I'm a collector of many things, when it comes to gardening i collect many failed attempts and a few wins. Also in our state Steve , weed free has several meanings lol. I think you know what I mean lol.Hhmmm ..? I hadn't really thought of myself as a Collector. (I wonder if @Collector would agree with the definition .)
Are we allowed two votes!? Sort of a hybrid ...
"Multiple votes are allowed." Oh yeah!
I might have been more of a farmer, once. I'm far from weed-free, these days. There aren't enough hours in my day! Still, I can remember getting really serious about my garden years ago and how unusual it was for me to find a weed ...
"I'm far from weed-free ..." That might be some kind of psychological slip. I identify with my gardens. I must be a little selfish. Pest threats are taken seriously ... I despair with plant disease.
The veggies are my most serious attraction, altho I've got all these flowers ... Veggies are there for me as food. I have varieties as partners. Somewhere along the line, I began thinking of plants as "collectives." Like those groves of aspens, all connected by underground roots, maybe hundreds of clones, standing all together. So, varieties are like that. Different groupings in different gardens, but a single variety across time and geography, which can be perpetuated by saving seed (or having a special relationship with a seed company ).
There are people in gardens. There has to be, it's what makes them gardens. I'm part of all of that. Yeah.
Steve
many of us here are the same.I'm sorta in the city but a farmer in the heart
Yeah. I know, I'm a BYH member. We have a couple acres and try to have a bit of a farm.many of us here are the same.