tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post7488351952339928097..comments2023-11-03T08:59:11.561-04:00Comments on May Dreams Gardens: The Society Considers Issues Of IdentityCarol Michelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07796344366326535406noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-62543545565077243562009-04-12T10:05:00.000-04:002009-04-12T10:05:00.000-04:00I like Frances' "untrained but not untested." On m...I like Frances' "untrained but not untested." On my blog description, I have my background/job experience/training and call myself a "gardener by choice." <BR/><BR/>I give a slide talk to garden groups called "Gardening for Amateurs" because no matter how much we know and how much experience we have gardening, there is always some plant/garden area where we are an amateur. We can never know or doAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-91070392514095193872009-04-12T00:25:00.000-04:002009-04-12T00:25:00.000-04:00I have avid gardener on my blog description and I ...I have avid gardener on my blog description and I think it works.<BR/><BR/>I've seen these weird zombie comments around. Wonder what's up with them?EALhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03339266900036592543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-55179729040782524122009-04-10T15:31:00.000-04:002009-04-10T15:31:00.000-04:00Help! Zombies are attacking my house - they've alr...Help! Zombies are attacking my house - they've already trampled my sunflowers and I don't know what to do. Anybody have advice on a good zombie-zapping plant?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-41715324990293948372009-04-10T07:57:00.000-04:002009-04-10T07:57:00.000-04:00It is all about what day of the week you catch me ...It is all about what day of the week you catch me in the garden....i will describe what I am by the tool in my hand......!compost in my shoehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06572258657523962702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-15765658001805102062009-04-10T00:29:00.000-04:002009-04-10T00:29:00.000-04:00Tee hee heee ... I'd say I'm an experiencing garde...Tee hee heee ... I'd say I'm an experiencing gardener (not experienced but experiencing). Oh that's a bad adjective. Maybe experimenting sounds better. Ok, I'm an experimenting gardener on her way towards becoming an experienced one.blossomhttp://lili-aimhigh.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-43548983598163202632009-04-09T19:27:00.000-04:002009-04-09T19:27:00.000-04:00Rabid. Is there another word which describes the ...Rabid. Is there another word which describes the annual affliction of those of us in the temperate zones of the earth?Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07198403983191413541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-50824618857465995832009-04-09T18:38:00.000-04:002009-04-09T18:38:00.000-04:00My dear friend, I love nature too. Don't forget to...My dear friend, I love nature too. Don't forget to visit my blog. you and all of your friends are invited. I really appreciate your support. Thanks...D'Rimbahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01605994350829149879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-82753091270117682342009-04-09T17:53:00.000-04:002009-04-09T17:53:00.000-04:00I would say I'm a experienced rose growing, veggie...I would say I'm a experienced rose growing, veggie loving, gardener, but that doesn't mean I'm experienced about everything. There are so many new things to learn everyday, like don't cut your carex. Unlike grasses, it doesn't like it. Not at all. <BR/>Later, Madame President.~~DeeDee/reddirtramblingshttp://www.reddirtramblings.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-18361962598245524272009-04-09T16:45:00.000-04:002009-04-09T16:45:00.000-04:00I'm a natives-loving, blogging wild-life gardener,...I'm a natives-loving, blogging wild-life gardener, obsessed to know lots, always searching after the meaning of those botanical, Dutch, English, German, French... names and folknames, always keen to discover some unknown folkloristic of historical fact about some (native) plant... an untidy and lazy, but overenthousiastic and impulsive listkeeping gardener...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-34034364231424023782009-04-09T16:35:00.000-04:002009-04-09T16:35:00.000-04:00Madame President! I second the motion that we be ...Madame President! I second the motion that we be allowed to use as many adjectives as necessary to describe ourselves. What a brilliant idea.<BR/><BR/>BTW, I believe that the grape hyacinth was named that due to the similarity the blossom group has to a bunch of grapes. Loosely speaking, there is a slight resemblance. <BR/><BR/>I would describe myself as an annual perennial organic vegetablehealingmagichandshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03785882461027155830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-4406312170332614942009-04-09T15:35:00.000-04:002009-04-09T15:35:00.000-04:00I only say this because I get a little upset by so...I only say this because I get a little upset by some people I know (no names will be mentioned) that call themselves gardeners because they will go out and water the one hanging basket of petunias (that they constantly refer to as pansies) on their front porch (but only if they are visibly fainting from heat and thirst). I am an 'actual gardener'.Nathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15987068526094555577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-53895898701403913922009-04-09T13:34:00.000-04:002009-04-09T13:34:00.000-04:00Love The Society! Can't even begin to think of how...Love The Society! Can't even begin to think of how I'd describe myself as a gardener. Off the top of my head, I'd say I'm a disorderly and disheveled gardener with a garden full of little treasures. Happy Easter, Carol!kate smudgeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10564410520744285676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-24916367014699872322009-04-09T12:03:00.000-04:002009-04-09T12:03:00.000-04:00I agree with Town Mouse, MA, Gail, Frances, and Na...I agree with Town Mouse, MA, Gail, Frances, and Nancy. And probably others, but I sensed an immediate agreement with those.Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11106962533729909868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-76224344093375425482009-04-09T11:21:00.000-04:002009-04-09T11:21:00.000-04:00Well, I do use one prefix often but that's only in...Well, I do use one prefix often but that's only in reaction to being called a landscaper.<BR/><BR/>I'm a [insert vulgar word] Gardener. <BR/><BR/>I just want to keep things simple. <B>Gardener</B> is all I need.wiseacrehttp://wiseacre-gardens.com/wordpressnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-35464725149763754232009-04-09T11:06:00.000-04:002009-04-09T11:06:00.000-04:00Each time I say "I'm a gardener", I'm asked "what ...Each time I say "I'm a gardener", I'm asked "what vegetables do you grow". It so happens that I don't grow any but faithfully leave large amounts of money at the farmer's market instead. Am I a plant gardener? A perennial, shrub, and annual gardener? An ornamental gardener? I agree, it's quite a conundrum. "Gardener" would serve me well...Town Mousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09777461911856383480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-3999281164699317452009-04-09T10:03:00.000-04:002009-04-09T10:03:00.000-04:00I have to come up w/something catchy so will be ba...I have to come up w/something catchy so will be back in a bit.MAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09698595362707489593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-9788422610205109542009-04-09T09:44:00.000-04:002009-04-09T09:44:00.000-04:00I'm an avid, spring-loving, determined, experiment...I'm an avid, spring-loving, determined, experimental, weed-pulling gardener who loves to grow vegetables and compost anything possible.KayGeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05101700097753371549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-29020126026439010602009-04-09T09:32:00.000-04:002009-04-09T09:32:00.000-04:00I am an avid, organic, native plant, ornamental, e...I am an avid, organic, native plant, ornamental, environmentally conscious, experienced, dry shade, dry sun, plant-collecting, foliage, blogging, informal, wild gardener. I bet I forgot something.Mr. McGregor's Daughterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05911409327006498766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-22337454921526048112009-04-09T09:29:00.000-04:002009-04-09T09:29:00.000-04:00Native plant loving, flower smelling, rock hugging...Native plant loving, flower smelling, rock hugging, dirt gardener...thanks for asking! gailGailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16194325535496408116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-12037242377768684692009-04-09T09:14:00.000-04:002009-04-09T09:14:00.000-04:00This is a fun post I would have to go with all con...This is a fun post I would have to go with all consumed to the degree of dreaming about my gardens gardener.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13061146166736270529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-58869576255295405532009-04-09T09:06:00.000-04:002009-04-09T09:06:00.000-04:00Such a fun post! Let's see... I'm a four season, c...Such a fun post! Let's see... I'm a four season, color loving, experimental gardener. <BR/>Oh, and my Grape Hyacinth are blooming too!Jamiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06743534996498435660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-54888250569682118232009-04-09T07:50:00.000-04:002009-04-09T07:50:00.000-04:00Madame President, the adejective that most aptly d...Madame President, the adejective that most aptly describes me as a gardener is Master Shoestring Gardenener. Let this be said in the minutes or any other thought wave.Lisa at Greenbowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07743973292900758183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-5453474093125593562009-04-09T07:43:00.000-04:002009-04-09T07:43:00.000-04:00Hands-in-the-dirt, natural-style, no-pesticide-usi...Hands-in-the-dirt, natural-style, no-pesticide-using, seed-growing, bee-loving, no-till, vegetable-with-the-occasional-flower gardener.Daphnehttp://daphnesdandelions.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-84496830642680994052009-04-09T06:19:00.000-04:002009-04-09T06:19:00.000-04:00Trial and error gardener. Untrained but not untes...Trial and error gardener. Untrained but not untested. :-)<BR/>FrancesFranceshttp://fairegarden.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-44664529533672366392009-04-09T05:04:00.000-04:002009-04-09T05:04:00.000-04:00Carol, thanks for a brilliant post. I like Nancy's...Carol, thanks for a brilliant post. I like Nancy's "developing" one of the joys of our hobby, the day we stop developing we are no longer a gardener! I think I will call myself plant-obsessed Gardner.<BR/><BR/>Best wishes Sylvia (England)Sylvia (England)https://www.blogger.com/profile/14658826538568918452noreply@blogger.com