Comments on: Overcoming My Fears: Gardening http://momadvice.com/blog/2007/05/overcoming-my-fears-gardening Mon, 13 Feb 2012 23:30:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: thehomespunheart http://momadvice.com/blog/2007/05/overcoming-my-fears-gardening/comment-page-1#comment-15458 thehomespunheart Thu, 10 May 2007 07:32:00 +0000 http://momadvice.com/blog2/?p=1431#comment-15458 You are so cute! :) Your garden looks great - let us know how it turns out! This is my first ever successful gardening year and I truly think the secret to its success is all the research I did over the winter months. We tested our soil, amended it with the proper nutrients it was missing, added manure, planted at EXACTLY the right dates and put up a small plastic fence to keep the squirrels out. As my Mom is always saying, a garden is a continually changing thing and you will have good years and not-so-good years; but it is a process that just keeps on going and you learn from each step of the way.<br /><br />Great job!!! You are so cute! :) Your garden looks great – let us know how it turns out! This is my first ever successful gardening year and I truly think the secret to its success is all the research I did over the winter months. We tested our soil, amended it with the proper nutrients it was missing, added manure, planted at EXACTLY the right dates and put up a small plastic fence to keep the squirrels out. As my Mom is always saying, a garden is a continually changing thing and you will have good years and not-so-good years; but it is a process that just keeps on going and you learn from each step of the way.

Great job!!!

]]> By: Amy http://momadvice.com/blog/2007/05/overcoming-my-fears-gardening/comment-page-1#comment-15459 Amy Wed, 09 May 2007 23:35:00 +0000 http://momadvice.com/blog2/?p=1431#comment-15459 You guys are so helpful! Thanks for all the emails and comments about my garden attempts. I did run out and get some mulch and laid that down. I also put out marigolds to keep the pests away as well as some chicken wire to hopefully keep our family of bunnies (that enjoy our grass so much!) out of there too. Thanks for all of your responses and encouragement. You guys are so helpful! Thanks for all the emails and comments about my garden attempts. I did run out and get some mulch and laid that down. I also put out marigolds to keep the pests away as well as some chicken wire to hopefully keep our family of bunnies (that enjoy our grass so much!) out of there too. Thanks for all of your responses and encouragement.

]]> By: Karen http://momadvice.com/blog/2007/05/overcoming-my-fears-gardening/comment-page-1#comment-15460 Karen Wed, 09 May 2007 23:21:00 +0000 http://momadvice.com/blog2/?p=1431#comment-15460 I too have a fear of gardening, but mine is a fear of snakes, and other creatures lurking in the dirt.<br /><br />I too am sticker shocked at produce though, so I did buy a "patio" tomato plant on Monday that has about 10 tomatoes already on it. I am thinking of getting a few more that can be planted in pots, so that I don't have to dig in the dirt...added bonus is that hopefully the dog can't get to them! I too have a fear of gardening, but mine is a fear of snakes, and other creatures lurking in the dirt.

I too am sticker shocked at produce though, so I did buy a “patio” tomato plant on Monday that has about 10 tomatoes already on it. I am thinking of getting a few more that can be planted in pots, so that I don’t have to dig in the dirt…added bonus is that hopefully the dog can’t get to them!

]]> By: Vicky http://momadvice.com/blog/2007/05/overcoming-my-fears-gardening/comment-page-1#comment-15461 Vicky Wed, 09 May 2007 16:43:00 +0000 http://momadvice.com/blog2/?p=1431#comment-15461 Way to go, Amy! I'm actually quite jealous - I've wanted a garden for years, but can't get past the dirt/weeds/heat part. :) We had a HUGE garden to help offset food costs for our family growing up (with 9 kids to feed, 6 of which were hungry boys - who WOULDN'T garden?). I remember hot summer days spent weeding and being eaten alive by mosquitos - NOT my idea of summer vacation! I think that's what holds me back from starting my own. Well, that and the fact that we have a small lot in the city and don't have a lot of room; I'm thinking of doing container gardening. Has anyone done anything like this? It would be more of a salsa garden and maybe some pots for fresh herbs, that kind of thing. As a t-shirt at a gardening center here says, "You grow, girl!" ha ha! Way to go, Amy! I’m actually quite jealous – I’ve wanted a garden for years, but can’t get past the dirt/weeds/heat part. :) We had a HUGE garden to help offset food costs for our family growing up (with 9 kids to feed, 6 of which were hungry boys – who WOULDN’T garden?). I remember hot summer days spent weeding and being eaten alive by mosquitos – NOT my idea of summer vacation! I think that’s what holds me back from starting my own. Well, that and the fact that we have a small lot in the city and don’t have a lot of room; I’m thinking of doing container gardening. Has anyone done anything like this? It would be more of a salsa garden and maybe some pots for fresh herbs, that kind of thing. As a t-shirt at a gardening center here says, “You grow, girl!” ha ha!

