How do we get involved with gardening? Necessity? Not so much. It typically starts our as a hobby that sometimes gets out of control. Some of us have family that were successes in the garden and passed the green thumb along. My father had a green thumb and so did my grandfather (on my mother’s side). Those skills were necessities. My grandpa was raised on a farm in the Scottish countryside but ended up in Edinburgh and a garden on Moat Drive.
I wonder if he would enjoy gardening in Bakersfield, California where the hell like conditions are a far cry from those he conquered in the frigid north. Would the arid environment just be another challenge like that he faced during World War I in Turkey?
Even if he did adjust, there’s something that I simply can’t imagine him doing. Dressing like a schlump as most of us do now. Just can’t imagine it.
They certainly did dress well to garden "back in the day". My grandmother would be appalled at some of my get-ups!
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My English father-in-law has a special tweed jacket and tie that he wears to do his gardening. The British Islanders just seem to have much more gardening style.
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