-especially Atlantic and Whizz- then theres Gas Pumps too,.,.I create metal art and sculptures and break all artistic rules,.,..,but in general have fun...but my employment seems to get in the way all the time,.,.,. 
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rampbrat
Abilene, TX (Zone 7b)
January 3, 2012 7:36 PM Post #8953641
| Until recently I was a band, football, hockey, powerlifting mom, but my last one graduated high school and my middle son has wrapped up his college hockey. Occasionally all 3 will do a tournament or pick up games. I travel when we can save up. But mostly, I tag along with our youth and my husband on various mission trips. We do Habitat, Global Sumaritans, went to New Orleans and we've made a three year commitment to work in Joplin. We were there last year just a month after the tornado. I also read, history and trashy romance novels. We all have to have a gulity pleasure. |
Cville_Gardener
Highland Rim of TN
United States (Zone 7a)
January 4, 2012 2:05 AM Post #8953856
| I love the birds (and butterflies) and have a very active feeder all winter long. I can easily see it from my desk here. Such a joy to watch them!
I also love to write, read, make yard/garden art, and travel - although that's on hold right now due to illness in the family. I've been in a number of countries and love learning about and observing first-hand the various cultures. Just an amateur photographer.
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Cville_Gardener
Highland Rim of TN
United States (Zone 7a)
January 4, 2012 2:12 AM Post #8953857
| One more for a little more color on a freezing cold winter morning ...
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pirl
(Arlene) Southold, NY (Zone 7a)
January 4, 2012 4:58 AM Post #8953911
| Thanks! It's freezing here as well. Waking up to 15 degrees and a wind chill of 7 is not as nice as last week when we had the high 50's. |
Ladyblaze
Des Moines, IA
January 4, 2012 8:33 AM Post #8954136
| I love my gardening, building yard stuff, birding, then in the winter I write and cross-stitch. |
Artwestallis
Milwaukee, WI
January 4, 2012 8:56 AM Post #8954174
| house renovations and remodeling. Built my pergula,fence with arbor, and am finish remdeling a 2 bedroom duplex |
HoneybeeNC
Charlotte, NC (Zone 7b)
January 4, 2012 11:36 AM Post #8954337
| I answered "Photography" but I also grow vegetables, watch/feed the birds; and I'm ALWAYS up for a road trip!
Photo of Mount Shasta August 2010
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pirl
(Arlene) Southold, NY (Zone 7a)
January 4, 2012 12:25 PM Post #8954391
| So beautiful! |
Cville_Gardener
Highland Rim of TN
United States (Zone 7a)
January 4, 2012 12:46 PM Post #8954407
| It surely is. I used to have that view (although not quite so close) from my living room window in Nor Cal. Sigh! I do miss that. |
kobwebz
columbia, TN (Zone 7a)
January 4, 2012 1:18 PM Post #8954448
| Old house and furniture restoration. |
paulajo81
Avera, GA
January 4, 2012 1:38 PM Post #8954466
| Writing, cooking, and baking would be my main "other" intersts |
mcash70
Logan Lake, BC (Zone 3a)
January 4, 2012 3:17 PM Post #8954561
| Besides gardening I like, photography, bird watching, reading, camping, fly fishing, and the computer. |
bsimpson1972
Chicago, IL (Zone 6a)
January 5, 2012 12:33 PM Post #8955515
| I picked photography and here are some of my pictures:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/flowerfreak/ |
RebeccaLynn
Winston Salem, NC (Zone 7a)
January 5, 2012 5:13 PM Post #8955947
| In addition to gardening, I enjoy travel, photography, bicycling, tap dancing, playing the piano, cooking, and spending time with my family and friends. I love pets but don't have any presently. I enjoy retirement very much. |
greenbrain
Madison, IL (Zone 6b)
January 5, 2012 7:47 PM Post #8956156
| I enjoy cooking, walking the dogs, bicycling on nature trails, stargazing, but gardening is my passion!
I selected "other" because I didn't notice "many hobbies" which would probably best described me. My problem is that I don't have time or money for all my interests; such as; bowling, sewing, beading, working Thomas Kincaid jigsaw puzzles, playing the piano, but I always find time & money for gardening!
This message was edited Jan 5, 2012 9:56 PM |
jmorth
Divernon, IL (Zone 5b)
January 6, 2012 2:07 AM Post #8956320
| I collect rocks and minerals. |
Raykhona
Ellicott City, MD (Zone 7b)
January 6, 2012 9:57 AM Post #8956735
| Love to travel. Been to Iceland and Israel, but I have about a dozen other places on my list to go! |
g_whizz
rosetta TASMANIA
Australia
January 7, 2012 2:22 AM Post #8957727
| Not too many at once Jack, i hope!! |
KyWoods
Melbourne, KY (Zone 6a)
January 7, 2012 6:12 AM Post #8957859
| Thank you, rampbrat, for helping out in my hometown of New Orleans. I have family there who suffered damage to their homes.
I love taking care of critters, no matter what species. I also love hiking in our woods, cutting new trails there, and finding colorful fungi and interesting wildflowers. Reading about the animal-human connection is what I do to relax, in addition to computer time. |
Sheila_FW
Fort Worth, TX (Zone 8a)
January 7, 2012 7:03 AM Post #8957920
| I raise caterpillars and release them when they emerge as butterflies. I plant the host plants for the butterflies that are in our area, they lay eggs, I take the hatched caterpillars inside and feed them the host plant in protected cages...safe from parasitic insects. They make their chrysalis when grown and then emerge as butterflies.
Join us on the Humming Bird and Butterfly Forum...read the "sticky" there for more info.
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mcash70
Logan Lake, BC (Zone 3a)
January 7, 2012 10:06 AM Post #8958119
| Sheila I think that's pretty cool helping out the butterflies.;~) |
KyWoods
Melbourne, KY (Zone 6a)
January 7, 2012 11:06 AM Post #8958165
| Me, too, and it sounds like fun, too! |
Sheila_FW
Fort Worth, TX (Zone 8a)
January 7, 2012 4:38 PM Post #8958472
| Yes, it is! |
sugarweed
Jacksonville & Okeec, FL (Zone 9a)
January 8, 2012 12:33 PM Post #8959332
| I have butterfly cocoons right now for monarchs, but raised a batch of zebra long-wings on my Mandivillas. All of my host plants re-leaf here in southern mid Florida. I also bird, batik, sew, fish, solar boat fish, and make jewelry. I have about 200 coleus and a multitude of other plants making my deck a mini paradise overlooking Taylor Creek here in Okeechobee, Fl.
I love cooking and eating. |
Sheila_FW
Fort Worth, TX (Zone 8a)
January 9, 2012 10:46 AM Post #8960668
| Sugarweed...Do you have passion vine nearby? I am pretty certain the zebra longwing's host plants are passiflora varieties. Maybe they crawled onto the Mandavilla to pupate.
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sugarweed
Jacksonville & Okeec, FL (Zone 9a)
January 9, 2012 11:56 AM Post #8960749
| No Ma'm, they ate all the foliage off. They were orange with black spikes and cleaned those vines to the vine! They are some kind of B&W stripped butterfly. I was surprised too, but have a neighbor back in Jax that said they were stripping her Oleanders.
Who am I to argue with a caterpillar that stings if touched.
;) |
