Comments on: VintageGardenGal Gardenin’ Survey http://vintagegardengal.com/2009/08/03/vintagegardengal-gardenin-survey/ Cultivating the best of gardening, vintage containers, home-grown food, and vineyard lifestyle. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:56:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Bonnie Manion http://vintagegardengal.com/2009/08/03/vintagegardengal-gardenin-survey/#comment-688 Bonnie Manion Wed, 26 Aug 2009 23:51:25 +0000 http://www.vintagegardengal.com/?p=3667#comment-688 Lynn, I'm the same way with new things, have to live with them a while before using them. I have never had wellies, might have to try them. Thanks for your great comment...VintageGardenGal. Lynn, I’m the same way with new things, have to live with them a while before using them. I have never had wellies, might have to try them. Thanks for your great comment…VintageGardenGal.

]]> By: Lynn @ thevintagenest http://vintagegardengal.com/2009/08/03/vintagegardengal-gardenin-survey/#comment-687 Lynn @ thevintagenest Tue, 25 Aug 2009 14:28:31 +0000 http://www.vintagegardengal.com/?p=3667#comment-687 Hey Bonnie, I love the new wellies I just bought....problem is they are so cute I hesitant to wear them in the garden mud, but that's what I bought them for. I'll wait and wear them to the Wine Festival (if it's raining which it usually is) and then mess them up in the garden. Otherwise I have a cheap pair of crocs I keep on the deck to wear outside. I tried to email you about a little problem we are having with our chicken coop but the email was 'sent back to me' or rejected by the server. Can you email me with the correct email address? Thank you so much. (My email is on the sidebar of my blog) Have a great day Bonnie. Hey Bonnie, I love the new wellies I just bought….problem is they are so cute I hesitant to wear them in the garden mud, but that’s what I bought them for. I’ll wait and wear them to the Wine Festival (if it’s raining which it usually is) and then mess them up in the garden. Otherwise I have a cheap pair of crocs I keep on the deck to wear outside. I tried to email you about a little problem we are having with our chicken coop but the email was ‘sent back to me’ or rejected by the server. Can you email me with the correct email address? Thank you so much. (My email is on the sidebar of my blog) Have a great day Bonnie.

]]> By: Bonnie Manion http://vintagegardengal.com/2009/08/03/vintagegardengal-gardenin-survey/#comment-686 Bonnie Manion Wed, 05 Aug 2009 17:30:56 +0000 http://www.vintagegardengal.com/?p=3667#comment-686 MotherLodeBeth, thanks for your wonderful thoughts and comments, we must be of the same mold....VintageGardenGal. MotherLodeBeth, thanks for your wonderful thoughts and comments, we must be of the same mold….VintageGardenGal.

]]> By: Bonnie Manion http://vintagegardengal.com/2009/08/03/vintagegardengal-gardenin-survey/#comment-685 Bonnie Manion Wed, 05 Aug 2009 17:19:45 +0000 http://www.vintagegardengal.com/?p=3667#comment-685 Karlita, loved your comments and feedback....thanks VintageGardenGal. Karlita, loved your comments and feedback….thanks VintageGardenGal.

]]> By: Karlita http://vintagegardengal.com/2009/08/03/vintagegardengal-gardenin-survey/#comment-684 Karlita Wed, 05 Aug 2009 14:59:53 +0000 http://www.vintagegardengal.com/?p=3667#comment-684 Plastic garden clogs, bought for $15 about 10 yrs. ago at the local hardware store (tried Crocs - too holey) and wellie type boots, the kind farm workers use (about 15 yrs. old). Almost daily gardener. Favorite tool - spade Gardenening blogs: This one, and Garden Rooms Books, classes, occasional professional design help, garden club, Garden Web. Lifestyle: retired, interested in a lot, master of none, on a couple of acres. Trends : Lower water use, naturalistic, mediterranean, succulents What's different? Understanding that we should use the soil and climate we live in - "right plant, right place". What I llike about your blog: see georgie's comment. And - I also have chickens. Plastic garden clogs, bought for $15 about 10 yrs. ago at the local hardware store (tried Crocs – too holey) and wellie type boots, the kind farm workers use (about 15 yrs. old).
Almost daily gardener.
Favorite tool – spade
Gardenening blogs: This one, and Garden Rooms
Books, classes, occasional professional design help, garden club, Garden Web.
Lifestyle: retired, interested in a lot, master of none, on a couple of acres.
Trends : Lower water use, naturalistic, mediterranean, succulents
What’s different? Understanding that we should use the soil and climate we live in – “right plant, right place”.
What I llike about your blog: see georgie’s comment. And – I also have chickens.

