It’s once again time for a lesson on the language of gardeners.Today’s lesson is on the terms that experienced gardeners use for “distance” and what they really mean.We will begin with three terms used for distances within the garden and conclude with one term used for distances outside of the garden.As deep as you can digFor most bulbs planted in the fall, the instructions indicate to plant the bulbs at a depth that is two to three times the height of the bulb. Sometimes they’ll say to plant … [Read more...] about A Gardener’s Guide to “Distance”
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A Gardener’s Guide to “Time”
Given how quickly many gardeners learned and affirmed the gardener’s definitions for “quantities”, it is time to move on to how gardeners define “time”.So gather around all you new gardeners, here's some insider informaton on the language gardeners use to describe “time”.But first, remember that it is true what the philosophers tell us, time does stand still in a garden. This fact alone shapes how gardeners define time. So with that in mind, here are four phrases used to define "time" in a … [Read more...] about A Gardener’s Guide to “Time”
A Gardener’s Guide to “Quantities”
I thought it might be helpful to provide a gardener’s guide to “quantities” to help new gardeners speak the language of gardeners with more confidence.Here are six ways gardeners describe “quantities” and what they mean.A coupleWhen a gardeners say they want to get "a couple of" fill-in-the-blank, as in “I think I’d like to get a couple loads of topsoil”, this actually means that they would like to have upwards of eight loads of topsoil or some other quantity that is well more than two. By the … [Read more...] about A Gardener’s Guide to “Quantities”
