As a child, were you ever interested in anything garden-related?

[DeborahJane]

I took gardening up at the age of 59 and until then had no interst. In fact a friend reminds that i once said very proudly "I'm not a gardener". I now say very proudly "i am a gardener" and wonder at my ignorance.

 

[Esther Knapicius]

actually not at all. My dad had a veggie garden at the house we moved to in the country when I was about 10 years old. He did plant a few veggies in the city home small back yard. But I did not pay much attention to either. My dad also could go out in the woods and find eatable mushrooms, shame I did not pay attention .

I remember a moment, when we bought the house in the city, from an old women. She had a row of rosebushes along side her driveway. As if it happened yesterday, I can see her face as she left her house for the last day in a car with her family, she looked over to the row of rosebushes and said "Oh, my babies". I think I was about 4 or 5 at that time. I wished I had the were with all then to have contacted her to tell her that my dad was taking care of them for her. They all bloomed so wonderful. Moving into our home 26 years ago is when I really got hooked on gardening, research etc. Now I understand the heart felt shy the old women felt, I too, will be very saddened when the day comes I have to leave my many gardensss for good. It is hopes I just die here and not have to be driven away with that one last look of my little paradise.

 

[Greenhorn]

Catching the bluegill that he used to bury before planting sometimes. That and selling our excess plums, all the people in the neighborhood would buy them. They were cheap and deciduous. Coincidentally bluegill went under when the plum tree before it was planted.

 

[LouisFerdinand]

When I was in grade school, I helped my grandparents with their vegetable gardens.

 

[Marck]

Yes, as a child I was interested in horticulture and biology to some degree, though I didn't consider myself an avid gardener until late adolescence. At first my interest was mostly in orchid cultivation, which I still enjoy, though not so intensely as I once did.

 

[cntrlwagdnr]

I don't recall being given a choice, but yes