Renegade no more

¶ 8 May 05

Ten things that gardening has taught me:

1) Patience.
2) Nothing good can be said about weeding.
3) Diligence.
4) Nature knows what it’s doing.
5) Turns out, its laws do apply to me. Damn it.
6) You don’t always reap what you sow.
7) There is no shortage of magic in the universe.
8) Aphids and slugs are Satan’s envoys.
9) Geraniums are to gardening what parsley is to cooking.
10) Humility.

 

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  1. 11. Puppies (not dogs, necessarily, but puppies) and gardens are mutually exclusive.

    12. That growing one’s own heirloom tomatoes because they cost so much at the market will yield tomatoes that cost at least double that price per tomato, not counting labor, which, if factored in, would probably quadruple the price.

    13. That the term, ‘rare and little-known variety’ is a euphemism, and there’s probably a really, really good reason why that vegetable never gained popularity.

    14. People should wear hats while working in the garden, the bigger and floppier the better.

    15. People should wear gloves while working in the garden if they don’t want perma-dirt under their fingernails.

    16. Some people never learn.
    — wizmo    May 8, 8:41pm    #
  2. Oh yeah, and;

    17. It will never, ever look as good as it does on the seed packet, unless you’re really good at Photoshop.
    — wizmo    May 8, 8:45pm    #
  3. I love your list – I think I’m going to get it printed on a t-shirt! Found the link to your blog at Lost in Transit.
    — christina    May 9, 10:08am    #
  4. Gardening a few years ago taught to just stay indoors with my books. When I feel the urge to garden, I visit the nearest botanical gardens and talk to the staff there about taking care of the plants. Urge passes.
    — roggey    May 9, 7:05pm    #
  5. 18. 99.9% of plants prefer sunny, sheltered positions in well-drained, neutral-to-alkali soil.

    19. My garden is a wind-swept acid bog.

    20. Give me weeding over mowing the lawn bog any day of the week.
    — Richard Carter    May 9, 7:45pm    #
  6. Just got back from watering our new garden. I’m enjoying doing my part so far, which includes digging and fetching. My wife does the planning and planting. But I expect I’ll learn the full horror as I go along.
    — language hat    May 9, 10:48pm    #
  7. Pictures?
    — Ray    May 10, 8:47pm    #
  8. Weeding is my favourite gardening activity, it’s like meditation. It’s best done regularly and after a rain on a well cultivated bed. Getting rid of hugely committed weeds should be left to the experts.
    — Meliors Simms    May 12, 11:38pm    #
  9. We get very little rain around here, so pulling up weeds is like trying to pry something out of a dead man’s hand.
    — gail    May 13, 9:09am    #
  10. 21. finding shallots in the pantry in January makes things better.
    — bark    May 14, 12:11am    #
  11. 22. If there were no slugs or aphids, gardening wouldn’t be as much of a challenge or a triumph.
    — diane    May 20, 7:11pm    #

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