Thumb Warrior Gifts

Phones PDA IM Text. Ernie's always been all thumbs --- He's a natural at text messaging!

'Type the following as fast as you can!'

"I'm not into head games either - I'm into thumb games."

By the time they reach adulthood, many video gamers will have developed chronic 'Playstation Thumb.'

"Don't text so fast! At this rate, you'll need your thumbs retread."

The Endless Battle of the Organic Gardener

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

"No! I want to live! I want to live!"

The day the cat realized it was dependent.

"Open wide please! So I can get my hand out!"

"Bob! Your manure's here!"

'I'll just put them here until the danger of frost passes - probably next April'

-A garden uses a lot of water. -Most of it perspiration.

'Don't you think it's time you tackled the wandering dew?'

"We found three sort-of Earthlike planets around a nearby star." "Do you think any of them have video games?" "I've been trying to work out the odds of an intelligent species arising and evolving thumbs capable of holding an X-box controller." "Proof of video games would change everything." "I wonder what the aliens on those planets consider sexy." "Living beings creating simulated beings they can smash is the hallmark of an intelligent species."

Showing gardening tools to a tower block.

'He's made an eco-friendly bamboo bike... unfortunately all the tomato plants have fallen down.'

'See I told you the garden was big enough for a table and chairs.'

"What are you growing?"

"Please point out the problem tooth."

Texting. Hardware. Software. Plans. Most of our business comes from word-of-thumb.

"Oh god, here she comes again, insisting she's helping."

This plant is a lousy malingerer!

"What about your precious opposable thumbs now?"

'Those showy blooms are very susceptible to pests.'

"Miss Daniels! Get in here! The sansevieria trifasciata is budding!!"

"It's weeder's elbow."

Andy Johnson, Hardcore Composter

The Fireside Jungle: Beware of introducing pest into the house with new specimens.

"911?... Guinness Book of World Records?... 911?

Gardener's Calendar: Look out for damage by hail.

You'll need all your energy when you get home.

Protecting the green

Dead House Plant

2012 warmest year on record so far.