]]> By: TheNormalMiddle http://momadvice.com/blog/2007/05/overcoming-my-fears-gardening/comment-page-1#comment-15462 TheNormalMiddle Wed, 09 May 2007 11:39:00 +0000 http://momadvice.com/blog2/?p=1431#comment-15462 I used to HATE gardening and being dirty with a passion so I know where you are coming from. Now a few years later I absolutely love to piddle in my little garden! I grow organic garlic, onions, a few varieties of tomatoes and lots of herbs. Next year I want to add some squash and beans and lettuces.<br /><br />The key is learning a little bit more each year as you go. Baby steps. I wouldn't recommend trying to make your own compost and fertilizer and feed the whole neighborhood the first year. Just take it a little at a time and try something new each year. you'll get better and better as you go.<br /><br />Oh! Teach your children to help you weed. My kids actually love it. they are too young to realize they're doing the cruddy garden job! :)<br /><br />Have you read the book, The $64 Tomato? It is funny and talks about one's mans quest to have a perfect kitchen garden! I used to HATE gardening and being dirty with a passion so I know where you are coming from. Now a few years later I absolutely love to piddle in my little garden! I grow organic garlic, onions, a few varieties of tomatoes and lots of herbs. Next year I want to add some squash and beans and lettuces.

The key is learning a little bit more each year as you go. Baby steps. I wouldn’t recommend trying to make your own compost and fertilizer and feed the whole neighborhood the first year. Just take it a little at a time and try something new each year. you’ll get better and better as you go.

Oh! Teach your children to help you weed. My kids actually love it. they are too young to realize they’re doing the cruddy garden job! :)

Have you read the book, The $64 Tomato? It is funny and talks about one’s mans quest to have a perfect kitchen garden!

]]> By: Stephanie http://momadvice.com/blog/2007/05/overcoming-my-fears-gardening/comment-page-1#comment-15463 Stephanie Tue, 08 May 2007 23:12:00 +0000 http://momadvice.com/blog2/?p=1431#comment-15463 I'm so excited for you! Way to go! I’m so excited for you! Way to go!

]]> By: Anonymous http://momadvice.com/blog/2007/05/overcoming-my-fears-gardening/comment-page-1#comment-15464 Anonymous Tue, 08 May 2007 16:32:00 +0000 http://momadvice.com/blog2/?p=1431#comment-15464 I am so impressed Amy! You go girl! If you need any advice to keep those cute little plants alive, you know how to reach me! Kendra I am so impressed Amy! You go girl! If you need any advice to keep those cute little plants alive, you know how to reach me! Kendra

]]> By: Julie http://momadvice.com/blog/2007/05/overcoming-my-fears-gardening/comment-page-1#comment-15465 Julie Tue, 08 May 2007 14:11:00 +0000 http://momadvice.com/blog2/?p=1431#comment-15465 Congratulations.<br />I, like you, don't like to get dirty. Fortunately, my husband is a gardener -- the kind of gardnener other people ask for advice. People often ask him about tomatoes and peppers, and the thing I've heard him say more than anything else is that tomato plants and pepper plants don't like each other and do much better if they're not near each other. Congratulations.
I, like you, don’t like to get dirty. Fortunately, my husband is a gardener — the kind of gardnener other people ask for advice. People often ask him about tomatoes and peppers, and the thing I’ve heard him say more than anything else is that tomato plants and pepper plants don’t like each other and do much better if they’re not near each other.

]]> By: Lynn Marie http://momadvice.com/blog/2007/05/overcoming-my-fears-gardening/comment-page-1#comment-15466 Lynn Marie Tue, 08 May 2007 13:40:00 +0000 http://momadvice.com/blog2/?p=1431#comment-15466 I LOVE to garden! Don't know if it runs in my family as my mother didn't enjoy it but my grandmother did. Both children can kill a fake plant! My tip - Mulch those plants like mad! It will stop the need for most weeding and keep the ground cooler and keep in the watering. Your job will become much easier! Gotta love that right! Enjoy your garden, it looks wonderful and spaced apart really well. Lynn I LOVE to garden! Don’t know if it runs in my family as my mother didn’t enjoy it but my grandmother did. Both children can kill a fake plant! My tip – Mulch those plants like mad! It will stop the need for most weeding and keep the ground cooler and keep in the watering. Your job will become much easier! Gotta love that right! Enjoy your garden, it looks wonderful and spaced apart really well. Lynn

]]> By: Ivy http://momadvice.com/blog/2007/05/overcoming-my-fears-gardening/comment-page-1#comment-15467 Ivy Tue, 08 May 2007 11:01:00 +0000 http://momadvice.com/blog2/?p=1431#comment-15467 Haha, you're too cute in your John Deere shirt! I got my garden going this weekend, I'm a notorious plant murderer myself, so I understand your fear! Haha, you’re too cute in your John Deere shirt! I got my garden going this weekend, I’m a notorious plant murderer myself, so I understand your fear!

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