You Know you're a gardener when....

Jeremy.......Lepidopterist.

Pati

PS: I still think Flutterology is the best LOL

Thanks, Pati. I knew there must be a word for it.

And would a butterfly with bad eyes make an appointment with a lepidoptometrist?

(Sorry for that one -- obviously the corn is in season in NE Fla) LOL

Music selections for Jax - how about "Toad" by Cream?

You know you're a gardener when.... you are excited to get bags of mulch and manure for Mother's Day! Skip the candy and jewelry...give me money to go spend on my garden any day! :-) Tamara

You know your a gardner when......... you cant bear to toss out the pretty onion tops!

Thanx, Sstate. That one might work, though I'm not sure my neighbors would approve or what I think is a rock group? (Remember, I dropped out of paying any attention to music with old age at 30 and punk rock music). How about a hip-hop rap version of "When Froggie Goes a Courtin' ??"

Oh, congratulations are due me: my progeny of tadpoles have hatched! I'm not sure how many hundred offspring I have, but Sugarweed and a friend confirmed with me this morning that the pond is teeming with taddies. I'm not sure if there are any legal restrictions on transporting toads across state lines or if PETA will descend upon me with vehement protests, but once my brood reach the stage of having legs and losing their tails, I can carefully pack them and ship them in jars of water to all for postage only. Otherwise, I might soon be overrun by the bellowing bounty of Bufonidae that are swelling in numbers in the algae pool.

What do tadpoles eat? Does Iam's have a special nutritional supplement for them?

Garityann, I laughed so loud at the "garden porn" remark that I think the whole neighborhood heard me!!! Tamara

Oh save me from myself, dragged DH back there today and bought another $80 worth of marked down perennials and real cheap annuals. I have to stop going there, I am truly running out of bare ground. If those blanketyblank rabbits keep nibbling though, I might have to make another trip. Did see some interesting hosta..................

momof2d....that is really pretty! You're right, only a true gardner would even think of an arrangement like that.
Pati

Jax - yes, that would certainly be rock. Cream was Eric Clapton's band before he went solo. Depending on your neighbors, though, I think they might prefer that to "hip-hop". Personally if I had a neighbor playing Cream, I'd bring him a beer. If he was playing mip-hop I might be tempted to pour it on him instead.

Meezers - I do the same thing. I went on a run daybefore yesterday for one little pack of boston ivy and left with the back of my jeep loaded and $120 poorer.

Love the onions!

How about a Grandmother who talks more about her yard projects than she does about her young Grandchildren.

(That would be my sister and I love her yard as much as I do the kids!)

Speaking of onions............LOL Aren't they pretty??

BOOTIFULLLLLLLL

I figured my kitchen always smells like garlic and onions anyway, and why waste them........

....when you run outside during a hailstorm and use your body to protect your young cannas. Just not enough time to find something to use to protect them.

you know you're a container gardener when every yard sale you pass you stop and see what you can get REALLY cheap that you can put plants in!!!! (and your familyand friends do the same for you)

or when every time DH leaves the house, he askes, how many bags of potting soil do you want me to bring home :)

Janis

LOL Woofy! My biggest find was at a dollar store. They had plastic colanders in the most beautiful deep jewel colors. I guess the lady at the cash register wondered what I was going to do with 5 purple and cobalt blue colanders! I planted Sweet William in them and they were just gorgeous! Only a blue one made it through the hurricanes last year, and it's full of Duck Foot Coleus.
Pati

....when are grilling and forget to turn the burgers because your off watering your containers. my dh and ds don't let me grill anymore, i always burned the food. LOL

pati love to see your colanders/planters.

Oh,, Pati I bet!!

I was just outside thinking about this thread..... and I realized that when you complain that hanging baskets are $.03 cheaper at WalMart than at Dollar General you have it REALLY BAD!

I was outside filling 2 planters with potting soil, gonna put some of that new Rose Kong in each and I'm not sure what else. I have 2 baskets that I got from my mom (yard sale finds) that I have to decide what to put in, but until DH gets home, I'm out of potting soil LOL

Janis

When you get a coupon and end up spending more money on gas driving to buy plants than you save and realize you have no idea where you are going to plant what you bought.


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Equilibrium ---- makes sense to me - LOL!

I luv this thread -
Mine is - you know your a gardener when your over 50 and still working full time just to support your "plant" habit and so hubby doesn't really know how much money you spend each month on plants that you "sneak" into your yard before he comes home from work at night.

or

Your excited over the outdoor portable spotlights that your husband bought for his workshop that you took over, so that you can now work in your garden during the winter months when it gets dark early

When you have so many garden/nursery sites bookmarked, you create a file just for Flowers!

Most of your emails are from other gardeners.

Even while you sleep your dreams are filled with planting, weeding etc. and rather than waking up tired you wake up refreshed.

When you go to the garden to pick a tomato for a salad and come back in no longer hungry because you nibbled your way all around the garden.

You try to get your nongardening friends to just try!

Fun thread! Here's mine . . .

. . . your large beach umbrella hasn't seen the beach in 5 years, but it comes out each spring so you can plant in the rain (even down pours) without getting too wet. :-)

That is a great idea!

Thanks Bluegrass! It works really for me, but sometimes my DN (dear nephew?) has to drag me out of the garden and remind me that lightening and big metal framed umbrellas can lead to one crispy gardener.

I have a new use for my beach umbrella!!!!! :)

DH says - you could make a full sized afgan outa all those threads your watching!!!

LOL to tfig's DH!
Pati

That was so funny tgif! Out of curiosity, how many "threads" does your afghan have?! ~ Suzi :)

Let's just say I'll be crocheting for a LONG time!!!!!

ya know folks, this thread should turn into a book w pics of all of you in your 'prime' .... in the garden of course!

tgif, I understand!!! I just looked and it is TOOOOO many. No wonder some days I never get to the new things, I am still checking the threads when I realize it is time for bed! Later, Suzi :)

BriarRose - well with all these colorful threads, at least we know the finished project will be beautiful.

TGIF - Just like our yards after learning all this super-duper helpful information from being here!!! Right?! ~ Suzi :)

You know you're a gardener when...

at 6:00 am in the morning, in the wind and pouring rain you get out of your warm bed to go outside and make sure your corn is surviving the high winds from the remnants of that darn hurricane Cindy or whatever it is! And you talk to a couple of your corn stalks that are leaning and tell them that they will be alright. You then run over to your tomato plants and put some more ties gently around them because they seem to have grown a foot over night and are bending away from the stakes. You talk to them too and tell them that you love them and that they will be OK.

sheesh...Having a garden is like being pregnant....you try not to worry over your the development of the baby, but you sure will be glad when the little one gets here....Now my babies are my plants, and I sure will be glad when I can harvest!!!