Green Thumb Guardian Gifts

'I've found the lawnmower.'

"It used to be a fun place for a visit but it's rubbish now."

'It started off as a hobby. Then it became an obsession. Finally, one day she went in there and hasn't been heard from since.'

June: Aphid, millipedes, weevils,scab, blackleg...and other pests will be active.

Homegrown solutions for a smaller carbon footprint.

'There goes the scourge of this county.'

Prize vegetables.

The Busy Gardener

"I can't believe how great my life is now: We used to live in an apartment, but now, I have my own garden..."

What are you giving Mother Earth this year?

'If I had known it was going to be such a late Spring, i would have never started my garden seeds, indoors.'

'..and we thank thee for these bio-engineered vegetables..'

Deforestation.

"Even the waiters here are organic."

"Well, that's created a little order in a world of chaos."

Gardener clipping topiary stairs

The Endless Battle of the Organic Gardener

Maybe I should have measured my garden before going shopping....

"We really need more perennials? Aren't my weeds and crabgrass enough?"

Allotment

"Stop the throw-away mentality! Save resources! A New Year every 750 days is quite enough!"

"Cheery little flowers, saying good night, saying good morning!"

"First time pruning?"

Doing the borders.

Cat Nip.

Dear Santa, please can I have a powerful herbicide for Christmas. Best wishes, Adam.

Gardener

'I used to do that, but it just grows again.'

"Usually gardeners only have green thumbs, so you must really spend a lot of time in the garden."

Horti-Culture

'You wouldn't happen to be sitting on my entry to the straightest runner bean competition?'

Yardless: Please help

Florabation - '..mmm...It must be spring!'

Garden Goddess.

Planting seeds in garden - broad beans and jelly beans.