How many of us real traditional gardeners are left?
You know the ones that save seeds at the end of every summer and religiously sow them at the begining of the next year and on through to spring.
The ones that dig over their vegetable patch every year.
Yes and those that spread that heavily scented (or stink as my dear wife calls it) compost on their veg patch every autumn.
And those of us that still grow rhubarb, gooseberries and all manner of soft fruits.
Those that actually use their greenhouse as a greenhouse. All those lovely fuchsias, stopped and mollycoddled, to create a perfect plant. And rows and rows of fuchsia cuttings rooting in a mixture of peat and sand.
And yes I will be out there Christmas day, rain, sun, snow or whatever, sowing my broad beans.
Who else will???
All the best
Gardenjunkie

On Dec 3, 4:12*pm, Gardenjunkie Gardenjunkie.
wrote:
How many of us real traditional gardeners are left?
You know the ones that save seeds at the end of every summer and
religiously sow them at the begining of the next year and on through to
spring.
The ones that dig over their vegetable patch every year.
Yes and those that spread that heavily scented (or stink as my dear
wife calls it) compost on their veg patch every autumn.
And those of us that still grow rhubarb, gooseberries and all manner of
soft fruits.
Those that actually use their greenhouse as a greenhouse. All those
lovely fuchsias, stopped and mollycoddled, to create a perfect plant.
And rows and rows of fuchsia cuttings rooting in a mixture of peat and
sand.
And yes I will be out there Christmas day, rain, sun, snow or whatever,
sowing my broad beans.
Who else will???
All the best
Gardenjunkie

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Gardenjunkie

I have compost to turn myself, and am eager to check on future garden
plot that me and DH have staked out. No children to put decorations
up for, it will be a quiet Christmas for us and our
pets. Not sure as to how winter here is, so that will be interesting
as well. Broad beans. Where do you get your seeds? I just found
seeds to a Chinese radish that says to plant in the fall, and
technically it still IS fall. And we've only had one hard frost
here. Should I take a chance? It might be interesting to see if they
take.
all the best,
Eva Shovelful gardening in zone 7 very near the Mississippi River

On Dec 3, 5:12*pm, Gardenjunkie Gardenjunkie.
wrote:
How many of us real traditional gardeners are left?
You know the ones that save seeds at the end of every summer and
religiously sow them at the begining of the next year and on through to
spring.
The ones that dig over their vegetable patch every year.
Yes and those that spread that heavily scented (or stink as my dear
wife calls it) compost on their veg patch every autumn.
And those of us that still grow rhubarb, gooseberries and all manner of
soft fruits.
Those that actually use their greenhouse as a greenhouse. All those
lovely fuchsias, stopped and mollycoddled, to create a perfect plant.
And rows and rows of fuchsia cuttings rooting in a mixture of peat and
sand.
And yes I will be out there Christmas day, rain, sun, snow or whatever,
sowing my broad beans.
Who else will???
All the best
Gardenjunkie

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Gardenjunkie

Me Me Me!!! I picked the last of my peppers yesterday. About 5 pounds
worth. The peas in the greenhouse are flowering and the lettuce and
tomatoes are doing great. I have a tomato plant from over a year ago.
Can't say enough about sugary tomatoes. I had to put up an electric
fence this year to keep the deer out and I guess I will have to put
one up around my rose garden this year. I have tried everything but if
you have any ideas I am open!!
MJ

Gardenjunkie wrote:

How many of us real traditional gardeners are left?

And yes I will be out there Christmas day.


Does decorating a live Christmas tree count?

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How many of us real traditional gardeners are left?
You know the ones that save seeds at the end of every summer and
religiously sow them at the begining of the next year and on through to
spring.
The ones that dig over their vegetable patch every year.
Yes and those that spread that heavily scented (or stink as my dear
wife calls it) compost on their veg patch every autumn.
And those of us that still grow rhubarb, gooseberries and all manner of
soft fruits.
Those that actually use their greenhouse as a greenhouse. All those
lovely fuchsias, stopped and mollycoddled, to create a perfect plant.
And rows and rows of fuchsia cuttings rooting in a mixture of peat and
sand.
And yes I will be out there Christmas day, rain, sun, snow or whatever,
sowing my broad beans.
Who else will???
All the best
Gardenjunkie


Guess I would be considered a tradionalist gardener. Already have my
flower beds covered with the heavenly scent of road apples but underneath
the apples I have about 5" of yellow, orange, red mable leaves. Will also be
adding peat to the pile come Spring.

