Being a Gardener Means…
Through the years I’ve discovered being a gardener can mean many things. Here are some of the things being a gardener means to me.
Being a gardener means always having green gunk under your fingernails, no matter how many times you wash them.
Being a gardener means you can’t drive by a garden center without stopping in, just to “take a look.”
Being a gardener means the first section you stop at in the local book store or library is the gardening section… just to see if they have anything new.
Being a gardener means, on the day after Christmas you run to the mailbox to see if the gardening catalogs have started to arrive yet.
Being a gardener means, hoping your husband (wife) will drive so you can look out the window and see how everyone else’s garden is growing while you’re riding down the road.
Being a gardener means having your husband stop the car so you can jump out and take a picture of that beautiful hibiscus flower at the edge of the road (or maybe that’s me being a photo freak).
Being a gardener means always finding one more plant to add to your garden, even when all available space appears to be full.
Being a gardener means your favorite form of fun and relaxation is strolling through your midsummer garden.
Being a gardener means having all your windowsills full of new little plants from February until June. And having those same windowsills full of plants you just couldn’t let the frost get in October.
Being a gardener means planting more fruits and vegetables than you’ll ever be able to use, and giving half away to friends and relatives who run from you when they see you coming with a load of fresh zucchini.
Being a gardener means you have a little piece of heaven in your back yard.
Being a gardener means you love the earth, and would do anything you can to help preserve her beauty.
Being a gardener means seeing each new bloom and rejoicing at its wonderful uniqueness.
Being a gardener means having a sense of pride when you put a meal on the table provided by your own garden.
What does being a gardener mean to you?
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2 opinions for Being a Gardener Means…
Daphne Gould
Jun 28, 2008 at 4:29 am
Hmm I must be a different form of gardener. I always have black dirt under my fingernails, that doesn’t wash out no matter how many times I wash. I don’t need to stop to take photos, but my husband does. He is not a gardener, but a photographer. My problem is that I never have my camera there when I need it. I never stop by the bookstore or library anymore (I own a kindle and love it, though no pretty photos of gardens in the books). My plants are on my windowsill still and will be all summer as I grow succession crops. But I’m with you on all the other things.
linette
Aug 8, 2008 at 12:47 pm
Daphne,
I usually have some black gunk under there too. I was just thinking of all the weeds I pull, and the green ooze that usually comes from them:)
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