Saturday
Feb192011
Hopefully, choosing plants on their ability to be paired with booze is still allowed
Saturday, February 19, 2011 at 4:51PM There’s this.
And then there’s this.
That first picture is the current state of my garden: that is, under 3 feet of snow and frozen solid. That pathetic weedy-looking thing is my raspberry bush.
(Also, some leftover weeds.)
The second picture is the reading material for the first class in the Master Gardener course that I’m now enrolled in. The Hot Wheels truck is there for comparison – it’s a lot of reading material.
Somehow I think I’ll probably still manage to get through it before I’m able to plant anything.
(And this year I’ll have no excuse for weeds. Master Gardeners don’t have weeds, you guys.)
by Keely | 20 Comments
Keely | 20 Comments
Reader Comments (20)
Yes, I tried being a master gardener. Seems I planted a beutiful ivy like plant every where in my yard that I am horribly allergic to. Really. I had "poison ivy" like welts head to toe for 4 months. The plant is actualy a fast spreading verigated ivy that is edible and used in salads in Europe. If I ever go back to Europe, I'm ordering the soup instead, just to be safe. :)
No way! That is awesome that you are going to be a master gardener. I hope you will teach me, Sensei.
Yay!
That will get you out of your current job without stabbing someone or after you do stab someone you will have a terrific job while in the "big house". Either way you win.
If it makes you feel any better, our 3 feet of snow just melted and beneath all of it was hundreds of frozen turds left by my dog. And on the bright side, I'm sure that my grass will look smashingly green come spring because of the doggy fertilizer...cause I aint going to pick it up.
Whoo hoo....free lessons for all at the UnMom's site. We can't wait. I have my sharpened pencils and a fresh pad of paper. No test...right?
That book is huge! I had no idea there was so much to know about gardening. I've never been successful with a garden or indoor plants. My black thumb kills every plant I bring into the house within 3 days.
We have some grass peeking through the snow, finally.
I don't do any gardening. I have a single houseplant, a Christmas Cactus that was my Grandmothers. It is close to death.
I have a Southern Living gardening book that thick (or thicker). Thankfully I don't HAVE to read it.
Thereby ensuring that I will never become a master gardener...
You could use all those pages to line the ground around your plants to keep the weeds from growing through. Just an idea. And I don't think that's a Hot Wheels truck. Just sayin. And I'm only commenting here because you're not an AMERICAN WOMAN.
I wish I could garden. But alas, I have a black thumb. Plants seem to actually lean away when they see me approaching.
That is too cool! We have a farm. 750 acres of farm land and the bits around our house seemed so lovely and taken care of...before I had my daughter. Now, I'm almost embarrassed at the state of my fruits and veggie gardens. My flower garden...ack! Hopefully this year will be better, now that the baby is a toddler. We'll see! LOL! Looking forward to hearing how the Master Gardener course goes!
That is one big ass book. Why don't you polish off Moby Dick while you're at it??
The only reason I won't move to Canada. I'm sitting outside in 70 degree weather. Come to me, Keely. Come to me...
I'm thinking plant mint for mojitos and lime trees to garnish everything and you are good to go. You will probably have to plant your limes inside though ;)
It's really cool you are going for master gardener, I myself am a rock gardener- as in that is all that grows between the weeds on our pitiful acre here in AR. Rocks, rocks and more rocks. Guess what I give out for Halloween?
So you are going to impart the wisdom you glean from that ginormous book, right? RIGHT? 'Cuz you'll be my hero if you read that whole thing just so we don't have to. ;)
I'm taking this one Urban Planning class and we had a guest speaker from urbanfarm.org, it was AMAZING!
I think the Hot Wheels car might be more fun than the reading material...but that's just me.
I've never heard of this master gardener technique but if you're any good at it, can you come down and do something my my shitty-assed new backyard? We spent a fuckload on landscaping at the old house just to up and move to dirtville.
ooooooo i was just at the beach........ snow sux!