I grow enough rhubarb for two family and even have a gooseberry that
was sent to me as a freebie. There was "one" berry last year but I
moved this plant and am hoping for better results.

My new dwarf apples and cherries trees should produce something this
spring.

I don't have a greenhouse (dream!) but I'm going to try making a small
scaled shelf (8') and a tack it to my fence. Hopefully I'll get this shelf
for nothing or close to that as it's left overs from a hardware store.
Comes with holes! Just a couple of brackets, some nice plastic to
cover it all nice and tiddy and that's where I'm hoping to plant my
annual seeds and whatever else catches my eyes. I'm hoping some
of the sweat peas from this past year will bloom on their own as
they gave off so many seeds and I made sure they were buried.

Even though it's cold out (28 degrees this morning) I'm already
thinking and planning for Spring. But right now I'm just trying to
keep my birds happy: flickers, both pileated snowy woodpeckers,
nutthachers, red house wrens and all the other tweetie birds.
So fun to watch.

I love each season that has been given to us to use and enjoy!

Donna
in WA

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Gardenjunkie wrote:

How many of us real traditional gardeners are left?
You know the ones that save seeds at the end of every summer and
religiously sow them at the begining of the next year and on through to
spring.
The ones that dig over their vegetable patch every year.
Yes and those that spread that heavily scented (or stink as my dear
wife calls it) compost on their veg patch every autumn.
And those of us that still grow rhubarb, gooseberries and all manner of
soft fruits.
Those that actually use their greenhouse as a greenhouse. All those
lovely fuchsias, stopped and mollycoddled, to create a perfect plant.
And rows and rows of fuchsia cuttings rooting in a mixture of peat and
sand.
And yes I will be out there Christmas day, rain, sun, snow or whatever,
sowing my broad beans.
Who else will???
All the best
Gardenjunkie

Does watering and propagating indoor plants count?
It's not exactly -- "out there"
High temp today was 34F and was Low 18F in Southeast Michigan.

Enjoy Life ... Dan

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Garden in Zone 5 South East Michigan.

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"Dan L." wrote:

In article ,
Gardenjunkie wrote:

How many of us real traditional gardeners are left?
You know the ones that save seeds at the end of every summer and
religiously sow them at the begining of the next year and on through to
spring.
The ones that dig over their vegetable patch every year.
Yes and those that spread that heavily scented (or stink as my dear
wife calls it) compost on their veg patch every autumn.
And those of us that still grow rhubarb, gooseberries and all manner of
soft fruits.
Those that actually use their greenhouse as a greenhouse. All those
lovely fuchsias, stopped and mollycoddled, to create a perfect plant.
And rows and rows of fuchsia cuttings rooting in a mixture of peat and
sand.
And yes I will be out there Christmas day, rain, sun, snow or whatever,
sowing my broad beans.
Who else will???
All the best
Gardenjunkie

Does watering and propagating indoor plants count?
It's not exactly -- "out there"
High temp today was 34F and was Low 18F in Southeast Michigan.

Enjoy Life ... Dan

Ingrid just brought home a jade plant 2 hours ago. Flowering.

Bill who moved some wood chips about and thought of transplanting a few
small maples. Lined up a guy to take cord wood.

Some free winter distractions can be found here. http://www.hulu.com/



Bill

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Garden in shade zone 5 S Jersey USA

Hi, great question!
Yes, I save seeds of everything I find, not just in my garden (Sussex, UK). I currently have 100 cuttings of this years pelargoniums in my greenhouse. And I manure and dig every bed every year.

Can you beat this for a top tip...? I needed to find income in the winter, as my client's gardens are put to bed, and I remove a lot of waste. As I do this, I put anything that I want a cutting of into a separate bag, and then bring it home and pot it up. I intend to have a stall at a garden fete in the spring with my booty!

This reminds me of an old boy I was queueing next to in a packed garden centre at the till, in the height of summer, I said "It's busy in here today", he said "Well, summer gardeners, (ie, "some are" gardeners)!" Brilliant! It amazes me how many people appear in the place in the summer. In the winter I am MORE busy in my garden, than in the summer.

I go into my greenhouse every day just in case I missed something exciting yesterday!

Nice to hear from a traditionalist.

Boo.

