tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3981923768479808158.post4691592634785539518..comments2023-10-09T06:26:55.104+01:00Comments on Joanne's Cottage Garden: NATURE OR NURTURE?Joannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12905137222286141548noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3981923768479808158.post-75567092653101776752009-06-25T19:20:55.480+01:002009-06-25T19:20:55.480+01:00Hi Joanne, both gardens are a total delight! You ...Hi Joanne, both gardens are a total delight! You must be very gratified to see the love of gardening carried on by the offspring. Zion sounds like my kind of guy too. I know little about trees, unlike the perennials we grow. My own grown children also love gardening and we have discussed whether it was nature or nurture with them too. It has to be both working together, I believe. My parents did not garden, but both of my grandmothers did and I have been planting things for as long as my memory allows. There is a gene for such things.<br />FrancesFranceshttp://fairegarden.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3981923768479808158.post-9643202623514568892009-06-25T09:43:40.548+01:002009-06-25T09:43:40.548+01:00Carrie Yes it is nice to have Zion in the family.
...Carrie Yes it is nice to have Zion in the family.<br />Rob Thanks I hoped it would make a nice change from roses and vegetables.<br />Anna Yes it is interesting in my family Dad was the keen gardener although Mum knew the names of many plants and loved to arrange flowers. 3 of the 4 of us are all keen gardeners.<br />Joco sorry you can't see the slides. The way I loaded didn't seem to give me the option to spell check and so I am not surprised that I put sneek when I meant sneak. But whatever I won't be crawling anywhere just yet.<br />Actually it is in Africa and not Arbutus but Parkia Biglobosa a very different tree.<br />Talking of Arbutus though I have killed one and on my second which has shed many yellow spotted leaves. The new seem to be ok so fingers crossed. I have been using rain water this time instead of chalky tap water so hope that helps.Any suggestions would be appreciated on the growing of Arbutus. Isn't the bark wonderfull?Joannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12905137222286141548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3981923768479808158.post-46333172030895127212009-06-25T09:16:25.002+01:002009-06-25T09:16:25.002+01:00Can't see the slides yet, but loved the "...Can't see the slides yet, but loved the "sneek a peak".<br />You created a new word in the English language. Well done :-) Now all you have to do is find a meaning for the verb 'to sneek': (crawl up a mountain in wet clogs, perhaps?)<br /><br />Ah: saw some nice pink chairs. And...they have berries on their Arbutus: mine maddingly gets totally stripped by the birds as soon as the berries appear. <br />This is fun, Joanne: mesmerizing, now that I can finally see it all. Your site is fast becoming action-packed.jocohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08443120495036936430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3981923768479808158.post-65882974624416699702009-06-24T21:51:23.649+01:002009-06-24T21:51:23.649+01:00It looks as if both your girls have inherited your...It looks as if both your girls have inherited your green fingers. You raise an interesting point. My parents are both keen gardeners, my sister and I are but my brothers have no interest at all :)Annahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10794392333038962798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3981923768479808158.post-91726261233260898102009-06-24T21:33:17.875+01:002009-06-24T21:33:17.875+01:00What an interesting post.
Looking at the slide sh...What an interesting post.<br /><br />Looking at the slide show, I think we all need a hammock.<br /><br />RobRob (ourfrenchgarden)https://www.blogger.com/profile/05087218232138304239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3981923768479808158.post-52229246585723997562009-06-24T14:37:10.412+01:002009-06-24T14:37:10.412+01:00I think your passion for plants would be hard not ...I think your passion for plants would be hard not to catch!! Both your girls have great gardens and how fabulous to have Zion in the family and learn about another country's plants from someone who is obviously also passionate.Carriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01475182740888543862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3981923768479808158.post-16335960318689929662009-06-24T07:59:18.735+01:002009-06-24T07:59:18.735+01:00Thanks for all your lovely comments. Having two su...Thanks for all your lovely comments. Having two such different gardens in the family adds so much more of interest to my gardening pleasures.Joannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12905137222286141548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3981923768479808158.post-71453583011245045082009-06-24T05:52:43.845+01:002009-06-24T05:52:43.845+01:00Both gardens are so nice. I think it must be a b...Both gardens are so nice. I think it must be a bit of both nature and nurture. They have different styles though, I really like both!Catherine@AGardenerinProgresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05001060769253273283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3981923768479808158.post-16070046892755409932009-06-24T02:00:15.074+01:002009-06-24T02:00:15.074+01:00Wow! They both did so good, Joanne, you can be pro...Wow! They both did so good, Joanne, you can be proud of them!Tatyana@MySecretGardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15230255354868127650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3981923768479808158.post-4052229695997399512009-06-24T00:26:51.152+01:002009-06-24T00:26:51.152+01:00What beautiful gardens. The apple doesn't fall...What beautiful gardens. The apple doesn't fall....you know. The first one is so gentle, and the second dramatic, and wild.AhhhhClaudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16667135718335131934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3981923768479808158.post-77613362782999826392009-06-23T22:34:25.947+01:002009-06-23T22:34:25.947+01:00Doing geneaology I have discovered that in my fami...Doing geneaology I have discovered that in my family and probably others traits are passed down the line, in my family it is gardening ( from Dad's side) and languages ( from Mum), in David's line it is accounting so your girls did not stand a chance of not enjoying getting things to grow!!Alisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14042055154314428287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3981923768479808158.post-34838650908817263062009-06-23T22:23:36.918+01:002009-06-23T22:23:36.918+01:00Rachel's garden is fabulous and I love the pin...Rachel's garden is fabulous and I love the pink table & chairs.I think she has inherited her love of gardening from you just as I have from my father, you should be proud and so should she as the garden is really lovely.Maureenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15540591998909116816noreply@blogger.com