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This week’s question: What’s your favorite part about gardening?
My favorite thing about gardening is when I get to harvest all the veggies that I grew. Just seeing all the wonderful things that I didn't have to spend lots of money on. Plus, it makes me think of how healthy it is. No pesticides!!! It certainly puts a smile on my face. All the watering and taking care of them paid off. Here's to sustainable living!!! Oh and here's to home-made pesto! Yum!
what I LOVE is actually feeling like I finished something! And of course – the end result gives me pure joy
We had a bumper crop of zucchini this year, enough to take on our road trip through 14 states in 6 days and share with family members along the way! We had zuchinni with the grandparent in NY and with mom in MI too!
When you garden you share a bond not only with nature but with other gardeners as well. While in NY at the grandparents senior assisted living apartment we met a man who was trying to allow the complex to let him have a garden in some of the flower unused flower beds but was continually denied. He showed us his crop of "illegal" tomato plants but said he was having to grow most of his seeds indoors this year! We talked for hours sharing garden stories and tips and he even sent me back to TX with a very special (to me anyway) "chocolate tomato plant" that I cant wait to try!
I would have to say that the favorite part about gardening for me is knowing the only money I put into fresh fruits, vegetables, and herbs were the seeds used for planting. In today's economy, fresh produce is expensive when bought in-store. Time to go back to the Victory Gardens of WWII.
I actually love weeding. I live in the South where getting something (like weeds) NOT to grow is a challenge. Nothing is more relaxing to me, vents frustration as well, or empties my head of the details of the day like sitting in the dirt and pulling weeds with my hands. The instant gratification is also a bonus!
My favorite part of gardening is watching the plants and flowers as they first pop up in the spring and being amazed as they fill-in and grow and bloom. Mother Nature is too cool!
Watching them sprout and grow into the beauties they become. The sweet unique smells they produce and the different textures and colors. It's so amazing seeing them develop from just a tiny seed or bulb. Kinda reminds you how amazing life is.
Just getting my hands dirty and the satisfaction of knowing I can sustain myself!
My favorite part of gardening is probably the principle of it all. Sowing and reaping. Wow! It's amazing when you really think about it. You planted, maintained, and thus an astounding harvest produced and all the joys that come with that harvest, i.e., the initial pick, the pleasurable fragrance that comes from the plethora of fruits, veggies, and other such plants, and the much anticipated taste of that home-grown flavor. What a joy it is! It is such a gift and well worth all the effort!!
I love to see something that started as basically nothing bloom into something that I helped create! What a great feeling!
My favorite aspect of gardening is feeling that I'm contributing to this earth instead of just taking, taking, taking. The feeling of reward of having grown and cultivated something especially in this unforgiving desert in Phoenix, AZ is it's own reward
My favorite part of gardening is seeing the fruits of my labors actually THRIVE, and watching the insects and birds that they attract, flutter about!! Very satisfying!
My favorite part of gardening is the peace you find. There is absolutely no stress. You have time to let your mind wander. I will plant veggies that I don't eat. I love getting the satisfaction of seeing something I planted grow. I never waste the veggies, I will give them to someone that likes them. I will only eat tomatoes that I grow, the store bought ones are horrible. Fresh green beans, fresh corn, etc, cannot be bought. My favorite is to grow herbs. Nothing life going into the garden for fresh herbs for the sauces I make.
I love being outside and teaching my kids all about gardening… And the reward for all of our hard work the beautiful flowers that bloom, or the veggies we can pick and eat..
Om, nomnom nom, nom nom nom.
Eating the veggies.
I love to eat, and be able to feed my family, the fruits and vegetables I have grown! That is my favorite part…so rewarding, and it gices you a real sense of accomplishment!
My favorite part of gardening is pulling weeds and getting rid of invasive species which take up all the room for indigenous plants. I get such a sense of satisfaction when I see a neatly weeded area.
My favorite part of gardening is planting. Flowers, flowering bushes, strawberry plants, rasberry plants trees. Now if I could just find something that will keep the Deer from eating them all.
I love to pick something I have grown with my own two hands and make a meal with it. I know where it's been the whole time.
The Earth is an amazing creature.. always giving of itself nurturing us with her bounty.. for myself just the shear joy of planting flowers and food is to share in the blessing of living on this planet.
Seeing something I put in the earth blossom.
I love veggie gardening
you get to eat the rewards!!!!
