What Makes You A Gardener?

How do you know you're a "gardener"? By the clothes you wear? The seed paks hiding in the back of the fridge? When you're out pulling weeds in the rain under an umbrella? (That's me!) Lying to your spouse about a plant in the yard ("Oh, that's always been there"!).

You can answer this seriously, or

You can answer this humorously by writing something like: "You know you're a gardener when . . . ".

Tell us what you're made of!


(photo by ©Mike Ovsianikov called "Gardening Gone Wrong")

You know you're a gardener when you try to hit the nursery everytime you're running errands!

Amen! It reminded me of . . .

You know you're a gardener when you buy plants at the grocery store so spouse doesn't know you went to the nursery!

you know you're a gardener because your fingernails always have soil under them and you can't wear sandals because your feet are always muddy.

(I am a bare foot gardener and proud of it!)

You know your a gardener when: You drink to many drinks, plant the plant crooked and it still grows.

you know you're a gardener when you use the dining room table for re-potting plants but never for eating off of.

You know your a gardener when you feed the roses better meals than your spouse.

That pic is a little creepy!


You know you're a gardener when you take more pics of your flowers than of the kids.

Sherrie - dandelion wine? LOL!

Oh, these are great! I'm relating to them, especially more pics of flowers than kids!

The picture of that guy - Its like I almost can see who it actually is, but I cant put my finger on it. Is it an actor - oh it looks like ummm - he played in westerns a lot. Ummm Clint Eastwood? no no good grief who is it?

i did this today

you know your a gardener when you go to a new nursery, get a pass to buy something but not to spend too much - buy three plants and spend too much, get two into the ground (they will never be noticed) and when asked if you bought anything say - oh, just this jm.

if my wife ever joins dg big trouble

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You know you're a gardener when you cut down on groceries so you can get more plants.

You know you're a gardener when you run into one of your neighbors at the grocery store and they don't even recognize you because they've never seen you cleaned up and dressed in something other than dirty yard clothes!

This is fun!!!

You know your a gardener when you start taking days off in the spring and fall because your plants and bulbs need you much more than the job does......and summer vacation is out (who would take care of the gardens?)

now you are talking Bookreader!!... You know your a gardener when someone asks you to a early summer party... and you say no because that will be two days you will loose time in the garden... always too tired the next day!!

I garden to avoid having to wear this kind of outfit

"You know you're a gardener when you take more pics of your flowers than of the kids." Oh my goodness! Have you guys looked at the photos in my Picassa program, and that's how you know?

I'd like to add also, "You know you are a gardener when you can finally give someone else advice on DG!"

For me (due to my insatiable appetite for the strange and minutiae)

You know you're a gardener when Latin plant names roll off your tongue quicker than family member names. (This has happened to me on more than one occasion.)

You know you're a gardener when someone can begin to describe a shrub, perennial, tree, bulb, tuber, corm, tropical, cacti, etc, etc, etc....And you know what it is within the second detail.

You know you're a gardener when you can finish a newbie gardeners question, and answer for them.

You know you're a gardener when you start talking "plant talk" and about 1/2 way through your own conversation, you realize everyone else is looking at you like you have 8 heads...this look is especially true for non gardener types.

You know you're a gardener when hearing terms such as "double digging," "lasagna gardening," "organic gardening," and any other "garden" speak verb-age pops up, and you don't just get one idea, you get many ideas about the subject, and to who said subject relates to....ie: Double Digging (to me atleast)=Gertrude Jeckyll

You know you are a gardener when you start a thread like this, and someone responds with more than 1 response in the same reply to the same thread....

Yes, I am very much in touch with my inner dork :-)

LOL...this was too fun!

ummmmph

I do the same thing when people talk about sports.

All these are great. I've had more than one giggle over them.

You know you are a gardener when you eye a patch of lawn and take pictures of it at different times of the year, and at different times of the day so you know just what to plant and where to plant them!

you know your a gardner when you come in the house and check out dg and can't stand the smell of yourself.

checking out i need a shower!

LOL!!!

wha---LMAO---Paul always asks, "Are you going to change and take a shower before you sit down?" He asks this pretty much 100% of the time after I come in from weeding, or "tweaking" a new bed...lol.

You know you're a gardener when the letter "D" on you computers keyboard, and the letter "H" are fading, due to the amount of times you hit the letters for: Dave's Garden, Daylily.com, and Hostalibrary.org. lol...I wish I can take a clear picture of this :-)

Hmmmmm ......
My "E", "T", & "N" are almost gone. I wonder what THAT means?

LOL Bill... I know that one all too well

and that flew right over my head Candyce

You know you're a gardner when supper is chronically late because you just need to finish up a few things.........

You know your a gardener when only real dirt gets under your skin.

Mine, too, Allison.

To add to bookreader's comment a few posts above,

You know you're a gardener when the kids have to call you in for supper!

what is this thing you call supper???

:)

I am originally from MA and old New Englanders eat Supper instead of dinner. Usually boiled and bland LOL

We always had supper. I grew up in NE too.

Supper here too which is 6ish and Dinner is noonish.

You know you're a gardener when you realize it's 8 pm and all you had all day was a half of bagel. Got 2 gardens built but forgot to eat. ^_^

LOL I think I have done that once or twice!

I really was kidding

:)