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Dr Hortfreud Tries Word Association

November 29, 2010 By Carol Michel 12 Comments

Hello, Carol!

Hi, Dr. Hortfreud.

I see that you’ve come for a final session this fall.

Yes, I mowed the lawn today, probably for the last time this season.

That’s good, Carol. Now let’s begin this session with a little word association. I’ll say a word or phrase and you say the first thing that comes to mind. Are you ready?

I guess so.

Okay. First word is “frosting”.

What was on the leaves this morning.

Not cake? Okay, let’s try another word. “Short.”

What the lawn should be going into winter.

I see. How about “winter”?

A good time for a gardener to rest up for spring.

Interesting. Let’s mix it up a bit. “Catalog.”

Seeds.

I’m starting see a definite trend here. How about “TV”.

There are not enough gardening shows on TV.

Let’s try one more word. “Inside.”

House plants.

Carol, are you ever not thinking about the garden and plants?

Is that a rhetorical question, Dr. Hortfreud, or do you really want an answer?

I’m not sure yet, Perhaps someone else can come up with a word that you don’t associate with gardening.

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  1. xoxoxo says

    November 29, 2010 at 2:38 am

    You are right! I cannot come up with a single one. I tried: bird, cage, chair, table, work and sad….I guess that is what it takes to be a gardener!

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  2. Anonymous says

    November 29, 2010 at 1:11 pm

    Well yes!!!! All gardening all the time! What else is there to think about? 🙂
    Frances

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  3. My Hesperides Garden says

    November 29, 2010 at 4:17 pm

    Last week I was speaking with my husband's god-daughter, who was staying with us for a few days – everything she said I responded with some gardening referance. i could see her eyes glazing over- too bad, I'm another hopeless case – GARDENING FOREVER, Christina

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  4. Gene Bush says

    November 29, 2010 at 9:30 pm

    I truly enjoy reading your blogs… right after I write my own. Seems we live in parallell universes. End of season withdrawals, hum?
    Gene Bush
    Shade Solutions
    http://www.munchkinnursery.com

    Reply
  5. Gail says

    November 30, 2010 at 12:37 am

    Dr Phil says "Either you get it or you don't!" Some people (insert names) don't get how we can think about gardening all the time! gail

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  6. Janet/Plantaliscious says

    November 30, 2010 at 11:35 am

    I think one of the reasons I blog is to shield my nearest and dearest from the worst of my obsession! I tried "breakfast" as a word without gardening associations but it just summoned up memories of eating it outside admiring the spring plants and made me wonder how early in the year I would get to do the same in 2011…

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  7. Commonweeder says

    November 30, 2010 at 1:03 pm

    The other word I am associating with gardening right now is gifts and to celebrate by third blogoversary I have four Giveaways. One for good luck.

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  8. Annia says

    November 30, 2010 at 11:38 pm

    Winter gives gardener's the time to map out a plan to make the garden lovelier come spring time.

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  9. Dee @ Red Dirt Ramblings says

    December 1, 2010 at 2:46 am

    I don't know what she's talking about. You seem perfectly logical to me.

    Clean.

    What I'll need to do to my garden beds come spring.

    Sheets.

    Row covers I place over plants.~~Dee

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  10. Rose says

    December 1, 2010 at 2:49 pm

    How about one of my favorites–chocolate? Oh no, wait, there's chocolate cosmos and chocolate heuchera, I think…Never mind; you're right, Carol–gardening is the center of everything.

    Reply
  11. Unknown says

    December 6, 2010 at 5:02 pm

    Wow that is the way I think as well!

    http://lisathegardengeek.blogspot.com/

    Reply
  12. Rosie Gan says

    December 19, 2010 at 3:20 pm

    Hi May,
    Yeah I get that glazed look from friends too…they just don't get it, do they!
    Rosie

    Reply

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