FUN POST: YOU MIGHT BE A GARDENER IF...(MY VERSION)

You might be a gardener if you make your plants do funny tricks!
This guy is on my front porch! :0)

You might be a gardener if…
(David at Tropical Texana's version)

…on your daily walks you start to pull weeds from a neighbor’s lawn

…your screen saver is a scene from a local nursery

…you forget your son’s birthday but the calendar shows all the upcoming plant sales

…you plan your vacations around flowering times in your garden

…you’ve named your dog Daisy and your cat Verbena

…you’ve gotten out of bed to get a drink but ended up in the garden with a flashlight to see if a plant is blooming

…you talk about your compost pile in emails

…you’ve called from work to ask a family member to water a plant

…your family photo albums and Flickr accounts contain only photos of plants but no family members

…while in a restaurant you're frustated with the Spring Mix salad because you don't recognize one of the leaves! (is that Arugula? Radicchio? What the heck is it?!

...you drive to the store to buy air filters and come back with a hanging basket that was on sale

…while at a restaurant with friends, you’ve taken the sprig of mint out of your tea, wrapped it in a napkin, and taken it home to grow in your herb garden

….you can name the Musas, Marantas, and Magnolias at the botanical garden but you can’t remember the guy’s name in the next cubicle!

…your list of crimes against humanity includes the time your neighbor’s dog peed on your flowers and the neighbor said not to worry, it was good for the flowers! (This really happened to me!)

and now for the finale....the GOLD STANDARD....You might be a gardener if...

...you grow a thousand plants but ONE dies and you feel puzzled, betrayed, heartbroken, angry, or depressed and start to question your gardening skills even though the OTHER 999 are flourishing all around you!
NOW THAT'S A GARDENER!

OTHER VERSIONS:
My friend Carol at May Dreams Gardens wrote a hilarious version called the car edition. If you've ever had a problem getting a plant into a car then you MUST read her post!

Another fun version from Sandra at the University of Illinois Extension Service.

Here's a PG-13 version from Hanna at  This Garden is Illegal. (She's had problems with deer).

Here's a Redneck version that is also hilarious.

Happy Gardening and thanks for stopping by!

David/:0)

You might be a gardener if you've forgotton how to watch TV or how to use the remote because you're always outside gardening!

Our family calls this Channel Blue. I find it much better than most of the other stuff on TV.