Re: You Know You're a Square Foot Gardener When...

CindiLou 3/22/2011, 9:04 pm

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They are running scared!

Goosegirl 3/23/2011, 6:46 am

ashort wrote:When you start doing this to the neighborhood rabbits....

Elmer Fudd's voice will haunt me all day now......."I'm going to kill the waaaaaabbit"

TC

Smartchick 3/23/2011, 11:40 am

When you are watching them replace the dropped ceiling at the office where you work and wonder "hmm...I wonder if celing track comes in 12" openings - that would make great grid material". And then you actually look it up and are disappointed when it doesn't.

yosoypanadero 3/23/2011, 11:43 am

.....when the only thing you use your Chase Rewards points for is to get Home Depot gift cards to further your gardening efforts.....

FarmerValerie 3/23/2011, 11:45 am

Or Swagbucks for Amazon cards for SFG drip water systems-saving mine now.

yosoypanadero 3/23/2011, 11:46 am

Old Hippie wrote:
ashort wrote:You drive by an open field and start mentally sizing it up to see how many poeple could be fed if it was planted with the SFG method....

Ain't that the truth although for me living in an urban setting and seeing all the lawns.......I just think......wow, if you changed half of that lawn to SFG you could feed your whole family and a few homeless people besides.

Gwynn

I know I see it all the time - I wonder what the pioneers would think of all of this dead space that could be feeding us all....

ashort 3/23/2011, 12:12 pm

yosoypanadero wrote:
Old Hippie wrote:
ashort wrote:You drive by an open field and start mentally sizing it up to see how many poeple could be fed if it was planted with the SFG method....

Ain't that the truth although for me living in an urban setting and seeing all the lawns.......I just think......wow, if you changed half of that lawn to SFG you could feed your whole family and a few homeless people besides.

Gwynn

I know I see it all the time - I wonder what the pioneers would think of all of this dead space that could be feeding us all....

They probably couldn't get over the horseless carriage.... or the magic box that has words coming out of it and changes to pretty colors (cell phone)

middlemamma 3/25/2011, 11:08 pm

You know you are a square foot gardener when...

You go out to eat with your husband and you finish your meal and you are eyeballing the to go container to see how many peat pots u can fit in it after you wash it. And you share this with your beloved and he says no honey, you know you are a square foot gardener when you go to home depot or lowes with your construction worker, wood worker husband and he is ready to leave before you!

-Jen, who is posting this painfully from my phone in the middle of hubby and my first date night in over a year and risking the rath of boffer!

boffer 3/26/2011, 1:18 am

Darn tootin' young lady! You Know You're a Square Foot Gardener When... - Page 7 2-4

You were supposed to leave that insidious device of the devil turned off and give your better half your undivided attention-all evening!

westie42 3/26/2011, 3:01 am

Not even for the NCAA playoffs ? OUCH

FarmerValerie 3/26/2011, 9:38 am

Dinner & Lowes/Home Depot, my kinda date night.

Old Hippie 3/26/2011, 10:51 am

boffer wrote:Darn tootin' young lady!

You were supposed to leave that insidious device of the devil turned off and give your better half your undivided attention-all evening!

Okay Boffer........I agree with you here except for ONE thing.....WE (the wife) are the better half! and the sooner you men get that figured out, the easier your life will become. You are the OTHER half. Razz

Gwynn

boog1 3/26/2011, 1:00 pm

sides wif boffer on this one (waits fir the flack to start) Rolling Eyes

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FarmerValerie 3/26/2011, 1:02 pm

Okay, so we have 2 "Put Another Log On The Fire" guys here....

BackyardBirdGardner 3/26/2011, 1:21 pm

Hey now, my mamma didn't raise no dummy. I know where my better half permanently resides. I continually tell her, and the public, that I "married up." And, it's not even questionable. For her to put up with my guff for the past 12+ years, really must be punishment for something she did in a former life. But, whatevs....she's trapped now....lol.

You know you're an SFG'r when.....you give your mother-in-law a tutorial on the hoophouse because it "might" get to freezing while you are gone.

...you're supposed to be "out of town" and you still make the Top20 active posters list for the day!! Yikes....addiction warning!

boffer 3/26/2011, 1:23 pm

FarmerValerie wrote:Okay, so we have 2 "Put Another Log On The Fire" guys here....

"..and as long as you're up, get me a ......."

You know you're a SFGer when you begin to understand that flippin' cow paddies is an important part of a well-balanced and healthy gardening process!

Goosegirl 3/26/2011, 8:12 pm

When the new kitchen cabinet arrives and your first thought is "How much MM will it take to fill the old one and turn it into an 'new' box?" :scratch:

Weedless_ 3/27/2011, 12:01 am

BackyardBirdGardner wrote:...you ask the electrical and plumbing guys at hardware stores a bunch of gardening questions.

Yep, totally done that. Ended up bugging Home Depot service lady so bad, that she called up on her favorite contractor customer and had him walk me "down the aisle" and show me what I was looking for.

Weedless_ 3/27/2011, 12:07 am

acara wrote:When you get unmeasurable satisfaction from "teaching the supermarket a lesson" by spending $300.00 & 40 hours on your first SFG box, because the price of tomatoes went up $.50/lb

This is my top favorite quote so far! Green Thumbs Up!

Megan 3/27/2011, 12:12 am

I have to drag this one back up. (There are versions with video, but I like the musical production on this one the best.) SFW!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nitgmAInI18

Goosegirl 3/27/2011, 6:49 am

[quote="Megan"]I have to drag this one back up. (There are versions with video, but I like the musical production on this one the best.) SFW!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nitgmAInI18[/quote]

You are an EVIL woman! I will be driving Hubby crazy singing this all day now! Love it! lol!

PS - while I was there, I pulled up one of the John Denver version as well. Nothin' against JD, but he just can't beat Guy Clark on this one!

Megan 3/27/2011, 7:51 am

Yes, I saw the JD ones. There are numerous versions out there, including more by Guy Clark. I played everything I could find, and the link I posted is my favorite! I love you

P.S. Sing it, girl! Very Happy

Goosegirl 3/27/2011, 8:05 am

Megan wrote:Yes, I saw the JD ones. There are numerous versions out there, including more by Guy Clark. I played everything I could find, and the link I posted is my favorite!

P.S. Sing it, girl!

Swingin', snappin', & tappin'! You Know You're a Square Foot Gardener When... - Page 7 582897

PS - This is Hubby: You Know You're a Square Foot Gardener When... - Page 7 926169

ander217 3/27/2011, 8:41 am

"The Garden Song" is my favorite gardening song. I always sing it to myself when planting. I raised my kids on the John Denver version, but after I found a Pete Seeger version on YouTube, I have to say I like it, too. Arlo's version is great, too, if you're in a peppy mood. His "extra verse" added for garden haters is so true.

Peter Seeger version:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u90qRE2F7CM

Arlo Guthrie version:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QTj45cTB4U&NR=1

John Denver version:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3FkaN0HQgs&NR=1

"You know you're a SFG'er if"... you find yourself changing the words to the above song to "inch by inch, grid by grid".

**camprn** 3/27/2011, 8:43 am

Aww, Ander, Thanks for that!!! You Know You're a Square Foot Gardener When... - Page 7 61949

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