tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post767178315121150666..comments2023-11-03T08:59:11.561-04:00Comments on May Dreams Gardens: Achieving Happiness in Your Garden: The First SecretCarol Michelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07796344366326535406noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-38334715483802786132010-06-29T07:14:17.167-04:002010-06-29T07:14:17.167-04:00Grow the plants you love. Great advice. I doubt th...Grow the plants you love. Great advice. I doubt that I would consciously do anything else. I have unknowing planted things I've had to later remove (and "inherited" things that didn't last long). ;-) We learn alot through those experiences, though. Gardening... a wonderful "growing experience!" lol.Büyü Yapmakhttp://www.buyuyapmak.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-46359525390032814402010-01-16T01:53:09.483-05:002010-01-16T01:53:09.483-05:00What a fantastically wonderful post!!!!What a fantastically wonderful post!!!!Kimberlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18123627573356760362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-86615855470660283162010-01-14T23:28:10.800-05:002010-01-14T23:28:10.800-05:00Wise words, Carol. Thanks for letting them out of ...Wise words, Carol. Thanks for letting them out of the box and sharing them.Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14527649631254016576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-15274222413068590352010-01-14T22:52:47.787-05:002010-01-14T22:52:47.787-05:00Grow the plants you love. Great advice. I doubt ...Grow the plants you love. Great advice. I doubt that I would consciously do anything else. I have unknowing planted things I've had to later remove (and "inherited" things that didn't last long). ;-) We learn alot through those experiences, though. Gardening... a wonderful "growing experience!" lol.Shady Gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05007816271406393818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-6835186180671854562010-01-14T19:40:04.298-05:002010-01-14T19:40:04.298-05:00The first secret is indeed quite true. Wise post.The first secret is indeed quite true. Wise post.Mary Delle LeBeauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10580493268918204260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-27774109502575676022010-01-14T19:00:33.859-05:002010-01-14T19:00:33.859-05:00I think Nell Jean is on to something. Grow the pla...I think Nell Jean is on to something. Grow the plants you love that can be happy where you live.Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11106962533729909868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-26288385466611769462010-01-14T15:27:49.409-05:002010-01-14T15:27:49.409-05:00So true - why waste valuable space on something yo...So true - why waste valuable space on something you have no feelings for? Plant something you adore.HappyMouffetardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09157145094611234176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-79243723951467637472010-01-14T11:53:03.920-05:002010-01-14T11:53:03.920-05:00Grow the plants you love, It could be a metaphor ...Grow the plants you love, It could be a metaphor for life, do what you love. Life is too short and precious not too. Great post BTW.Melanie J Wattshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03265452434129642917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-60918337177674893922010-01-14T11:32:16.885-05:002010-01-14T11:32:16.885-05:00I can't imagine growing plants that I hate. W...I can't imagine growing plants that I hate. Well, I can, but I can't imagine keeping them. I've given away all my Tradescantia because I hated that their flowers melted by noon. I've composted or given away all the orange & rust bicolor flowered Daylilies that some previous owner had planted. Out, out! The garden is too small to waste valuable space on unloved plants.Mr. McGregor's Daughterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05911409327006498766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-74112145315456152372010-01-14T11:31:13.510-05:002010-01-14T11:31:13.510-05:00(Prairierose--so please don't delete my commen...(Prairierose--so please don't delete my comment, garden fairies!) I'm glad to know I'm on my way to happiness, Carol. I started everything here from scratch, so all my plants are ones that I loved--at least initially. Now there are some underperformers and some that are out of place, but I can't think of anything I grow that I don't love. Well, there is that poison ivy...Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01384059342847120951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-61563001844761496042010-01-14T10:07:08.056-05:002010-01-14T10:07:08.056-05:00Clever post. On the other hand, I must grow the pl...Clever post. On the other hand, I must grow the plants that love my garden. I love the peonies and lilacs of my childhood. They don't thrive here. Not that I don't love the hydrangeas, camellias, azaleas and lycoris that grow abundantly here, I love them too.Nell Jeanhttp://seedscatterer.