Comments on: My Summer in a Garden http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2007/07/29/my-summer-in-a-garden/ Hardy plants for hardy souls Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:44:57 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: On the Garden Bench http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2007/07/29/my-summer-in-a-garden/comment-page-1/#comment-20875 On the Garden Bench Sat, 25 Aug 2007 03:59:10 +0000 http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2007/07/29/my-summer-in-a-garden/#comment-20875 Another late comer to the garden party but there are plenty of the youngest and scads of sloppiness around us so what you describe is great to aspire towards. Another late comer to the garden party but there are plenty of the youngest and scads of sloppiness around us so what you describe is great to aspire towards.

]]> By: Heather http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2007/07/29/my-summer-in-a-garden/comment-page-1/#comment-20189 Heather Fri, 10 Aug 2007 02:09:03 +0000 http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2007/07/29/my-summer-in-a-garden/#comment-20189 I know I'm late to the party, but I loved your description of a perfectionist so much that I emailed it to my younger sister (why do the oldest girls end up being perfectionists?). I'm fat, but I figure if I break a sweat every day I'm exercising! I know I’m late to the party, but I loved your description of a perfectionist so much that I emailed it to my younger sister (why do the oldest girls end up being perfectionists?). I’m fat, but I figure if I break a sweat every day I’m exercising!

]]> By: M Sinclair Stevens (Texas) http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2007/07/29/my-summer-in-a-garden/comment-page-1/#comment-20157 M Sinclair Stevens (Texas) Thu, 09 Aug 2007 05:02:35 +0000 http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2007/07/29/my-summer-in-a-garden/#comment-20157 I'm also the oldest and a perfectionist. In the summer I garden first thing--from 7 to 9 or 10. I used to check the computer first but if I do that I end up wasting the best part of the day indoors. Funny how our lives run in parallel. I’m also the oldest and a perfectionist. In the summer I garden first thing–from 7 to 9 or 10. I used to check the computer first but if I do that I end up wasting the best part of the day indoors.

Funny how our lives run in parallel.

]]> By: Kathy Purdy http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2007/07/29/my-summer-in-a-garden/comment-page-1/#comment-19936 Kathy Purdy Thu, 02 Aug 2007 17:58:46 +0000 http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2007/07/29/my-summer-in-a-garden/#comment-19936 Annie, what makes a farm a farm? The amount of land? The use to which you put it? Whether or not you make money from it? Yes, there's a lot of land to "boss," but it's not all under cultivation. Annie, what makes a farm a farm? The amount of land? The use to which you put it? Whether or not you make money from it? Yes, there’s a lot of land to “boss,” but it’s not all under cultivation.

]]> By: bright http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2007/07/29/my-summer-in-a-garden/comment-page-1/#comment-19906 bright Thu, 02 Aug 2007 04:29:17 +0000 http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2007/07/29/my-summer-in-a-garden/#comment-19906 you only live once! i'm glad to hear you're allowing yourself this pleasure. maybe you can make up for it eating more homegrown veggies? you only live once! i’m glad to hear you’re allowing yourself this pleasure. maybe you can make up for it eating more homegrown veggies?

]]> By: Annie in Austin http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2007/07/29/my-summer-in-a-garden/comment-page-1/#comment-19859 Annie in Austin Wed, 01 Aug 2007 04:34:02 +0000 http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2007/07/29/my-summer-in-a-garden/#comment-19859 Good luck with feeling stronger while bending, if not breaking your rules... but Kathy, with all that land to boss, it looks more like you're farming than gardening to me! Annie at the Transplantable Rose Good luck with feeling stronger while bending, if not breaking your rules… but Kathy, with all that land to boss, it looks more like you’re farming than gardening to me!

Annie at the Transplantable Rose

]]> By: Kathy Purdy http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2007/07/29/my-summer-in-a-garden/comment-page-1/#comment-19843 Kathy Purdy Tue, 31 Jul 2007 21:10:07 +0000 http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2007/07/29/my-summer-in-a-garden/#comment-19843 Robin, I remember reading that post and agreeing with it. I am maintaining my weight, but who knows if I still have the same muscle-fat ratio? I am not getting stronger, but hopefully not too much weaker. And there is something more satisfying about doing purposeful activity to stay healthy, versus make-work exercise. Robin, I remember reading that post and agreeing with it. I am maintaining my weight, but who knows if I still have the same muscle-fat ratio? I am not getting stronger, but hopefully not too much weaker. And there is something more satisfying about doing purposeful activity to stay healthy, versus make-work exercise.

]]> By: Kathy Purdy http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2007/07/29/my-summer-in-a-garden/comment-page-1/#comment-19842 Kathy Purdy Tue, 31 Jul 2007 21:05:05 +0000 http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2007/07/29/my-summer-in-a-garden/#comment-19842 Cynthia, I hear you! The one thing I am careful to do is vary my activity and position. After 15 minutes of weeding, I switch to deadheading or moving wood chips. And if shoveling woodchips into a wheel barrow, shoveling them in between daylilies, and pushing a wheel barrow full of weeds to the compost pile are considered weight-bearing activities, then, yes, I'm still doing that. Cynthia, I hear you! The one thing I am careful to do is vary my activity and position. After 15 minutes of weeding, I switch to deadheading or moving wood chips. And if shoveling woodchips into a wheel barrow, shoveling them in between daylilies, and pushing a wheel barrow full of weeds to the compost pile are considered weight-bearing activities, then, yes, I’m still doing that.

]]> By: Kathy Purdy http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2007/07/29/my-summer-in-a-garden/comment-page-1/#comment-19841 Kathy Purdy Tue, 31 Jul 2007 20:59:04 +0000 http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2007/07/29/my-summer-in-a-garden/#comment-19841 Pam, a lot of it is attitude. I certainly got out in the garden last year, but gave myself permission to make it a higher priority this year. I really think it is the permission that enables me to have more fun. Pam, a lot of it is attitude. I certainly got out in the garden last year, but gave myself permission to make it a higher priority this year. I really think it is the permission that enables me to have more fun.

]]> By: Robin (Bumblebee) http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2007/07/29/my-summer-in-a-garden/comment-page-1/#comment-19804 Robin (Bumblebee) Tue, 31 Jul 2007 01:16:43 +0000 http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2007/07/29/my-summer-in-a-garden/#comment-19804 I struggle every day--garden or exercise? Exercise or garden? Sadly, I have found that it is impossible to lose weight or stay/get in shape by gardening. It is what I call one of Robin's Immutable Laws of Gardening: http://bumblebeeblog.com/journal/2007/4/16/robins-immutable-laws-of-gardening-041607.html But I have to admit that I envy your tossing out the book on the whole exercise rule. I wish I had the time for everything. Sigh... --Robin (Bumblebee) I struggle every day–garden or exercise? Exercise or garden? Sadly, I have found that it is impossible to lose weight or stay/get in shape by gardening. It is what I call one of Robin’s Immutable Laws of Gardening: http://bumblebeeblog.com/journal/2007/4/16/robins-immutable-laws-of-gardening-041607.html

But I have to admit that I envy your tossing out the book on the whole exercise rule. I wish I had the time for everything.

Sigh…

–Robin (Bumblebee)

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