Comments on: Grow Where You Are Planted http://www.yougrowgirl.com/2008/01/11/grow-where-you-are-planted/ Gardening for the People. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 12:16:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Anita Baxley http://www.yougrowgirl.com/2008/01/11/grow-where-you-are-planted/#comment-17289 Anita Baxley Thu, 31 Jan 2008 02:38:04 +0000 http://www.yougrowgirl.com/thedirt/2008/01/11/grow-where-you-are-planted/#comment-17289 Hey there from Oklahoma! Subscribe to OG and read the article and really enjoyed! I love the way you write, sounds like you're a down to earth girl. I've had that same "left out" feeling at certain events with the so-called professionals. I'm a backyard gardener with a little experience in landscaping here in Tulsa, Always wanted to move to the country but never could so decided to bring the country here and got some chickens, they're great. Thanks for all the inspiration. You're right about gardening, doesn't matter where you came from, if you love it, you love it, no matter who you are. Hey there from Oklahoma! Subscribe to OG and read the article and really enjoyed! I love the way you write, sounds like you’re a down to earth girl. I’ve had that same “left out” feeling at certain events with the so-called professionals. I’m a backyard gardener with a little experience in landscaping here in Tulsa, Always wanted to move to the country but never could so decided to bring the country here and got some chickens, they’re great. Thanks for all the inspiration. You’re right about gardening, doesn’t matter where you came from, if you love it, you love it, no matter who you are.

]]> By: Gayla http://www.yougrowgirl.com/2008/01/11/grow-where-you-are-planted/#comment-17250 Gayla Fri, 25 Jan 2008 03:25:34 +0000 http://www.yougrowgirl.com/thedirt/2008/01/11/grow-where-you-are-planted/#comment-17250 Everblossom Farm: I do understand all of the points you make. The sentence you quoted was in regards to the countless people who have assumed that a real garden can't exist in the city and that if a person wants to REALLY garden they have to move away from it. Unfortunately I can only say so much in a thousand-word limit but a larger point I had wished to get to is that we need to see gardening as something that can happen anywhere if we want to take action in making the city not just a place referred to as a "concrete jungle" but a place where nature can exist. I'm kind of tired of the concrete jungle description because the city can be more than that if we open up our concept of it to include a larger definition... and if we in turn take action to make that happen. Absolutely no disrespect was intended. We all have our difficulties to deal with and of course we also have our joys. Everblossom Farm: I do understand all of the points you make. The sentence you quoted was in regards to the countless people who have assumed that a real garden can’t exist in the city and that if a person wants to REALLY garden they have to move away from it. Unfortunately I can only say so much in a thousand-word limit but a larger point I had wished to get to is that we need to see gardening as something that can happen anywhere if we want to take action in making the city not just a place referred to as a “concrete jungle” but a place where nature can exist. I’m kind of tired of the concrete jungle description because the city can be more than that if we open up our concept of it to include a larger definition… and if we in turn take action to make that happen.

Absolutely no disrespect was intended. We all have our difficulties to deal with and of course we also have our joys.

]]> By: Everblossom Farm http://www.yougrowgirl.com/2008/01/11/grow-where-you-are-planted/#comment-17249 Everblossom Farm Fri, 25 Jan 2008 02:43:16 +0000 http://www.yougrowgirl.com/thedirt/2008/01/11/grow-where-you-are-planted/#comment-17249 hey gayla, your blog address is one of my bookmarks. 'nough said. i'm a farmer in pennsylvania. your creativity attracted me to your blog and i tune in every so often to make sure i don't have my face buried too deep into the compost pile to recognize my own creativity. so... thanks. after reading your article i feel the need to write to you. when appreciating the difficulties of urban gardening, you ironically wrote, "Surely I would prefer a proper garden, a nice, quiet farm in the country." i just want to make sure you know that the challenges of raising organic food in the country are as profound as in the city. granted, they're very different challenges. but i gotta tell ya, the goods don't just spring out the ground with blissful gratitude for being spawned in the country. then there's the iceberg-like dilemma of overcoming the stigma of being an organic vegetable farmer in the midst of conventional corn and soybeans. i guess i just want to be sure that you understand, truly, that we are all the same, we gardeners. we all scratch our heads and wonder what the hell happened to the brussels sprouts this year or how did i manage to dodge the japanese beetle onslaught? why do we continue to garden under these difficulties, you ask? your answer illustrates to me that you do understand... we love it, need it, and must do it. hey gayla, your blog address is one of my bookmarks. ‘nough said. i’m a farmer in pennsylvania. your creativity attracted me to your blog and i tune in every so often to make sure i don’t have my face buried too deep into the compost pile to recognize my own creativity. so… thanks.

after reading your article i feel the need to write to you. when appreciating the difficulties of urban gardening, you ironically wrote, “Surely I would prefer a proper garden, a nice, quiet farm in the country.” i just want to make sure you know that the challenges of raising organic food in the country are as profound as in the city. granted, they’re very different challenges. but i gotta tell ya, the goods don’t just spring out the ground with blissful gratitude for being spawned in the country. then there’s the iceberg-like dilemma of overcoming the stigma of being an organic vegetable farmer in the midst of conventional corn and soybeans.

i guess i just want to be sure that you understand, truly, that we are all the same, we gardeners. we all scratch our heads and wonder what the hell happened to the brussels sprouts this year or how did i manage to dodge the japanese beetle onslaught?

why do we continue to garden under these difficulties, you ask? your answer illustrates to me that you do understand… we love it, need it, and must do it.

