What is your specialty?

There is such a wealth of knowledge at Dave's Garden and many have exhibited a wide breadth of knowledge concerning many aspects of gardening. But, if you were asked to name the one or two areas related to gardening about which you have the greatest expertise - what would it be? Perhaps it is something like propagation in general or perhaps it is cultivation of a specific genus of plants. So, stand up and toot your own horn and let everyone know the experts!

I think mine would be seed starting. I've been doing it for about 10 years and beleive me I have learned by my mistakes.

Its a great way to get rid of the winter blahs in February.

I built shelves in the basement with adjustable grow lights. They work very well.
I start annuals,perennials, bulbs and veggies.

Mine would probably have to be weeding... LOL. I do enough of it to qualify as an expert!

I'm darius' assistant. Please don't anyone fuss at me about the ' . I know there was a thread with the lesson, but I'm too hot to look:)

Ummmm, errrrr....

Alas, Alack I have no speciality. I am a truely untalented person in most respects.

My style of gardening is the ...stick it in the ground and see if it grows variety. The Great Mother looks after the rest, I guess if I do have a speciality its leaving well alone and letting the garden get on with itself, or could be called PATIENCE. (I can't spell)

Thats it I have a talent for laziness.....opps sorry I meant paitience.

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I'm with Darius, tiG, and Baa....and I think we could add some stubborness.
Jack of all Trades, Master of None.

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The main thing I seem to excel at is making more work for myself,and killing the things that are suppose to be simple to root.But I'm real good at shovling manure in to the garden and watering ,yup,I do that well....

I grow weeds and seem to be good at feeding grass hoppers right now!

I grow a gourmet garden for my ducks. Doesn't matter what the plant is, they'll eat it. Or if they don't think it's tasty the first 100 times they nibble on it, they'll lay on it and squash it flat. This is my area of expertise.

mint. i can make mint grow anywhere ;-)
but seriously, i find i'm good at clematis. a pleasant surprise, for me...

I'm good at getting Japanese beetles into the garden. If I plant it they will come and dine.
Seriously, I'm very good at rooting cuttings. If it can be rooted, I can find a way to do it. I have also been growing perennials and daylilies for years. I have really good success with many of the tropicals too, sometimes too good and they take up more of the green house than is their share. It's the easy things I kill like marigolds and scarlet sage. (add petunias to that list, I killed two of the baskets today)
Cala

BUYING! BUYING, BUYING!!!!! I AM THE MASTER GARDENER OF BUYING EVERY KIND OF PLANT KNOWN TO MANKIND AND ALIENS!!!!! SUE

Bucky and ruby42, you make me laugh!

I have become quite the expert at growing ROCKS! I dig an area at a time about 6ft square and 30 inches deep, I remove all the rocks, usually about 7 large wheelbarrows full, add compost to the little dirt that is left and plant.
By the time the next spring arrives I start trying to add or move plants in the area and have to remove several more loads of ROCK! Many of these are the size of a basketball and they are growing in a wide array of colors and textures.Some are Verigated in color and many have wonderful patterns to them (I call these Hybrids} I have even grown rocks with fosilized sea shells embedded in them.
I realize that some folks import rocks to their gardens but I am beginning to think I should export them. Place your orders now! We have Reddish brown, dark brown, slate gray, black, white, deep russet, dark green, light green, turquoise, white, pinkish orange....ROCKS! Sold by the truck load only....you dig and haul!

I am of the stick it in the ground and grow it type too. But because of that and all the wonderful trades I have received, I have become a great garden remodeler. LOL I have moved things around at least 4 times this year.

We moved here 2 years ago. With the house came an unmapped sprinkler system. I have also become the best water pipe finder there is. Hubby has really become an expert at mending the pipes. He just shakes his head when he sees me making a new flower bed and runs to Lowes to get more clamps.

My DH says I have a talent for knowing about plants - names, relatives, where they will grow and where they won't (ah, the true wisdom of EXPERIENCE!). He often tests me by casually asking what something is and I come up with an answer before I've had time to think. Often, I surprise myself by being right! I love the ID Forum - a new puzzle everytime I log on, and pop quizzes all day long. And, if I don't know it, I have several WONDERFUL books in which to look things up. I am VERY good at research. My true forte is, of course, weed identification...

I'm with Kathleen, I love to know the names of plants, where they will grow, what their needs are. I will pat myself on the back a bit and claim to be very good at designing gardens, you know, nothing big, just smallish and medium size ones.

Well i have a good bit of knowledge on ponds(water gardens) and growing some tropicals in a cold wet climate, but i wouldnt say it was specialised, localised knowledge would be better suited, with a added bit of use to all.

Great responses...both the serious and the funny! Zany, you may appreciate that several years ago while visiting my daughter in California I became enamored of some of the rocks I found. I shipped all of my clothes home and filled my suitcases with small rocks. When checking in at the airport the fellow that took my luggage commented, "Lady, whatta you have in here - rocks? A smile and extra tip was my reply. These wonderful "hybrids" are a part of one of my gardens today and remind me of that great trip. So...were I close enough I'd be happy to dig and haul.

Ohhh, Verdesign, be careful what you wish for. If it's rocks you want, it's rocks you can have. We live on rock. Lots of it. I can grow rocks with the best of them.

I'm only a few hours away from you, so if you REALLY want more rocks, c'mon over and knock yourself out. I'll bring you iced tea and lemonade to keep you cool while you dig. I won't even charge you for them - they're free to whoever wants to dig them up. *giggle giggle*

go_vols...when the weather cools down a little, I'd love to take you up on your offer. We buy a lot of our trees and shrubbery from middle TN growers so will be over that way in the fall. Hope your offer is real!

To be honest, the rocks in my yard are not diggable - they are several feet across. But....I do know some nice folks a coulple miles from me in Rockvale (and their town is aptly named) who let us dig for free.....I'd be glad to introduce ya'll if you're over this way.

as many know by now I know quite a lot about Geraniums.

Mark