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.
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They certainly did dress well to garden "back in the day". My grandmother would be appalled at some of my get-ups!
:)
Do we know what the horse's name was?
The cavalry issued horse has no name.
*Start America song - Horse with No Name.*
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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