The garden thread

[Goodbook]

Hi Goodbook, have you got the name of the author?...it sounds very interesting...

Soul Gardening
Cultivating the good life
By Terry Hershey

Its published by Monarch books in 2000 so its not a recent publication. Originally published in america by augsberg fortress.

The author visited England and came across the delights of cottage gardening.

For an american, a flower is just a useless pretty thing, but for an english gardener, it not just looks, its smell, the delight it gives to the senses, food for bees, and all the spiritual aspects of these flowers.

I suppose its different cultural mindsets. The author grew up in midwest america and seemed like a typical type a personality.

 

[musicalpilgrim]

...I found it on amazon and it is on its way! second hand, but it brings the price down, thank you, I look forward to it coming.

 

[Goodbook]

Am looking for hardenbergia or coral pea to grow on my arch.

Hope you enjoy the book musical pilgrim. Very good writer and inspiring.

 

[Goodbook]

I found the climber mine is the cultivar 'free and easy' it flowers in winter so after my sweet peas have died down I will still have flowers on my arch.

 

[A_Thinker]

I have always been fascinated by growing (green) things ...

Being an inner-city kid, I planted the requisite tomatoes, beans, marigolds, zinnias, and cosmos in backyard gardens for all of my growing years.

When I purchased my own home, I planted hundreds of trees and shrubs, including dogwoods, birches, forsythia, spirea, roses, hydrangea, lilacs, and more.

Of course, the drawback for one who loved to grow things was (and is) the winter, when nothing grows outside except icicles. I lived in the Midwest, where outside growth stops in October, ... and doesn't get going again until March. So, five months out of the year I was going through withdrawal, with no particular outlet for this passion of mine.

Of course, at some point, I begin to delve into various indoor plants, and have had varying amounts of success with them. I grown Poinsettias, Amaryllis, various Philodendrens, and, of course, African Violets.

Now I can grow year-round.

 

[Goodbook]

Well for those who get bitten by jack frost you can invest in a greenhouse or conservatory.

In auckland we dont have snow in winter so things grow all year round including the weeds!

We do have a wintergarden in our domain that the gardeners grow hothouse flowers and tropical plants.

 

[Goodbook]

Uh oh, it could all be vanity according to Ecclesiastes 2:5

 

[Goodbook]

Well reading eccelesiastes again its only vanity if you garden for purely selfish reasons. You can garden for others or invite ppl over.

 

[Aviela]

neat thread I like gardening a lot but I don't because of my health etc. I still have an interest in it though so I'm posting to watch the thread. neat idea

 

[Goodbook]

Its sad that the elderly cant garden anymore cos they cant bend down Im finding that a lot talking with ppl so thats why us younger ones need to step in and lend a hand.

But you can still enjoy being in the garden which is why we have those garden benches...

 

[Aviela]

Its sad that the elderly cant garden anymore cos they cant bend down Im finding that a lot talking with ppl so thats why us younger ones need to step in and lend a hand.

But you can still enjoy being in the garden which is why we have those garden benches...

Yes, very true. I still have flowers in pots during summer etc. and I still take an interest in the subject. I also get a chance to go to a farmers market and it's nice to see what others are doing and to talk to them about gardening.

 

[Aviela]

One thing I found useful when I was gardening a lot was collecting ideas and such in a gardening journal. It helped me keep track of what worked and what didn't and of what hybrids of plants I liked etc. A gardening journal is a great aid.

 

[Goodbook]

I have one I made online a blog its called rambling garden diary lol.

I agree its really helpful to look back over the seasons and see what you planted and what did well and what didn't and what you learned from it.

Not sure about hybrids mine was more establishing trees and shrubs and flowers and then doing vege gardening at the community but if you seed saving you do need to keep a record of things. Haven't really got into the whole science of it although some people go down that road...

In the Bible they talk about grafting rather than hybridisation. You can graft trees and even veges like eggplant.

 

[Aviela]

I have one I made online a blog its called rambling garden diary lol.

I agree its really helpful to look back over the seasons and see what you planted and what did well and what didn't and what you learned from it.

Not sure about hybrids mine was more establishing trees and shrubs and flowers and then doing vege gardening at the community but if you seed saving you do need to keep a record of things. Haven't really got into the whole science of it although some people go down that road...

In the Bible they talk about grafting rather than hybridisation. You can graft trees and even veges like eggplant.

Neat... Yes, so much interesting and fun things I had a flower bed and managed to collect about 15 different types of asiatic and oriental lilies at one point. so nice to find things that grow well.

 

[Goodbook]

Have got christmas lilies in bloom at the moment, pure white and fragrant. They are wonderful flowers. Very easy care as well.

 

[afishamongmany]

Post your gardening stories here.

I couldnt find any decent gardening forum on here so I thought why not start own thread. Also I will post gardening tips from the Bible.

Wow! Well done Goodbook.
Your digging and planting has born fruit. CF has its own proper place for planty people. Yea, on with the wellies, out with the wheelbarrows, in with the spades. Gardeners of the world unite! We've nothing to lose but our blues.
Good on ya gal
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[Goodbook]

Some scripture for thought today
Isaiah 58:11

 

[Goodbook]

Um can anyone explain Isaiah 1:8 to me. Why a garden of CUCUMBERS?

I mean, theres rose gardens, theres vege gardens, theres cottage gardens and theres vinyeards but I havent heard of just cucumber gardens. Why this specific vegetable. Was it a favourite or something?

 

[afishamongmany]

Hello Goodbook - I don't think the cucumbers as such have any particular significance. It's more the image of the empty forlorn shelter in the field. The hut is there for when there are people working in the field to tend (plant, weed, prune, fertilise) or harvest the crop. It seems to be the only mention of cucumbers in the Bible.
Grow well
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[Goodbook]

Well the iseralites did mention they missed the cucumbers (and leeks and garlic) that they had back in egypt.

They must have really liked cucumbers.