Who taught you to garden?

[Muskrat]

I do not have a green thumb…and neither did my mother. But she tried…and loved plants. I know we have some master gardeners here…so who taught youu?

 

[Lawrence00]

Gardening stores.

 

[Aunt Bea]

I started life on a farm.

My grandmother taught me the good things about gardening and farming, my father taught me that it was less complicated to get a job and buy what I needed at the grocery store.

I ended up somewhere in the middle.

 

[Murrmurr]

I grew up on a farm as well. It was a dairy farm, but naturally, it was far outside the city, so we had a big vegetable garden. And my gramma had a rose garden, and grew flowering shrubs along the front of the house and herbs out in the service porch.

And me and my brothers helped with all of it.

 

[PeppermintPatty]

I learned a bit from everyone . Reading books and magazines helped loads too
I learned a lot about gardening online too.

 

[Michael Z]

Learned from my mom, as weeding and hilling was a chore to be done before going swimming. But then, I decided to plant my own stuff as well at about age 12, so I learned a lot through that. As an adult, I learned from library books and then from the internet as well.

 

[hollydolly]

No-one really, I just learned as I went along

 

[JustBonee]

I started life on a farm.

My grandmother taught me the good things about gardening and farming, my father taught me that it was less complicated to get a job and buy what I needed at the grocery store.

I ended up somewhere in the middle.

My early life started that way too
… lived on my Grandparents dairy farm until I was 12 years old. ….gardening was a large part … had several acres of crops that kept everyone busy.

 

[Dr.Colosso]

Nobody and I removed the plants from the balcony because they all died and attracted insects. Now I only have fake plastic grass. The plants inside are all doing great though. My brother has it the other way around. Fabulous garden and inside 1 very easy plant left.

 

[Jackie23]

My mother and Neil Sperry

 

[MountainRa]

I grew up in a rural area where almost everyone had at least a small garden plot. A person would have had to work hard to not pick up some idea of gardening.. or be very lazy.

But when it comes to houseplants I’ve had to mostly educate myself— trial and error, books, and in later years, the internet. My relatives worked too hard growing what we could eat and no time left for an indoor plant that just sat around looking nice.
However, I get a lot of pleasure from my houseplants.

 

[Babs2u]

We started small with herbs and tomato plants and gradually added others. We clipped articles and followed directions. It was a hobby. One thing that worked in a dry summer was burying gallon jugs by the plants with small holes near the bottom, keeping the caps visible and filling them with water when needed.

 

[QuietByNature]

No-one really, I just learned as I went along

^^^^^^ This right there ^^^^^^

 

[Paco Dennis]

The oldest monk in the monastery.

 

[Jules]

Even though a basil plant is meant to die at the end, mine didn’t make it to the harvest. One little snip came off it.

 

[Nathan]

In 7th grade had an Agriculture class, took the mystery out of planting and experienced the joy of successful plant growing.

 

[JBR]

In grade three at school, we planted seeds outside. Well, I didn't follow it up, but my younger brother planted some veggies when he got to age eight, in a three-foot band of dirt in back of the garage. I liked the results.

It wasn't until, at the age of 21, while renting on the small organic farm of Art and Nancy Routley, that they gave me a plot and Nancy shared some tips. Nancy's tips fleshed out what I was reading in one of those great Rodale books.

Then, a few years later, I moved onto rural land and had my first big organic garden where I planted probably 15 different food crops. And I got into a few houseplants too (though DW is the big decorative gardener – shrubs, perennial & annual flowers). Besides veggies, I had pleasing success with raspberries, strawberries, and blueberries.

And, actually, after making my home on rural land, what furthered my know-how a lot was talking about gardening with friends & neighbors.

 

[MarkD]

No-one really, I just learned as I went along

Same is true for me. I've had friends I can ask questions of in person and online but I never strode to make a correct garden, just one that appealed to me and that required discovering what I like. For me it is a relationship with nature on a bit of land and exploration of plants and design. it doesn't have to be right, It just has to suit me.

 

[Lawrence00]

Not gardening. Maybe could be. In high school science class, snipped a stem off a plant. Let it rest in water. Roots extend. Place in potting soil for awhile. Then dirt pot. Huge plant grew.

 

[Rossana]

I grabbed information a little bit everywhere from the internet, from people, books and the various nurseries. The local plant expos and the local county extension services taught me a lot as well.
In my present community, we have a garden club. We often have presentations on different subjects as well as visits to different places and garden centers. It is very informative.
The local state parks organize guided tours showing the different plants. I find that quite interesting. The park rangers are so well informed and proud to share their knowledge.

 

[Ronni]

Dad cultivated roses. I never got the hang of that. My mum didn’t ever grow anything that I can remember, and I didn’t develop any interest in gardening till later in life.

At first it was just houseplants and I killed a few of those before I got the hang of how to care for them. Ron plants the veggies so I don’t have to figure that out. I tried my hand at flower bed gardening but honestly didn’t much care for it.

Where I shine is co Rainer plants. Every summer my containers are a riot of color and texture. Again, no one taught me, but through trial and error I figured out what I liked, what grows best, and how to care for everything.