tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8952493292502321421.post897753882748605298..comments2014-04-10T13:43:32.247-07:00Comments on Wigglywoo and Chickens too: Digging up memories - a little questAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16595253317396872975noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8952493292502321421.post-77658933681250703902014-02-18T03:22:39.402-08:002014-02-18T03:22:39.402-08:00Hey Mum! glad your joining in. They were called to...Hey Mum! glad your joining in. They were called tommy-arters in our part of the world. Now going to post the second lot of questions and looking forward to your reply xAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16595253317396872975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8952493292502321421.post-69547343040690749262014-02-18T03:18:34.336-08:002014-02-18T03:18:34.336-08:00Hi Joanne, thanks for joining in, it's funny w...Hi Joanne, thanks for joining in, it's funny what we remember my granddad also grew geraniums and all my aunts would have flower borders full of them. Looking forward to seeing your next lot of answers xAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16595253317396872975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8952493292502321421.post-351427070783282642014-02-17T06:51:02.442-08:002014-02-17T06:51:02.442-08:001) What are your earliest memories of your time in...1) What are your earliest memories of your time in the garden?<br />My father grew sweet peas up aisles of garden canes and was always training them upwards. I remember picking these wonderfully scented flowers in the garden with him. He also had 2 greenhouses where he grew tomatoes (tommy-atoes he used to say) and I remember the tomatoey smell when brushing against the leaves and picking the first tommy-ato, which we always shared. He grew big chrysanthemums aswell and had many large terracotta pots each containing one plant. He was always inspecting them and pulling off side buds. He liked to surprise me with the earwigs that went inside the petals.<br /><br />2) What plants evoke memories of your childhood?<br />From the above it must be sweet peas, tomatoes and chrysanthemums. Blackcurrant bushes and potatoes also feature.<br /><br />3) Where does your interest in gardens and gardening stem from?<br />Dad, of course.<br /><br />4) What were the first plants you remember growing?<br />The first garden DH and I made was a small lawn with a six inch border. There wasn't much room for anything else! We did put in a pond at the end for DH and later on I had a go at planting carrot seeds in the border!<br /><br />5) How did you learn about gardening?<br />Trial and error and listening to others who grew and nurtured plants. We also bought gardening books and read labels and sowing directions.<br /><br />In the house we live in now we have an edible back garden and a greenhouse.<br /><br />Home-grown produce is not as convenient as shop bought food but it tastes far better.<br /><br />Love from Mum<br />xxMumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08442767679857541996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8952493292502321421.post-50474032145956686522014-02-17T05:40:17.483-08:002014-02-17T05:40:17.483-08:00What a lovely gift & your idea sounds huge fun...What a lovely gift & your idea sounds huge fun, I shall tag along - 1) My grandparents garden too, my granddad used to enter & win local gardening shows/competitions. Each visit made to my grandparents house always saw me end up in the garden. His soil was very sandy & I used to enjoy poking my fingers into the soil & see the holes left behind. 2) Sweet Williams & Chrysanthemums, there were always Sweet Williams in my granddads front garden & my granddad & dad used to grow a huge number of chrysanths each year. 3) My love of gardening came from my dad & granddad, being a traditional old chap I didn't learn anything from my granddad but my dad has told me lots of what happened in the garden back then. 4) Carrots & spring onions in the little strip of land I was given next to the veg patch at my granddads. 5) Funnily enough books & google, I enjoy buying gardening books & learning something new. I'm looking forward to you next five questions, Joanne xx Jo@awholeplotoflovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03525039817338877634noreply@blogger.com