Apple Bonkers (![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} applebonkers) wrote,@ 2008-04-13 15:08:00 |
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How Does Your Garden Grow (that is, if it grows at all)?
Weekend Assignment #211: How are your gardening skills? Do you plant flowers and trees and even shrubberies, or do you settle for weeds and concrete? Do houseplants die in your care, or grow and prosper?
Extra Credit: Is there someone you know who is better at this gardening stuff than you are?
Living in an apartment complex where none of the outdoor space is actually available for my private personal use, this is a bit hard to know. I'd probably do okay with houseplants if the cat didn't eat them. I do have a plant at work that seems to still be going strong for the five or so years I've had it, thriving even after transport from one office space to another. I just water it a few times a week, that's all. Doesn't appear to be a particularly demanding plant.
As for the extra credit, ha ha ha, that's got to be the easiest extra credit for me to earn in the history of ever. As the offspring of the people who founded this community gardening organization , and a horticulture teacher, I sure as heck do know people who are better at this gardening stuff than I am. How many times has my dad answered the phone saying that mom's out working in the garden, or vice versa? With this pedigree, I'm a little embarrassed that I know as little about gardening as I do. But, hey, there's still the future. I did help out at the Community Gardens as Appleseeds table at the Whole Foods Earth Day event yesterday, giving away sunflower seeds to children and telling them how to plant them, so there's something I did for the cause.
Weekend Assignment #211: How are your gardening skills? Do you plant flowers and trees and even shrubberies, or do you settle for weeds and concrete? Do houseplants die in your care, or grow and prosper?
Extra Credit: Is there someone you know who is better at this gardening stuff than you are?
Living in an apartment complex where none of the outdoor space is actually available for my private personal use, this is a bit hard to know. I'd probably do okay with houseplants if the cat didn't eat them. I do have a plant at work that seems to still be going strong for the five or so years I've had it, thriving even after transport from one office space to another. I just water it a few times a week, that's all. Doesn't appear to be a particularly demanding plant.
As for the extra credit, ha ha ha, that's got to be the easiest extra credit for me to earn in the history of ever. As the offspring of the people who founded this community gardening organization , and a horticulture teacher, I sure as heck do know people who are better at this gardening stuff than I am. How many times has my dad answered the phone saying that mom's out working in the garden, or vice versa? With this pedigree, I'm a little embarrassed that I know as little about gardening as I do. But, hey, there's still the future. I did help out at the Community Gardens as Appleseeds table at the Whole Foods Earth Day event yesterday, giving away sunflower seeds to children and telling them how to plant them, so there's something I did for the cause.