"Gardenjunkie" wrote in message
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How many of us real traditional gardeners are left?
You know the ones that save seeds at the end of every summer and
religiously sow them at the begining of the next year and on through to
spring.
The ones that dig over their vegetable patch every year.
Yes and those that spread that heavily scented (or stink as my dear
wife calls it) compost on their veg patch every autumn.
And those of us that still grow rhubarb, gooseberries and all manner of
soft fruits.
Those that actually use their greenhouse as a greenhouse. All those
lovely fuchsias, stopped and mollycoddled, to create a perfect plant.
And rows and rows of fuchsia cuttings rooting in a mixture of peat and
sand.
And yes I will be out there Christmas day, rain, sun, snow or whatever,
sowing my broad beans.
Who else will???
All the best
Gardenjunkie

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I enjoy gardening also, but on Christmas day I hope to be "out there"
shoveling snow and not planting or picking anything at all.

Freckles

"Gardenjunkie" wrote in message
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How many of us real traditional gardeners are left?
You know the ones that save seeds at the end of every summer and
religiously sow them at the begining of the next year and on through to
spring.
The ones that dig over their vegetable patch every year.
Yes and those that spread that heavily scented (or stink as my dear
wife calls it) compost on their veg patch every autumn.
And those of us that still grow rhubarb, gooseberries and all manner of
soft fruits.

I do the above.

Those that actually use their greenhouse as a greenhouse. All those
lovely fuchsias, stopped and mollycoddled, to create a perfect plant.

I don't do that because I don't have a greenhouse. I don't coddle fuchsias.
The only plants I coddle are trees in the early stages after planting. They
will be there long after I am dead. Fuchsias won't be.

And rows and rows of fuchsia cuttings rooting in a mixture of peat and
sand.
And yes I will be out there Christmas day, rain, sun, snow or whatever,
sowing my broad beans.
Who else will???

I won't be because it'll be way too hot to plant broad beans. They will be
planted in March, and if not then, then they'll be planted in August or even
in September.

Sounds like there's a lot of trad' gardeners out there.

Each unto his own, an indoor plant can give real pleasure, just as much a 200foot garden. Its all in the eye of the beholder.

So we all enjoy some form of gardening one way or another.

Now me, I'm just passionate about gardening, especially propagating, so is my dear wife, sorry Head Gardener. We live, eat and breath gardening.
We spend hour upon hour in our garden, weather permitting. If the weather's to bad you will find us in our greenhouses, polytunnel or potting sheds.
Come evenings the Head Gardener plans ahead, for the coming spring, summer and through to autumn. She decides what plants will go in our pots, hanging baskets, troughs and window boxes for the coming season as we have now planted up, and sold most, of the winter pots, troughs and hanging baskets.

Me, I spend most evenings sending email orders to suppliers and sorting the accounts. Yup I even enjoy that, virtual gardening!

As for holidays. We visit nurseries, gardening suppliers and manufactures looking for gardening goodies.

So if you know of a good trad' nursery in your area, ones that sell plants not trinkets and goodies, please let me know as they seem harder to find every year.

Can't wait for tomorrow, weather forecast is mainly dry, but cold. Another glorious day in the garden.

All the best
Gardenjunkie
S. E. England

"Gardenjunkie" wrote in message
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Sounds like there's a lot of trad' gardeners out there.

Each unto his own, an indoor plant can give real pleasure, just as much
a 200foot garden. Its all in the eye of the beholder.

So we all enjoy some form of gardening one way or another.

Now me, I'm just passionate about gardening, especially propagating, so
is my dear wife, sorry Head Gardener. We live, eat and breath
gardening.
We spend hour upon hour in our garden, weather permitting. If the
weather's to bad you will find us in our greenhouses, polytunnel or
potting sheds.
Come evenings the Head Gardener plans ahead, for the coming spring,
summer and through to autumn. She decides what plants will go in our
pots, hanging baskets, troughs and window boxes for the coming season
as we have now planted up, and sold most, of the winter pots, troughs
and hanging baskets.

Me, I spend most evenings sending email orders to suppliers and sorting
the accounts. Yup I even enjoy that, virtual gardening!

As for holidays. We visit nurseries, gardening suppliers and
manufactures looking for gardening goodies.

So if you know of a good trad' nursery in your area, ones that sell
plants not trinkets and goodies, please let me know as they seem harder
to find every year.

Can't wait for tomorrow, weather forecast is mainly dry, but cold.
Another glorious day in the garden.

If it's 5 below zero on Christmas Day, like it currently is in my corner of
S.E. WA. state, no thanks, I won't be out there gardening!

All the best
Gardenjunkie
S. E. England




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Gardenjunkie

I best the endure of my peppers yesterday. About 5 pounds worth. The peas in the greenhouse are beginning and the bill and tomatoes are accomplishing great. I accept a amazon bulb from over a year ago. Can't say abundant about bathetic tomatoes.