Comments on: Is Gardening Really For You…I’m Guessing Yes, It Sure Is: http://ridinouttherecession.com/?p=911 Coverin the bases in Miz Judi's Kitchen Thu, 23 Apr 2015 10:51:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Sandy http://ridinouttherecession.com/?p=911#comment-1106 Sandy Tue, 04 Oct 2011 11:03:49 +0000 http://ridinouttherecession.com/?p=911#comment-1106 Sandra, have you ever planted onions from seeds? We ordered and planted about 10 days ago BUT.....we have not seen any sign of ground breaking. Usually plant the multiplying sets but were late this year and they sold out before we got them. Any feed back appreciated. Sandra, have you ever planted onions from seeds? We ordered and planted about 10 days ago BUT…..we have not seen any sign of ground breaking. Usually plant the multiplying sets but were late this year and they sold out before we got them. Any feed back appreciated.

]]> By: Sandra http://ridinouttherecession.com/?p=911#comment-1084 Sandra Mon, 26 Sep 2011 12:02:24 +0000 http://ridinouttherecession.com/?p=911#comment-1084 Brings back memories of when everyone in our area had some form of garden. Big ones little ones flower bed ones all kinds. Someone in spring and summer had some kind of edible growing near their homes. They were proud of their home grown vegetables and shared with neighbors, family, the elderly that could no longer garden and even showed up at show and tell at schools. Oh those wonderous vegetables. Seed swaps were all the rage. Every ethnic group had their seeds to make those special dishes from their homelands and those seeds were shared throughout our little land. Special tomato seed, strange cucumbers, weird veggies and squash. What a grand time to grow up. Paul James Square Foot Gardening is one of my favorite reference books. Still order the seed catalogs to browse through in the winter months. They are kind of like comfort food. Brings back memories of when everyone in our area had some form of garden. Big ones little ones flower bed ones all kinds. Someone in spring and summer had some kind of edible growing near their homes. They were proud of their home grown vegetables and shared with neighbors, family, the elderly that could no longer garden
and even showed up at show and tell at schools. Oh those wonderous vegetables. Seed swaps were all the rage. Every ethnic group had their seeds to make those special dishes from their homelands and those seeds were shared throughout our little land.
Special tomato seed, strange cucumbers, weird veggies and squash. What a grand time to grow up. Paul James Square Foot Gardening is one of my favorite reference books.
Still order the seed catalogs to browse through in the winter months. They are kind of like comfort food.

]]> By: Kunoichi http://ridinouttherecession.com/?p=911#comment-1065 Kunoichi Sun, 25 Sep 2011 07:49:11 +0000 http://ridinouttherecession.com/?p=911#comment-1065 A great post! There are also wonderful psychological reasons for gardening. There's just something special about working in the soil, tending living things, seeing and enjoying the fruits of your labour. It's good for body, mind and soul. In the co-op I live in, we have some garden plots available, but they're hard to get to; we overlook a river valley, and it's really steep. It's completely inaccessable to our members in wheelcairs. We can't afford the landscaping required to make it accessible, so the idea came up of building wheelchair accessible raised bed gardens. Being a co-op, this has to be approved by the membership, and I've just had the "joy" of going through some of the feedback we got. I can't believe people would be so nasty and have such a huge problem with having accessible garden beds! One even said that, if it does get built, no vegetables. "We're not hicks" and she doesn't want to see them. *grumbling things not suitable for print* A great post!

There are also wonderful psychological reasons for gardening. There’s just something special about working in the soil, tending living things, seeing and enjoying the fruits of your labour. It’s good for body, mind and soul.

In the co-op I live in, we have some garden plots available, but they’re hard to get to; we overlook a river valley, and it’s really steep. It’s completely inaccessable to our members in wheelcairs. We can’t afford the landscaping required to make it accessible, so the idea came up of building wheelchair accessible raised bed gardens. Being a co-op, this has to be approved by the membership, and I’ve just had the “joy” of going through some of the feedback we got. I can’t believe people would be so nasty and have such a huge problem with having accessible garden beds! One even said that, if it does get built, no vegetables. “We’re not hicks” and she doesn’t want to see them.

*grumbling things not suitable for print*

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