I have to stop gardening, your story?
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hearlady
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- N Carolina
My husband won't give up his garden any time soon. I do like the fresh veggies and flowers but it's a lot of work. If I had to give it up though, I could do it.
CallMeKate
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Whoa, faked me out good with your avatar... saw it and thought someone hacked my account. 
I'm sorry to hear that you won't have any space for gardening... is a much smaller scale window garden possible? Sadly my thumb has never been green.
I'm sorry to hear that you won't have any space for gardening... is a much smaller scale window garden possible? Sadly my thumb has never been green.
PeppermintPatty
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Does your condo not have a balcony?
If it does, you can have a fabulous spot to pretty up with flowers and various plants.
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Murrmurr
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Enjoy your travels. I'm sure people will appreciate the plants you gift to them.
I recently moved from an apartment with no yard to a house with average-sized front and back yards. I lived in the apartment for several years. It was the first time in over 30 years that I'd lived in an apt, and I really missed keeping a veg and herb garden. So I started one at the house as soon as it felt like spring was here.
I recently moved from an apartment with no yard to a house with average-sized front and back yards. I lived in the apartment for several years. It was the first time in over 30 years that I'd lived in an apt, and I really missed keeping a veg and herb garden. So I started one at the house as soon as it felt like spring was here.
hollydolly
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- London England
will you have a balcony ?
fuzzybuddy
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When anyone mentions "garden", I think of my grandmother. She always had a garden, it was no little patch, 20 feet X 50 feet. She lost a leg to diabetes in the late 1950s. She still gardened from a wheelchair. A few years later, she lost the other leg, and still kept her garden up, all by herself. Remarkable woman.
Don M.
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- central Missouri
I've given up my garden this year. We have so many deer in our forest, over the past couple of years, that they got most of my vegetables last year. Hunting has almost ceased in this area, so I guess we'll just spend a bit more at the grocery store, and enjoy watching the deer.
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Georgiagranny
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Take my first-born but do not take away my garden. No garden? No GG!
hollydolly
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Here in the UK Garden means..Lawn and flowers & trees and shrubs..... Allotment...or vegetable garden, means somewhere we grow fruits and veggies
fuzzybuddy
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- The Sticks, Northeast PA.
Here (US) 'garden' means veggies. A (US) 'formal garden' would mean lawn , flowers, & trees. It's amazing that the US and UK share so much TV and movies, you'd think we'd have the same vocabulary.
JJSC
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No worry, I have twin suns because I am Pisces.Whoa, faked me out good with your avatar... saw it and thought someone hacked my account.
hollydolly
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well why did the USA change the words in our Language ( English) to mean something else?.. why didn't they just leave it as it was ?
PeppermintPatty
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We get a lot of deer here but putting up a 8 x 12 cedar raised beds in hopes of them not chomping them down. The previous owners had no luck gardening so we will see.
CinnamonSugar
A Quiet American
I have not heard of what Fuzzybuddy described as a Formal Garden (unless itās at a big mansion with walkways, trimmed/stylize hedges and probably a fountain). To me i enjoy my gardenā lawn, informal flower beds and trees.
dobielvr
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- California
Well, after rototilling an area in my byard this morning and planting 6 tomato plants (a little late), I'd never want to give up my yard and the gardening that's goes with it. It's my exercise. All the bending, stooping, digging...I really needed that today.
Teacher Terry
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I have never liked to garden so never had one. Some people grow things on their balconies and patios in my condo complex. I have 3 plants out there that I bring inside for the winter.
old medic
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- Western NC
For years I have said, Most everything from our garden tastes like Venison.
PeppermintPatty
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This is one thing Iām going to miss with quitting , is growing my own marijuana. I totally enjoyed growing and grew it for decades. It was a great hobby that I was proud of.
Mobilman44
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With my first house up north, I always had a vegetable garden. It was wonderful in so many ways. When I moved to the Houston area I ended up with a large back yard, with plenty of garden space. So I put in several plants, and had fairly good success the first couple years. But then the weather got too extreme - mainly hot and dry - and the critters too invasive. It no longer was fun, especially seeing the damage the critters caused. So I haven't gardened in 15 years, and I still miss the fun.
hearlady
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- N Carolina
I say garden and flower garden.
hearlady
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- N Carolina
I hope you took a lot of pictures to have.