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園丁的新年新計劃 (zt)

(2007-01-04 10:52:50) 下一個
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Garden Resolutions I'll NEVER Keep(zt)

  • I'm going to get everything staked and supported next spring before it's too big to stake and/or support.
  • I will NOT still be planting bulbs after Thanksgiving because they were "on clearance".
  • I'm going to cut back on my plant buying (and planting).
  • I'm not going to purchase any more pots just because they are "pretty".
  • I won't fall in love with any more classes/orders/families/genera of plants.
  • I won't order more seed than I have time and space and energy to plant.
  • I won't impulsively buy pretty flowers that I know won't grow here.
  • I won't allow thugs to take over, just because they are actually alive and growing.
  • I will finish what I started!
  • I will not stop by the greenery department when visiting home improvement centers or grocery stores.
  • I will throw away all of the trimmings as I have already a propagated more than I have room for.
  • I will no longer save seeds and pot them up just because.....
  • I will start keeping a garden diary.
  • I will not buy any more manure.
  • I will not just throw things in the garage so it becomes a big mess that I have to eventually clean.
  • I will not wear my good sneakers in the garden while I am planting.
  • I will not plant perennials close together in the spring while they're still so small, completely forgetting how big they'll get.
  • I will not use regular small scissors for deadheading and pruning.
  • I will not go out to garden in the morning "just for a minute" in my nightgown.
  • When I move a plant I will record that somewhere.
  • I will not plant things that need full sun in half sun.
  • I will not go out "just for a minute" and then work for 4 - 6 hours until my bad shoulder and bad hip force me to stop, then can't work at all for the next week.
  • I will not plant so many things not hardy in my zone (dahlias, cannas, crocosmias, salvias, etc.) that I have to dig up and store for the winter.
  • I will wear gloves. And I will always lavish my hands with hand cream before starting my garden day.
  • I will stop bringing cutlery out of the house to use in the garden.
  • I will never again lose a wineglass in the bed I'm weeding "for just this minute."
  • I will pick the strawberries before the dogs eat them.
  • I will never plant another mint.
  • I will maintain a complimentary color scheme.
  • I will stop collecting seeds from plants from which I already have a pint jar full.
  • I will transplant everything in the nursery bed before the snow flies.
  • I will use up the mountain of woodchips in the back yard that the public works dept. unloaded in June.
  • I will weed everyday.
  • I will take my camera out with me whenever I work in the garden.
  • I will mow once a week. (ha! Ok, more than once a month...)
  • I will NOT deadhead at the garden center or other peoples' plants!
  • I won't go out into the garden in my stocking feet. I'll either put on shoes or go out barefoot.
  • I will stop weeding in public places and nursery containers.
  • I will stop "rescuing" clearance plants from the local Big Box stores because I feel sorry for them and know I can make them well again.
  • I will never again buy a new flower/tree/shrub until I have a place for it in the garden.
  • I will grow my fingernails long and paint them red.
  • I will wear shoes every day.
  • I will never ever again spray my husband with the garden hose.
  • I will no longer purchase seeds, period!
  • I will never start 10 seed trays (700 seedlings) unless I can plant them ALL or give them away to needy gardeners.
  • I will allow my plants more than one season to prove their worth before shovel pruning them.
  • I will not sever the cable wire for the 4th time
  • I will never pay for dirt again
  • I will never post on the trade forum again
  • I will never kill another spider
  • I will never go out after dark with a flashlight to admire all my 'babies' growing up.
  • I will care what my neighbors think when I'm outside obsessing over my garden schemes for long periods of time.
  • I will never again mow my yard at 8:30am on Sunday morning in retaliation against my neighbor mowing his at 10am on Saturday.
  • I will smile and wave to the people that let their dog crap in my yard on their daily walk.
  • I will no longer stare out my window at night to admire my ornamental grasses swaying in the wind under the moonlight, while appearing to be stalking my neighbors' every move.
  • Finally, I will never talk to my favorite plants again.


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