| Author | Content |
phicks
Lakeland, FL
(Zone 9b)
December 28, 2008
11:15 AM Post #5935728
| Good Article . Paul |
pajaritomt
Los Alamos, NM
(Zone 5a)
December 28, 2008
12:06 PM Post #5935872
| Hey! I resemble those resolutions. Really need to do all of those myself. The trouble is that in order to add a new habit,. one needs to let go of some old habit which is often difficult. Darn! |
psychw2
Boise, ID
(Zone 6a)
December 28, 2008
12:34 PM Post #5935928
| As for that pile with leaves & clippings and possibly a snake? I figure THAT is the kind of work I hire out to some enterprizing youth that WANTS cash but should WORK for it!
I enjoyed your article. I could make the same resolutions but I figure why set myself up for another FAILURE??? |
kathy65468
Eunice, MO
(Zone 5b)
December 28, 2008
01:41 PM Post #5936126
| Cool, I am as good as a master gardener at some things! That is a definite ego boost.
The best thing about a garden is that you start with a new page every spring. Last year is history and nobody likes history anyway so who really cares what happened? |
planolinda
Plano, TX
December 28, 2008
04:21 PM Post #5936576
| thanks for making me feel better about all my garden "issues"!! love that i have company in my shortcomings ---of course you are resolving to change and i on the other hand am pretty sure things won't be much different!! thanks neighbor!! |
CapeCodGardener
Mid-Cape, MA
(Zone 7a)
December 28, 2008
10:37 PM Post #5938007
| This was a great article. I could relate to all of the resolutions. . . I loved the humorous style. Gives me hope that just maybe I can accomplish a few garden resolutions for 2009 if I keep my sense of humor. |
psychw2
Boise, ID
(Zone 6a)
December 28, 2008
11:19 PM Post #5938155
| If there is ONE resolution I wish I could keep faithfully it would be "I will never purchase a plant or bulb and fail to get it planted!"
Thank goodness we don't have to be "perfect" to have BEAUTIFUL gardens to enjoy. |
carolyn_haack
Saint Petersburg, FL
December 29, 2008
06:58 AM Post #5938783
| Enjoyed the article. It's good to know that I'm not the only one who has gardening "issues".
My resolution this year is to not buy anything without having at least some idea of where I can fit it in my tiny overcrowded garden.
I give myself until February. Oh, wait. I have apple trees coming in January. Whoops. |
planolinda
Plano, TX
December 29, 2008
10:51 AM Post #5939261
| too funny!!
my attrium is so crowded now that i can hardly get to the plants to water them and yet i bought a christmas cactus, small christmas tree and amarylus bulbs! i have plants that sit on the top dirt of other potted plants ---but i just love seeing my plants and they seem to do well all crowded together for the winter! |
quiltygirl
Wildomar, CA
(Zone 9a)
December 29, 2008
12:03 PM Post #5939585
| Great article. My family lives in Plano and when I would visit them in the summer (seldom) from Coastal So. California I wondered why neighbors would be gardening in the evening, sometimes after dark. When asked, they said it was too hot in the day. Duh! I was spoiled. On the coast, nearly everything grew with little to no effort. HOWEVER, now I live Inland and our summer days can rival yours in spades. We are blessed with cooler evenings though. I keep a pair of clippers hanging right outside the front door so they are very handy to grab to deadhead & trim stuff when I am out in the cool of the AM when I take the dogs out. Even though we are on 1.5 acres, I'm sure the neighbors think I'm quite a site gardening in my nightgown @ 6AM! I also fertilized at that time (when I remembered - that would be on my resolution list). |
duchessdreams
Reno, NV
December 29, 2008
03:44 PM Post #5940429
| Lol. Great artical! I hear you on most of these. I think my resolutions would be to actualy get more of the garden in place (new house). And not to be so scared of anuals, I'm always worried it wont be in the right place. |
shelly61
townsville
Australia
December 29, 2008
08:06 PM Post #5941280
| I loved this article, reminds me of me, i am an aussie, work full time and unfortunately garden not enough time, i resolve every year to do "no mans land" the side of my yard i have never been game enough to go into, clean up and plant out. Again it will be on my list of must do's this year, but then it has been on that list for the last 7 yrs, so i am afraid i don't hold out much hope for it, but who knows i may be inspired this year lol. |
psychw2
Boise, ID
(Zone 6a)
December 29, 2008
09:57 PM Post #5941767
| Shelly, maybe #8 will be your lucky year! LOL |
planolinda
Plano, TX
December 29, 2008
10:46 PM Post #5941989
| i worked in my yard today and my new resolution is to tame my garden! i let plants just grow and grow and grow some more-- |
shelly61
townsville
Australia
December 29, 2008
11:17 PM Post #5942151
| Maybe it will, but i must admit you have inspired me to at least make a start (lol) but i will have to wait till after summer, it is just tooooooooooooooo hot and being out in the garden sweating in my spare time instead of doing something in airconditioned comfort or swimming, is just not high on my priorities right now. Yeah i know i am having a slack attack lol.
have a great new year :-) |
shelly61
townsville
Australia
December 29, 2008
11:21 PM Post #5942184
| Sorry Psych i am at work and i dont really want to be here so i did not read who the comment was from, so thanks i hope your right and 8 will be good for me lol
i think i need a pre new years drink lol
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TexasTam
Plano, TX
(Zone 8a)
December 30, 2008
11:47 AM Post #5943514
| Thanks for the lovely comments, everyone.
Ya'll are inspiring me to start a series entitled "Secret Confessions of a Master Gardener"... |
