You might be a gardening geek who makes New Year’s resolutions if…
You resolve to not buy any more plants unless you know specifically where you will plant them in your garden, but as soon as you see plants in the garden centers again, you buy at least one plant that you’ve fallen in love with instantly, because you also resolved to never pass up a plant you really like, even if you don't know
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Showing posts with label gardening geek. Show all posts
You Might Be A Gardening Geek: Texting Edition
It seems that everyone is sending text messages and using online chat these days, even gardeners.
You might be a gardening geek when it comes to texting and online chatting if…
When you arrive at a garden center and find that the plants are on sale, you immediately text to your gardening geek pals, POS at the GC!
You automatically figured out that GC stands for “garden center”.
You text
You might be a gardening geek when it comes to texting and online chatting if…
When you arrive at a garden center and find that the plants are on sale, you immediately text to your gardening geek pals, POS at the GC!
You automatically figured out that GC stands for “garden center”.
You text
You might be a gardening geek: Black Friday Edition
Clematis integrifolia 'Alba' seed heads on Black Friday
You might be a gardening geek on Black Friday if...
You looked at all the ads that came in the paper and decided not to go out shopping because there were no good deals on gardening tools.
You realized that all those ads could be used outside in the garden to smother weeds. Bonus points if you also thought of using them to make paper
Gardening Geek: Labor Day Edition
Coleus 'Crimson Gold'
You might be a gardening geek on Labor Day if...
You plan to spend this bonus day off in your garden and hope it doesn’t rain even though you need rain and desperately want it to rain.
You consider this weekend your drop dead date for ordering bulbs to plant this fall. Bonus points if you have already ordered bulbs but decided that because it is a three-day weekend, you
You Might Be A Gardening Geek: Postal Edition
You might be a gardening geek getting mail if...
You've ever received a package in the mail that contained an old gardening book.
You once waited on the front steps for the mail carrier because you thought a package containing your signed Elizabeth Lawrence book might arrive that day.
You've received seeds in the mail from more the one source. Bonus points if you've gotten seeds in other
You Might Be a Gardening Geek: Seattle Fling Edition
At Dragonfly Farms Nursery
You might be a gardening geek who went to Seattle Fling if…
Before you left home, you spent more time making notes on how to water and tend your garden in your absence than you did providing instructions on how to care for your kids or pets, if you have them.
Your reading material for the long hours on the plane included the most recent issue of Hortus plus
You Might Be A Gardening Geek: Blogging Edition
You might be a blogging gardening geek if…
You consider your digital camera an essential gardening tool because while you are out in the garden, you just might see something that cries out to be shared on your blog. After all, that zinnia is so pretty and it only exists for a moment in time in just that light. Bonus points if you have more than one digital camera.
You mark your calendar with
You consider your digital camera an essential gardening tool because while you are out in the garden, you just might see something that cries out to be shared on your blog. After all, that zinnia is so pretty and it only exists for a moment in time in just that light. Bonus points if you have more than one digital camera.
You mark your calendar with
You Might Be A Gardening Geek: Rock Edition
You might be a gardening geek who likes rocks in your garden if…
When your shovel hits a big rock in the ground, you immediately get out other tools to gently pry the rock out so you don’t scratch it all up.
When you find a rock while digging, you get that same feeling you get when opening an unexpected present as you gently brush the dirt off to see what the rock looks like.
When you come in
When your shovel hits a big rock in the ground, you immediately get out other tools to gently pry the rock out so you don’t scratch it all up.
When you find a rock while digging, you get that same feeling you get when opening an unexpected present as you gently brush the dirt off to see what the rock looks like.
When you come in
You Might Be A Gardening Geek: Garage Sale Edition
The clay pots are not for sale.
You might be a gardening geek at a garage sale if…
You go to a sale, see garden tools hanging on the wall and ask if they are for sale, even though clearly they are not. Bonus points if you have your own garage sale and hide your garden tools and hoes so that no one asks if they are for sale or stares because they have never seen so many garden tools in one
You Might Be A Gardening Geek: Photography Edition
You might be a gardening geek when it comes to photography if…
You welcome an occasional cloudy day because it gives you a good WOO to take pictures in your garden. Bonus points if you’ve stood over a plant to cast a shadow on it because that provided better lighting than the direct sun that was shining on it.
