I believe I have the qualifications and experience to provide a list of ten clues to determine if you might have an eccentric gardener living next door to you. Now, don't spend too much time trying to figure out how I can provide such a list. Just go through the list and answer yes or no about your neighbors. And as you go through the list, you might also see if any of these ten clues apply to you. If so, you might be that eccentric gardener the other neighbors are talking about. The … [Read more...] about List of ten clues to determine if you might have an eccentric gardener living next door
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You Might Be A Gardening Geek: Postal Edition
You might be a gardening geek getting mail if... You've ever received a package in the mail that contained an old gardening book. You once waited on the front steps for the mail carrier because you thought a package containing your signed Elizabeth Lawrence book might arrive that day. You've received seeds in the mail from more the one source. Bonus points if you've gotten seeds in other seasons besides early spring You have gotten t-shirts sent to you in the mail because they were … [Read more...] about You Might Be A Gardening Geek: Postal Edition
You might be a gardening geek: Black Friday Edition
Clematis integrifolia 'Alba' seed heads on Black Friday You might be a gardening geek on Black Friday if... You looked at all the ads that came in the paper and decided not to go out shopping because there were no good deals on gardening tools. You realized that all those ads could be used outside in the garden to smother weeds. Bonus points if you also thought of using them to make paper pots for seedlings or shredding them to put in your worm bins. You briefly thought about going to … [Read more...] about You might be a gardening geek: Black Friday Edition
You Might Be A Gardening Geek: Car Edition
You might be a gardening geek in your car if: You know exactly how many bags of mulch will fit in your trunk and just how to arrange those bags so you can maximize all the space. You swore you would never put bags of mulch in your back seat but now you also know how many bags of mulch will fit in your back seat. You keep your own plastic protector sheets from previous garden center visits in your trunk for any impromptu trips that result in you buying more plants. You have a trunk tidy from … [Read more...] about You Might Be A Gardening Geek: Car Edition
You Might Be A Gardening Geek: Laundry Edition
Rain makes the garden green You might be a gardening geek doing laundry if... You divide your laundry up into loads of lights, darks, and gardening before you wash it. Bonus points if the largest pile is gardening. You have more than three shirts in the laundry that have a saying on them related to gardening. Bonus points for each shirt that is green. Limit ten bonus points. You consider grass and mud stains on the knees of your jeans as more of a badge of horticultural … [Read more...] about You Might Be A Gardening Geek: Laundry Edition
You might be a gardening geek: Words with Friends® Edition
You might be a gardening geek who plays Words with Friends® on your iPhone (or iPad) if... You have a user name that includes the word "garden" or "gardener" in it. You say "Hey, that's my word" if your opponent plays words like "hoe", "rake", "garden" or anything else related to gardening. But then you remember that you can still play that same word someplace else if you have the right letters. You can hardly wait to get the letters z, o, y, s, i, and a so you can play the word "zoysia" and … [Read more...] about You might be a gardening geek: Words with Friends® Edition
