tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424558166690591608.post871882352263007029..comments2023-05-09T15:04:53.510+01:00Comments on Experiments with Plants: Re-Introduction (02 OCT 2011)b-a-ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01565084697297328338noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424558166690591608.post-64197278767755027342011-10-13T18:30:46.450+01:002011-10-13T18:30:46.450+01:00Thanks Janet - I actually worked it out : the land...Thanks Janet - I actually worked it out : the land surface area of the planet is about 149 million km2 and my garden is less than a trillionth of that.b-a-ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01565084697297328338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424558166690591608.post-80773103018753179692011-10-13T10:03:41.086+01:002011-10-13T10:03:41.086+01:00What a lovely post, I can't believe I missed i...What a lovely post, I can't believe I missed it. "Middle aged nicotiana" is a great phrase. And yes, I absolutely believe that gardening has changed your approach to life, the same has happened to me, gradually, without my even realising it. I don't know if I am excited or depressed by the idea that the whole planet belongs to me. Both I suppose, given the state so much of it isJanet/Plantaliscioushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15605580157193047780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424558166690591608.post-81931371794350567662011-10-10T22:07:59.740+01:002011-10-10T22:07:59.740+01:00Thanks Catherine - I'm a believer in horticult...Thanks Catherine - I'm a believer in horticultural therapy too.<br /><br />Welcome Cathy & Steve - you sound like a lovely couple. Enjoyed your post on "repose".b-a-ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01565084697297328338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424558166690591608.post-8790412927614174172011-10-08T15:39:42.803+01:002011-10-08T15:39:42.803+01:00Very thought-provoking introspection. So far, we h...Very thought-provoking introspection. So far, we have not run out of ideas for "new" posts, but I can see that day coming, where we revisit topics we've already covered. <br /><br />Our garden has definitely changed the way we live and the way we look at life. We take time to appreciate beauty with all of our senses, and we take great pleasure from cultivating beauty. I fully Cathy and Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11985161421939096681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424558166690591608.post-79484595043065948512011-10-06T23:04:46.385+01:002011-10-06T23:04:46.385+01:00A wonderful look at the inside reasons for gardeni...A wonderful look at the inside reasons for gardening and the power of good it can do. Just been volunteering for horticultural therapy charity which has left me in reflective mood.catharine Howardhttp://www.catharinehoward.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424558166690591608.post-22572532198223053502011-10-05T06:11:40.374+01:002011-10-05T06:11:40.374+01:00Linnie - I love your idea of them cultivating us. ...Linnie - I love your idea of them cultivating us. Re: Life, I found this quote for a previous post on biology on-line : "All living organisms begin in the same form: as a single cell. That cell will divide and the resulting cells will continue dividing and differentiate into cells with various roles to carry out within the organism. This is life and plants are no different."<br /><br />b-a-ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01565084697297328338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424558166690591608.post-64925142929335676212011-10-05T06:02:04.155+01:002011-10-05T06:02:04.155+01:00Thanks Chris & Welcome - I try not to go on ab...Thanks Chris & Welcome - I try not to go on about the slugs & snails too much, but they play a significant role in my garden.<br /><br />Thanks Donna & Indie - I wish I'd discovered nature a long time ago.<br /><br />Thanks Andrea - A shallow approach is fine with me. When I discovered that nicotiana was also called the tobacco plant, I mashed up a leaf, had a good sniff and b-a-ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01565084697297328338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424558166690591608.post-18515455142945919822011-10-04T16:58:33.736+01:002011-10-04T16:58:33.736+01:00A thought-provoking moment among your insights b-a...A thought-provoking moment among your insights b-a-g. Perhaps our gardens are actually cultivating US. It does seem to me, more and more, that life is quite a different thing than we are taught.linniewhttp://linniew.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424558166690591608.post-66168784232208866232011-10-04T16:47:46.291+01:002011-10-04T16:47:46.291+01:00Funny that this topic should come up as I have oft...Funny that this topic should come up as I have often decided not to post on something because I have already done so and don't want to bore or seem repetitive. Alistair's comment and your post have opened my eyes a little wider. It is time to rethink old posts, or maybe just to THINK.Pattyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13191861892726873074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424558166690591608.post-31555278398875482492011-10-04T15:41:44.705+01:002011-10-04T15:41:44.705+01:00Great post. It is impressive how nature draws you...Great post. It is impressive how nature draws you in and takes you on little adventures. The more we explore, the more we see, the more we realize that there is so much more to discover, and many times we gardeners are just taken along for the ride.<br /><br />Congratulations on one year of sharing this gardening exploration!Indiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08120631846270350947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424558166690591608.post-66126142962664700232011-10-04T09:55:28.488+01:002011-10-04T09:55:28.488+01:00I noticed all of you have deep thoughts in here, s...I noticed all of you have deep thoughts in here, so i will chose the shallow approach! I am familiar with Nicotiana but i only know the one used to make cigarettes, i didn't know there is a lovely cousin. Congratulations for the change gardening has made you. I maybe have put gardening to greater heights as my degrees in school is based on plants, worked as a scientist in the lab way back butAndreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06044386271018560595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424558166690591608.post-56659791946815483582011-10-04T02:59:06.762+01:002011-10-04T02:59:06.762+01:00What a fabulous post. Absolutely your garden chan...What a fabulous post. Absolutely your garden changes who you are...nature and interacting with it can only make us better, smarter and more authentic. Your experiments have been invaluable and enjoyable. I like the fact that they are not so controlled but more in line with what Mother Nature dishes out...Donnahttp://gardenseyeview.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424558166690591608.post-81565882860982245022011-10-04T00:16:40.982+01:002011-10-04T00:16:40.982+01:00I love it... another way to think of snails :)I love it... another way to think of snails :)NHGardenhttp://www.nhgarden.com/notes/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424558166690591608.post-43666632402462305732011-10-03T21:14:40.805+01:002011-10-03T21:14:40.805+01:00Thanks Donna & Stacy - It amazes me that both ...Thanks Donna & Stacy - It amazes me that both of you publish posts more often than I do my laundry, yet the word repetition never comes to mind.<br /><br />Thanks Malar, Sproutling & Greggo - appreciate you visiting my blog anniversary party.<br /><br />Helen - Four years of blogging (and tolerating garden pests) is a major achievement. Gardening is certainly opening up my mind too.<br />b-a-ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01565084697297328338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424558166690591608.post-29646868277278280242011-10-03T19:30:26.379+01:002011-10-03T19:30:26.379+01:00Happy blogaversary!