You go out in the rain to take pictures of the garden when it is all wet.
You
You welcome an occasional cloudy day because it gives you a good WOO to take pictures in your garden. Bonus points if you’ve stood over a plant to cast a shadow on it because that provided better lighting than the direct sun that was shining on it.
You go out in the rain to take pictures of the garden when it is all wet.
You
You Might Be A Gardening Geek: Rainy Day Edition
You might be a gardening geek on a rainy day if…
You contemplate buying one of those temporary shelters, the kind with the tent roof but no sides, to set up in strategic locations in the garden so you can continue weeding and planting, section by section, in the rain, in the garden.
You go ahead and go to the garden center while it is raining because you figure there will be fewer people there
You contemplate buying one of those temporary shelters, the kind with the tent roof but no sides, to set up in strategic locations in the garden so you can continue weeding and planting, section by section, in the rain, in the garden.
You go ahead and go to the garden center while it is raining because you figure there will be fewer people there
You Might Be A Gardening Geek: Car Edition
You might be a gardening geek in your car if:
You know exactly how many bags of mulch will fit in your trunk and just how to arrange those bags so you can maximize all the space.
You swore you would never put bags of mulch in your back seat but now you also know how many bags of mulch will fit in your back seat.
You keep your own plastic protector sheets from previous garden center visits in
You Might Be A Gardening Geek: Easter Edition
You might be a gardening geek on Easter if…
You check the year before to see when Easter is and then plan your bulb purchases to ensure maximum bloom on this special day. Bonus points if you just go ahead and order, early, mid-season, and late bulbs so you are ready every year.
You think that seed packets are the perfect gift for Easter baskets for all the little ones. Bonus points if you’ve
You check the year before to see when Easter is and then plan your bulb purchases to ensure maximum bloom on this special day. Bonus points if you just go ahead and order, early, mid-season, and late bulbs so you are ready every year.
You think that seed packets are the perfect gift for Easter baskets for all the little ones. Bonus points if you’ve
You Might Be A Gardening Geek: Laundry Edition
Rain makes the garden green
You might be a gardening geek doing laundry if...
You divide your laundry up into loads of lights, darks, and gardening before you wash it. Bonus points if the largest pile is gardening.
You have more than three shirts in the laundry that have a saying on them related to gardening. Bonus points for each shirt that is green. Limit ten bonus points.
You consider
The Crabapple Branch Gardener's Personality Test
Please look quickly at the picture below and write down your first thought.
Don't stare at it or study it or ponder it or pore over it.
Just look at it and think about what first comes to mind, then write that down.
A garden display at the Indiana Flower and Patio Show
All finished? Did you write down your answer?
Yes? Good.
Dr. Hortfreud will now analyze your answer and tell you what
Don't stare at it or study it or ponder it or pore over it.
Just look at it and think about what first comes to mind, then write that down.
A garden display at the Indiana Flower and Patio Show
All finished? Did you write down your answer?
Yes? Good.
Dr. Hortfreud will now analyze your answer and tell you what
You might be a gardening geek: Words with Friends® Edition
You might be a gardening geek who plays Words with Friends® on your iPhone (or iPad) if...
You have a user name that includes the word "garden" or "gardener" in it.
You say "Hey, that's my word" if your opponent plays words like "hoe", "rake", "garden" or anything else related to gardening. But then you remember that you can still play that same word someplace else if you have the right
You Might Be A Gardening Geek: Ice Storm Edition
You might be a gardening geek in an ice storm if...
You decide to venture out in the afternoon to get the mail and go out to the garage to select a hoe to use as a walking stick. However, once you look over all the hoes you decide instead to take a long handled dandelion digger with you because you never used it for digging dandelions and it turns out to be just the right length to be a good
You decide to venture out in the afternoon to get the mail and go out to the garage to select a hoe to use as a walking stick. However, once you look over all the hoes you decide instead to take a long handled dandelion digger with you because you never used it for digging dandelions and it turns out to be just the right length to be a good