Comments on: I am such a dork

By: Heavy Petal: Gardening: from a West Coast, urban, organic perspective.

Heavy Petal: Gardening: from a West Coast, urban, organic perspective. — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 06:47:47 +0000

[...] today, and wow – what a trip! I’ve never seen a garden show in its assembly phase (although I’ve participated in disassembly). It’s great to see the gardens before the Show actually opens; you don’t have to fight [...]

By: Rosemarie

Rosemarie — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 19:28:06 +0000

This reminds me of our native plant sale. It’s literally reminiscent of a Filene’s Basement wedding dress sale craze. — except it’s harder to pull a 2-inch prairie forb out of someone’s hands.

By: leslie

leslie — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 02:51:06 +0000

you are not alone in sore finger nails…sore fingertips result in lots of weed pulling and digging (being lazy when i cant find the shovel)…ouch!

By: Digital Flower

Digital Flower — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 00:42:14 +0000

I now go to invitation only plant sales but for many years I went to the public ones. You really have to have a strategy in place before you get there (from previous years experience). It helps if you have a couple of people helping you.

By: Andrea

Andrea — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 16:57:12 +0000

Hmm… maybe this is a topic for a new post: best gardening gloves and hand cream on the market!

By: Michelle

Michelle — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 05:22:49 +0000

Gardening just wrecks my hands. I hate wearing gloves because I can’t get a good grip on weeds and can’t use my fingers as well with them on. Plus dirt ends up getting down inside the gloves anyway so I don’t wear them and then my hands are a mess. I wish I could find a good pair to save my manicure.

By: Ottawa Gardener

Ottawa Gardener — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 02:50:27 +0000

I get sore fingernails when I don’t wear my fishin’ gloves. You know the ones for descaling something nasty. That’s the only way to keep my hands not exactly girlish but sort of presentable to the public.

By: Andrea

Andrea — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 16:51:42 +0000

Oh, it is so good to know I’m not alone! Thank you all for your confessions ;)

By: Kim

Kim — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 00:39:28 +0000

I’m so glad that I’m not the only one whose fingers and fingernails get sore! I rarely complain about that because I thought I was just a wimp. lol.

Great haul, by the way. Glad to know that about the ‘Diamond Frost’ euphorbia–I may just try that if I can still find some PW pots around here.

By: Gretchen

Gretchen — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 00:20:19 +0000

I also love the Diamond Frost. I have done lot of gardening in white this year, and it is fabulous. (as are most proven winner plants).
When you bring it in for the winter (dreaded digging again possibly) keep in mind it looks wonderful with poinsettias.
My most often garden boo boo is the deaded blister, second is the broken nail…but does that count as ailment?