I found this fun questionnaire for garden lovers at the blog Red Clover, this and that.
The challenge was originally released by Flower & Cabbage.
I marked my choices with bold.
The challenge was originally released by Flower & Cabbage.
I marked my choices with bold.
Would be lovely to see your answers as well!
GARDEN PLANNING - PUUTARHASUUNNITTELU
- I draw plans on paper and archive them. It is a good way to check the varieties’ names later on.
- I enjoy garden planning so much that when it comes time to execute the plan, I make a new plan on the fly!
- I always make a new plan when I find a gorgeous plant that insists to come with me to my garden.
- I only design large lines. I plant here and there.
- Garden planning - what a terrible word.
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Usually I have to plant where there is a tiny empty space.
Usually I have to plant where there is a tiny empty space.
My borders are fully planted and I seldom buy new plants.
SHOPPING - OSTOKSET
- I have a zero budget.
- A smart gardener makes a shopping list and sticks to it.
- I buy plants very moderately, but I have a small delivery van, in fact too small for all my purchased plants.
- I tend to rescue plants from the fall sales. It would be such a pity to leave them standing as orphans on the shelves.
- I just must have all the novelties and specialities whatever the price.
STORING THE TOOLS - TYÖKALUJEN SÄILYTYS
- Everything must be in order. I also keep my stockings alphabetically ordered.
- A place for everything, all in their place - at least roughly. I don’t care too much.
- I always put the tools in place, but someone else leaves them scattered around.
- At my shed door reads: ”No access”. If someone entered, she would be terrified. Maybe a case for Marie Kondo here?
- Who the hell has invented such a crazy idea that things should have their specific storage places? I’m sure that my manure fork appears by the next spring - around the new border or when emptying the compost.
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And the culprit is - the husband!
And the culprit is - the husband!
ME AS VEGETABLE GARDENER - MINÄ HYÖTYTARHURINA
- I would lose my night’s sleep if the carrots were threatened by bugs and pests.
- Wait, I’ll show you at Instagram when I won the title of The Most Successful Pumpkin Breeder of the town last summer.
- I sow, water, weed and fertilize carefully and enjoy a good harvest. My cellar resembles that of The Hamster in the novel of Veikko Huovinen.
- I almost can’t eat the tomatoes I raised because their price - if calculated all the effort - would be per kilogram as high as that of the best beef fillet.
- I choose the cultivated pea varieties based on their flower color.
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None. I have only a small herb garden, no vegetables at all.
Plums, cherries and apples grow on their own - this suits me.
WEEDING - KITKEMINEN
- Weeding is meditation for me. I enjoy every single moment.
- I weed and cry.
- Well, weeding is simply a garden job among others.Nothing to whinge when the birds are singing and the summer wind is blowing.
- I start to weed when thistles begin to block access to my home.
- Why should I weed?
GARDEN WORK - PUUTARHAPUUHAT
- Hammock is my thing.
- There is always something to do, but gardening is not my whole life.
- First work, then amusement in the garden. I don’t have time to cook or to wash the laundry.
- In the garden, from the garden, to the garden... That’s how it goes!
- Oh! Don’t these questions ever run out? I should already be out there weeding
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I love to be outdoors from morning till night, doing a bit of this, a bit of that.
- Quite basic
- Always cool
- Starting always megalomaniac plans
- A joyful hassle
- Full chaos
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Year by year my garden gets wilder and wilder.
Year by year my garden gets wilder and wilder.
CHOICE OF PLANTS - KASVIVALIKOIMA
- I like traditions. Please, come and look at the dahlia that I herited from my grandaunt. And look at these Papaver seeds ... Oh, and these Phlox ...
- Every plant will do. Each plant is beautiful in its own way.
- I'm pretty selective. Colors. Spreading. Hardiness. Effortlessness. According to these criteria.
- I just came back from Japan, where I went to get ideas on the design of my balcony / townhouse / garden.
- As modern as possible, thank you!
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I have many traditional perennials because the are just that - hardy and effortless.
As to colors I am selective (yellow is not my favourite)
and say no, no to those who spread too much.
and say no, no to those who spread too much.
ME AND THE WEATHER - MINÄ JA SÄÄ
- I keep a weather diary and measure the amount of rain. Do you want me to show you my Excel chart?
- It’s terrible with this constant rain / sunshine! You can’t do anything in this rain / in this heat / in this whatever weather...
- Well, for today it has been forecast 18 C, light north-east wind. It should rain from 2 to 3 pm. One drop is promised, in the evening no rain. Going to be a pretty warm night...
- A question of attitude.
- If I could choose there would be sun all the time, but not too much. Gentle rain during the night time to fill the plants’ needs.
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Well, you have to settle for any weather, but extreme weather conditions do irritate.
Well, you have to settle for any weather, but extreme weather conditions do irritate.
ME AND THE SEASONS - SUHTAUTUMINEN VUODENAIKOIHIN
- It is wonderful that winter exists. I would not have the stamina to crawl on all four in the garden all year round.
- I love Finland's four seasons.
- During the winter, I feel anguished while there is no garden work.
- I can’t live without garden work. That's why I have another garden in Spain / China / somewhere. I fly there every fall as soon as I can’t dig bulbs in the ground even with iron bar.
