tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17592069.post5063842083802511370..comments2023-10-20T07:32:09.336-07:00Comments on Rainy Day Gardening: Why do you love to garden?Janethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14340315090793740760noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17592069.post-88988626513319093202008-01-28T09:26:00.000-08:002008-01-28T09:26:00.000-08:00I love to garden because it's the perfect excuse t...I love to garden because it's the perfect excuse to keep playing in the dirt once you're a grown up! :)<BR/><BR/>I also get MAJOR thrills from gardening. Crazy, major, serious, insane thrills. I still remember when I planted peas for the first time -- a great thing to try if you're a beginner like I was/am, by the way. A month or two after I planted them, I went out to see how they were doing, and, holy cow! Oh my stars! They were COVERED WITH PEAS! I started yelling, "I MADE PEAS! I MADE PEAS! *I* *MADE* *PEAS!*" and doing this very silly little dance around the yard. I could hear the neighbor chuckling through the fence. He still makes fun of me for it (in the early summer, he'll periodically stick his head over the fence when we're both outside and say, "So, didja, you know, MAKE ANY PEAS yet?"). Hee.<BR/><BR/>And yet, the other great thing about gardening? When things go badly (which, for me, is far more often than not), I'm almost never disappointed so much as inspired to try again the next year, doing something different, to see if that works instead. <BR/><BR/>I feel like gardening is infinitely DOABLE, and that means I'm never tempted to just throw in the towel on something. I love that feeling. I love the solitude of gardening, the satisfaction of making pretty or tasty things in my own yard, AND, of course, getting to learn learn learn from awesome people like Janet!<BR/><BR/>Yay, gardening! Bring it on, Spring! I am so ready this year! (Except, Janet, not to apply any pressure or anything, but I am still hoping you'll put up a post that makes some recommendations on your favorite seed catalogs/online shopping sources?)Meghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04304665921941821115noreply@blogger.com