1. How much do you garden?: a) I don't, dirt is icky, b) A little, I've never gotten into it (if so why not, time, space, etc), c) Gardening's a bit of a hobby, or d) Gardening is a passion
E) It's my profession. I do quite a bit, but it's not a passion, necessarily. I want it to look great, just don't want to spend hours out there doing it.
2. What Climate Zone do you live in? (US Zone Map and Europe Zone Map, both zoomable)
5a-b depending.
3. My actual gardening talent is best described as: a) My potted plants keep dying, b) So-so, or c) Green Thumb
Pretty green thumb.
4. My gardening style is best characterized by: a) Flowers to the front yard, veggies to the back, b) A heavy emphasis on overall appearance, c) Rows of veggies, or similar chiefly functional layout, d) Total Chaos, or e) Other (please explain)
All of the above? I want veggies somewhere, already preparing a small herb garden in the front, flowers everywhere, shrubs and screening items coming, patio being prepped, etc.
4. Which plant or plants have you been most successful with?
The easy ones. Oddly enough, the hop is the most outgoing at the moment. It's a maniac.
5. Do you view your approach to Gardening more as an art, a science, or a routine?
Combination of the first two.
6. Do you tend to keep personal records, like local rainfall, which plants did poorly or well, yields, layout maps, etc?
Pft, no. I look up what I need if I need it.
7. Your favorite time of day, or day of the week, to garden is?
Middle of the day, I think.
8. Do you have any particular good luck charms or specific items like 'my gardening hat' or what amount to rituals that you make use of when gardening?
I don't like it when I can't find my pruners, and since I've discovered that every weed in england that isn't a thorny bramble is a different type of thorny bramble, I have to have gloves.
9. The amount of space you garden with is: a) a few potted plants, b) Small: A couple square yards or meters, c) Medium: About a dozen square yards or meters, maybe two dozen, d) Medium-Large: A few dozen square Yards or meters, e) Large: Around a hundred Square yards or meters, f) Very Large: A decent fraction of an acre or hectare, or g) Basically small scale farming. For scale, a 10x20 foot garden is medium, about 20 sq. yd.
Lots of potted plants, and eventually every bit of the yard will be attacked, I'm sure. We'll say med-large, when all is said and done.
10. You garden primarily for: a) Yard appearance, b) Relaxation, c) Food (or final product, so speak), d) Fresh Air and Exercise, e) A challenge and sense of accomplishment, or f) some combination thereof, something else, elaborate.
Mostly appearance, though I do love using fresh herbs as well.
11. Is there anything particularly radical or abnormal about your garden? Anything in particular you feel stands out?
Not yet, but eventually there will be a hop plant growing up on the front of the house and over the porch bit.
12. What are you planning to plant this year? Anything in particular, different, new? Plans to construct a greenhouse, throw in some new drainage, start a new bed?
Already planted what I will be able to: primrose, daffodils, hyacinths, snowdrops, st. john's wort, fuchsia, clematis, hellebore, heucherella, etc. There will be a patio at some point too, and a temporary bbq area.
13. Do you tend to have a lot of infrastructure in your garden? Like raised beds, stone walls, greenhouses or cold frames, drainage ditches. If so what, and did you do it yourself or have it done by someone else?
Yup. Usable and attractive hardscape items, mostly. I will be doing most of it myself, most likely.
14. How did you get into gardening? Was there a particularly person (Mom, Dad, friend, etc) who you picked it up from?
Not really. Liked being outside, liked art, guidance counselor suggested landscape design.
15. If you were asked by a new potential gardener to explain why you garden, or why gardening is good, what would you tell them? What advice would you give?
I like pretty stuff. Once you get started, it's a pretty inexpensive way to create pleasing areas around the house.
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