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-67046373044831387952010-01-14T09:39:17.626-05:002010-01-14T09:39:17.626-05:00Enjoyed your post. It makes perfect sense to plan...Enjoyed your post. It makes perfect sense to plant what you love. I have planted things that I thought I would love and end up pulling them out...wondering why did I keep that so long when there can be something really pretty in that spot? -AmyAmyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07572136733330325375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-25121851883835561362010-01-14T09:23:56.256-05:002010-01-14T09:23:56.256-05:00Those five words say it all. After reading about ...Those five words say it all. After reading about gardening trends, I began to think what an old-fashioned gardener I am, but now I realize, I'd just rather grow the plants I love. What a lovely post.Teresa Ohttp://thecottageonthecorner.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-13973145510456962242010-01-14T08:30:46.297-05:002010-01-14T08:30:46.297-05:00Reminds me of the happy, happy day when I ripped o...Reminds me of the happy, happy day when I ripped out the great hideous magenta azalea and replaced it with a lovely bottlebrush buckeye! It made me so happy I had to stop and give the little buckeye a kiss every day when I came home for weeks!Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14433418903218452909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-1314525309759584432010-01-14T08:28:52.543-05:002010-01-14T08:28:52.543-05:00A simple secret but a good one. I started a prickl...A simple secret but a good one. I started a prickly pear cactus from a pad and it grew into a monster. I hated it. I don't like cactus. But we Austinites are always being encouraged to grow drought-resistant, heat tolerant plants.<br /><br />I grew up in the desert southwest and when I moved to Texas I fell in love with the trees and grasses...all the things that didn't remind me of the mss @ Zanthan Gardenshttp://www.zanthan.com/gardens/gardenlog/?p=2663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-54803679444183441912010-01-14T07:53:49.190-05:002010-01-14T07:53:49.190-05:00What an incredible blossom. I am not at all famili...What an incredible blossom. I am not at all familiar with this plant, but it sounds like one I would like to get to know better.Rosehttp://www.iflorist.co.uk/c-105-valentines-day.aspxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-36354073796181312792010-01-14T06:30:37.503-05:002010-01-14T06:30:37.503-05:00I think I am welll on the way to achieveing this f...I think I am welll on the way to achieveing this first challenge. I love the plants I grow. I also think you should not feel guilty about falling out of love regarding plants. If they don't perform welll or you have a change of heart. Take them out and plant something else.Lisa at Greenbowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07743973292900758183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-3638062811769578342010-01-14T06:10:16.527-05:002010-01-14T06:10:16.527-05:00Big big secret! It is so hard to uproot that plant...Big big secret! It is so hard to uproot that plant you have hated for years - but so liberating. Just yank it out!Cyndyhttp://gardeningasylum.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-65241977817734255512010-01-14T05:11:37.426-05:002010-01-14T05:11:37.426-05:00The first secret is such a simple one...why have I...The first secret is such a simple one...why have I made it so complicated? Because others' are growing this plant or that plant? I must write this down in the garden journal that you so gently insisted I start, and I'm glad I did. I even bought a real spiral notebook.Darlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09976608531478457839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-23988699744641746322010-01-14T01:44:48.548-05:002010-01-14T01:44:48.548-05:00I have to agree & you have firmly cemented my ...I have to agree & you have firmly cemented my desire to tear out a bed that I do not like & replant ASAP!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-11029039336659929442010-01-14T01:22:21.609-05:002010-01-14T01:22:21.609-05:00I'd have to agree, that there can never be too...I'd have to agree, that there can never be too much of a good thing. I have a habit of keeping lists of the plants I am "hoping" for, and have been blessed to receive many of them through plants trades. Recently I've ordered many of my remaining wishlist plants online (plants or seeds). I can't wait to get them settled into the garden.Garden Lilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07555471590488138155noreply@blogger.com