My favorite part is watching the fruit and tomatoes ripen and knowing how good they'll taste. If we're lucky, nothing eats them before we do!
I love the smells of gardening – the smell of dirt, of flowers, greenery and fresh air!
I love seeing the beautiful new green life covering the ground. As well as eating the produce!
I grew up next door to one set of grandparents and my other grandmother within walking distance and we all had large gardens. The one my family tended with my Dad's parents was about an acre! When I garden I feel connected to my grandparents in a very organic way (no pun intended). The memories of planting onions with my grandpa and frying squash with my Grandma Chasteen for a yummy snack after school take me back to when they were only a minute away with extra hugs and kisses. I loved my grandparents and feel honored to have known them so well for so long. Gardening always reminds of them.
My favorite part of gardening is getting to wash my hands when I am done
My favorite part about gardening is being out in God's creation and putting plants or seeds in the ground and watching them ground.
Easy to answer this one! Eating the veggies when they're grown!
My favorite part of gardening is watching how excited my kids are to go out to the garden and hunt for the ripe fruit and vegetables, and of course how they love to eat all the healthy pickings (often before they even make it into the house)
My favorite part is harvest time fresh cucmbers, tomatoes, green beans it all. To be able to get what you need from your own land is alsome.
My favorate part of gardening is comuning with nature. Seeing the butterflys, birds, dragonflys, frogs, and it can be immediately rewarding and as challenging as you want it to be. You can go from a weeded area to garden bed complete with flowers in a day. Its quite time to meditate during and after gardening. Anyone can do it because it can be as simple or as complex as you want.
My favorite part is digging into Mother Earth and planting veggies & fruits. Nothing like the smell of fresh, organic herbs too. When I dig into the earth, it calms my spirit and is healthy! Of course, I love having all the veggies, fruits and herbs~~~nothing could be finer!
My favorite part of gardening is fragrance, texture and color. I can run my hands through rosemary and lavender and then breathe in the scent, I can see my tulips and daffodils making brave splashes of color against a late Colorado snow, I can pick a firm, red cherry tomato and pop it in my mouth —mmmm! Gardening also brings me close to memories of my father and grandmother, who never saw something they couldn't grow.
Last year I planted my first vegetable garden. The vegetables we harvested tasted so fresh; the produce department couldn't compete! This year I planted tomatoes, cucumbers, onions, carrots, watermelon, and peppers and am looking forward to wonderful salads and fruit later this summer! I find gardening relaxing and enjoyable, it's a good way to clear the cobwebs from my brain. The rewards never tasted better.
Favorite part = eating fresh herbs and veggies!
Planning.
My favorite part of gardening is the harvesting when all the hard work pays off!
Other than harvesting the fruits of my labor for myself, my favorite part of gardening is "sharing" the fruits of my labor. That way I get to brag ;o)
Well, I'd have to say that my favorite part is that my husband does it all for us!
He's very good at it.
I like playing in the dirt. When you're a kid, playing in the dirt is ok. As you get older, it's no longer ok. I believe that gardening is a grown-ups way of getting away with playing in the dirt.
I live in a one bedroom apartment with a balcony so while my gardening is limited, it's still relaxing. I have tomatoes growing in pots and fresh herbs I can just run out and grab when I'm cooking. I have baskets hanging off the railing with wave petunias and I used velcro to attach smaller pots to the top of the hangers. I just added another planter that hangs off the railing. I've saved bulbs from last spring to plant this fall, so I'm hoping to have an almost year round garden soon! When I sit outside, it's relaxing because of the greenery and I enjoy not having to pull as many weeds as in the past
I love spending the time planting and tending to my gardens and then being able to reap all the rewards – whether it is from my vegetable garden or flower garden. It's just plain fun!
How my 22 month old eats fresh tomatoes off the vine before we can get them inside.
stepping right outside and cutting fresh herbs off the plants and using them in meals – just LOVE it~!~<3
I love getting down in the dirt with my grand daughters and planting veggies and flowers.
They get so excited and proud when we finally get to pick what we have planted.
my favorite part of gardening is most definitely going out each day to see what new growth i can discover, especially after a good rain. i get so excited when i see a tiny tomato blossom or the start of a wonderfuly juicy watermelon!!!!
I love being self-sufficient and earth friendly at the same time!
My favorite part of gardening is being able to eat food that I know is safe, delicious and healthy all at the same time.
My favorite part of gardening is seeing the fruits of my labor, whether it be healthy herbs and vegetables or happy, healthy flowers.