]]> By: MotherLodeBeth http://vintagegardengal.com/2009/08/03/vintagegardengal-gardenin-survey/#comment-683 MotherLodeBeth Wed, 05 Aug 2009 02:25:38 +0000 http://www.vintagegardengal.com/?p=3667#comment-683 While I am very modern in many ways, its the wisdom I learned from growing up on an island that serves me well. From having a year round vegetable garden to chickens. Its not only healthier but great fun. And the vegetable garden grows in size every year since we love sharing the excess with other who are on fixed incomes, out of work or simply in love with fresh vegetables of all kinds. And chickens have been a part of my life since I was a kid. Everywhere we have lived here in California be it city or the Sierras, chickens have moved with us. One thing nice about vegetables is they can be planted in amongst the flowerbeds. And there is something wonderful in how a garden calms me. And I love my Wellies, and in summer unless I am digging, I go barefoot. Love the smell of manure and fresh mowed hay. In fact I pull over when driving down the road if I see fresh mowed hay, roll down the window and inhale. Same with manure (laughing). Have avoided the elitist garden tools and think back to the basics my family had that did the job well. Keeping tools clean and maintained is the key. Gardens and chickens and Nubian goats are NOT a passing fancy or fad with us. While I am very modern in many ways, its the wisdom I learned from growing up on an island that serves me well. From having a year round vegetable garden to chickens. Its not only healthier but great fun. And the vegetable garden grows in size every year since we love sharing the excess with other who are on fixed incomes, out of work or simply in love with fresh vegetables of all kinds.

And chickens have been a part of my life since I was a kid. Everywhere we have lived here in California be it city or the Sierras, chickens have moved with us. One thing nice about vegetables is they can be planted in amongst the flowerbeds. And there is something wonderful in how a garden calms me.

And I love my Wellies, and in summer unless I am digging, I go barefoot. Love the smell of manure and fresh mowed hay. In fact I pull over when driving down the road if I see fresh mowed hay, roll down the window and inhale. Same with manure (laughing).

Have avoided the elitist garden tools and think back to the basics my family had that did the job well. Keeping tools clean and maintained is the key.

Gardens and chickens and Nubian goats are NOT a passing fancy or fad with us.

]]> By: Bonnie Manion http://vintagegardengal.com/2009/08/03/vintagegardengal-gardenin-survey/#comment-682 Bonnie Manion Tue, 04 Aug 2009 15:08:10 +0000 http://www.vintagegardengal.com/?p=3667#comment-682 Loved your comments....thank you, VintageGardenGal. Loved your comments….thank you, VintageGardenGal.

]]> By: georgie http://vintagegardengal.com/2009/08/03/vintagegardengal-gardenin-survey/#comment-681 georgie Tue, 04 Aug 2009 03:27:38 +0000 http://www.vintagegardengal.com/?p=3667#comment-681 Wellies,sneakers, flip flops or barefoot depending upon the weather Felco pruners and having my dogs for company while gardening Vintage GardenGal and A Way to Garden Consistent gardener, weeds don't take long vacations nor should the gardener. Mom was my first garden teacher. Motivation? A new plant, plants needing pruning, weeds, good weather Information is sought from many sources. Don't be afraid to ask questions! Vegetable gardens are popular here and mine has been a real joy this year People are being careful with how they spend money on plants, tools, etc. and planning more wisely. Minimalizing the luxuries and garden decor. Also doing more work on their own without hiring a lawn service etc. I like garden tips and advice on how to be thrifty and still have a beautiful garden. Wellies,sneakers, flip flops or barefoot depending upon the weather
Felco pruners and having my dogs for company while gardening
Vintage GardenGal and A Way to Garden
Consistent gardener, weeds don’t take long vacations nor should the gardener. Mom was my first garden teacher.
Motivation? A new plant, plants needing pruning, weeds, good weather
Information is sought from many sources. Don’t be afraid to ask questions!
Vegetable gardens are popular here and mine has been a real joy this year
People are being careful with how they spend money on plants, tools, etc. and planning more wisely. Minimalizing the luxuries and garden decor. Also doing more work on their own without hiring a lawn service etc.
I like garden tips and advice on how to be thrifty and still have a beautiful garden.

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