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sharing thoughts, ideas and tips for all northern gardeners.
As I was locating photos for a project, it occurred to me that I have very few photos of me in the garden. My resolution this year is to take photos of everyday activities that are meaningful.
I have thousands of garden photos but the only photos with me in my own garden is with a fork digging garlic and of my hand with a pruner. Those certainly do not reflect the joys of gardening. The same is true for my crafting projects, just the item with no person in the frame. It’s as if these things materialize out of thin air. This must stop; I deserve to be recognized along with my creations. I suggest placing yourself and your loved ones in the midst of your gardens. Show the joys by getting down where the flowers and vegetables grow. Lean up against your favorite tree. Walk down that garden path. Need some ideas? I did an internet search with “photos of yourself in garden” and back came hundreds of ideas. I wrote a blog about the uses for garden photos a few years ago: 3 Uses for Garden Photos But it never occurred to me that photos should be more than practical when I wrote that article. I suggest here that you forget about the practical and go for the memories with you and those you care about also in the frame. You’ll thank yourself on those cold winter days in the future when looking through your photo collection.
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Just some quick notes from this growing season that I've been hearing from fellow gardeners:
The big garden shows are coming to an end and the garden magazines have articles about what they see for trends this year.
I’m a gardener and I’m lazy. When it comes to gardening I dislike the labor involved with weeding, mowing, pruning, and yes even at times planting. As a result my garden has untrimmed edges, overgrown lawn, and volunteer plants that some will recognize as weeds.
Now this is a problem for me since I am a life-long gardener, grew up on a farm, am currently a University Extension Master Gardener Volunteer, and teach gardening at the local technical college. There are certain expectations that come with all of that. So I am always on the search for ways to accommodate my sloth and give the illusion that my garden is a showcase. There are many magazines and books that wax elegant about digging in the soil, smelling the warmth of the earth, the joy of seeing the seeds that one planted bursting forth with new life. I’m more interested in those with “low maintenance” in the title. This is a code word for lazy gardeners to pay attention. Here are a few tricks that I have discovered. |
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