You know you're a serious gardener when...
- You have ten left-handed garden gloves and only two right-handed gloves. (Or vice versa)
- You're itching to deadhead your friends' plants.
- You requested a load of manure for your birthday.
- You buy your vehicle based on how much soil it can haul.
- You think manicures are a waste of time and money.
- You think Spring
is better than Christmas.
- It’s
8:30 and you haven’t started dinner yet.
- You pull your weeds in the rain because it's easier.
- Your
hands frequently feel like sandpaper.
- You often find twigs in your hair.
- Fresh soil is one of your favorite smells.
- You're on a first-name basis with the sales clerk at your local nursery.
- You automatically brake for garden centers and plant nurseries.
- You’re
gardening before all the snow has even melted in your yard.
- You frequent the back
break hotel.
- You
worry about your young plants on cold nights.
- You
do your spring cleaning in February.
- You
plan your family’s vacation schedule around your gardening plans.
- You’d
rather plant than party.
- You
have more gardening clothes than going out clothes.
- You
have to literally force yourself to take breaks.
- Your
housework only gets done on rainy days.
- You
get mad when you see struggling plants at the garden store.
- You
check the hour by hour forecast every morning.
- You
use your wheelbarrow to bring in groceries from the car.
- You
have more pictures of your plants than your kids.
- You
spend more money on your gardening shoes than your regular shoes.
- Date
night always includes a quick trip to the garden center.
- You
notice every wrong thing your neighbors are doing in their yard.
- You're usually happy when it rains.
- You
rubberneck as you’re driving by a house to see what they’re planting.
- You
have calluses on your calluses come summer.
- You
wash your hair to get the dirt out from under your fingernails.
- You never roll up the garden hose because you use it so often.
- You
can’t sleep because you saw a few aphids that day.
- You
worry about your plants when you’re sick.
- You
call home from your vacation spot to make sure the plants are being taken care
of.
- You
collect seeds like it’s your full-time job.
- You
start drinking coffee just to have the coffee grounds to add to your garden.
- You lecture your partner and kids about throwing away perfectly good composting material.
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