The display TA DA is just a m...Happy blogaversary!<br /><br />The display TA DA is just a moment. But the planning and the doing and the taking time to smell the roses - that is what makes life worth living, what makes a gardener garden!Diana Studerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12286066768376135880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424558166690591608.post-66944256071578028322011-10-03T19:07:32.141+01:002011-10-03T19:07:32.141+01:00Well, we get the lessons over every year! And yet...Well, we get the lessons over every year! And yet we don't get tired of them. We see something new in the lesson every year. I think that's why people keep gardening. It's ever-challenging, and an ever-learning process.HolleyGardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14892421871044249940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424558166690591608.post-46008944247503543602011-10-03T18:30:38.876+01:002011-10-03T18:30:38.876+01:00I enjoyed this post, your words allow me to think ...I enjoyed this post, your words allow me to think of what I feel. I do love gardening and blogging. They both bring joy and enable me to share a part of me that is very important... my love of all things living. Yes, I let the snails live... but only in my garden clippings refuse container that takes them on vacation each week.Carolyn ♥https://www.blogger.com/profile/05722229442110193733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424558166690591608.post-73200622844344856242011-10-03T14:44:25.076+01:002011-10-03T14:44:25.076+01:00How interesting! Is this why you thought of 'e...How interesting! Is this why you thought of 'evolution'? I took photos of a snail today...plus many other critters.Onehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12919719601969345138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424558166690591608.post-67776618233721217642011-10-03T14:26:20.880+01:002011-10-03T14:26:20.880+01:00b-a-g, I am learning a lot from yourself, your att...b-a-g, I am learning a lot from yourself, your attitude to gardening and your way with words. I am now not only sharing my garden with the slugs and snails I am also letting my neighbours have some of mine.Alistairhttp://www.aberdeengardening.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424558166690591608.post-7547712536953396982011-10-03T14:14:16.735+01:002011-10-03T14:14:16.735+01:00Nice retrospective.Nice retrospective.greggohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10490422976382424491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424558166690591608.post-40420869410407396062011-10-03T12:17:20.349+01:002011-10-03T12:17:20.349+01:00I see myself as the guardian/caretaker of my garde...I see myself as the guardian/caretaker of my garden it will be there in some form long after I have gone. I shared it with the birds, insects, mammals etc and they have just as much right to be there as me. I dont understand the approach to killing things because they eat a plant, grow something different. <br /><br />On your opening note having blogged for four years I dont think I have Helen/patientgardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02164036792673009326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424558166690591608.post-35756320313918430732011-10-03T07:13:33.618+01:002011-10-03T07:13:33.618+01:00Great post! :)Great post! :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424558166690591608.post-12152699278387898172011-10-03T02:50:33.202+01:002011-10-03T02:50:33.202+01:00Gardening really teach us amny things in our life!...Gardening really teach us amny things in our life! It's wonderful job!Malarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18421349464010347804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424558166690591608.post-77336152501499406632011-10-03T02:27:00.651+01:002011-10-03T02:27:00.651+01:00b-a-g, I've been thinking about what Alistair ...b-a-g, I've been thinking about what Alistair said; it's something I've been mulling over, too. As you say, how many times can we approach the same things from different angles? If your post today is anything to go by, certainly more than once. Reading your first post with this one, as your blog has unfolded, you seem now to have a whole different approach to language, the poetry Stacyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08297253093260251145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424558166690591608.post-64100373435153878462011-10-03T02:16:12.819+01:002011-10-03T02:16:12.819+01:00This is a thought provoking post looking into both...This is a thought provoking post looking into both gardening and blogging. I tend to agree with how much one can say about a particular plant, but your personal experience with it may differ. Your talking in first person adds a more homey feeling to the blog, like sitting down with friends. I can believe your approach to gardening has changed your life, as I hear that from clients from initial Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com