]]> By: Marina & Jamie http://www.yougrowgirl.com/2008/01/11/grow-where-you-are-planted/#comment-17226 Marina & Jamie Sun, 20 Jan 2008 19:37:51 +0000 http://www.yougrowgirl.com/thedirt/2008/01/11/grow-where-you-are-planted/#comment-17226 Hello Gayla. The whole concept behind You Grow Girl to us beautifully sums up what gardening and gardens are all about. It's probably one of the most open societies around. Gardens are for anyone and everyone who wants to make one. It doesn't matter if you can afford to pay someone to create and maintain the gardens at your exclusive address or if you commandeer a little disused piece of city land a poor neighborhood. It doesn't even matter if your creation looks good as long as you like it and enjoy it. Those who choose to be garden snobs for whatever reason are most annoying because they really don't get it. Keep up the good (and hard) work. You are creating your own reasons, stories and special memories. Which is exactly the point. Hello Gayla. The whole concept behind You Grow Girl to us beautifully sums up what gardening and gardens are all about. It’s probably one of the most open societies around. Gardens are for anyone and everyone who wants to make one. It doesn’t matter if you can afford to pay someone to create and maintain the gardens at your exclusive address or if you commandeer a little disused piece of city land a poor neighborhood. It doesn’t even matter if your creation looks good as long as you like it and enjoy it. Those who choose to be garden snobs for whatever reason are most annoying because they really don’t get it.

Keep up the good (and hard) work. You are creating your own reasons, stories and special memories. Which is exactly the point.

]]> By: myla http://www.yougrowgirl.com/2008/01/11/grow-where-you-are-planted/#comment-17221 myla Sun, 20 Jan 2008 06:27:07 +0000 http://www.yougrowgirl.com/thedirt/2008/01/11/grow-where-you-are-planted/#comment-17221 Woot! I haven't been here in a while and WOW what an awesome site YGG has become. I'm so proud of you! xx Woot! I haven’t been here in a while and WOW what an awesome site YGG has become. I’m so proud of you! xx

]]> By: Gayla http://www.yougrowgirl.com/2008/01/11/grow-where-you-are-planted/#comment-17199 Gayla Fri, 18 Jan 2008 01:31:47 +0000 http://www.yougrowgirl.com/thedirt/2008/01/11/grow-where-you-are-planted/#comment-17199 Holy cow I am so overwhelmed by all of the kind words here. Thank you all! I am trying to answer each of you but my inbox is a nightmare. Elaine: I am going to answer your question as a separate post. Laura: I also love the never-ending-learning aspect of gardening. It also means that every new season is another chance to try again. Meenoo: Me two on the making something out of what you have. Sorellina: You are making me teary again. Mary: My description is just to make a point about a cliche. I have certainly considered many floppy hats over the years! Abby: I love, love, love the name of your site Holy cow I am so overwhelmed by all of the kind words here. Thank you all! I am trying to answer each of you but my inbox is a nightmare.

Elaine: I am going to answer your question as a separate post.

Laura: I also love the never-ending-learning aspect of gardening. It also means that every new season is another chance to try again.

Meenoo: Me two on the making something out of what you have.

Sorellina: You are making me teary again.

Mary: My description is just to make a point about a cliche. I have certainly considered many floppy hats over the years!

Abby: I love, love, love the name of your site

]]> By: Elizabeth http://www.yougrowgirl.com/2008/01/11/grow-where-you-are-planted/#comment-17194 Elizabeth Tue, 15 Jan 2008 22:05:50 +0000 http://www.yougrowgirl.com/thedirt/2008/01/11/grow-where-you-are-planted/#comment-17194 Wonderful article! Wonderful article!

]]> By: Abby http://www.yougrowgirl.com/2008/01/11/grow-where-you-are-planted/#comment-17193 Abby Tue, 15 Jan 2008 16:37:35 +0000 http://www.yougrowgirl.com/thedirt/2008/01/11/grow-where-you-are-planted/#comment-17193 Hi Gayla- Your article is now on the Organic Gardening homepage- http://www.organicgardening.com/feature/0,7518,s1-5-19-1636,00.html I used a photo of my teeny fire escape garden to accompany the article, it seemed appropriate. Congratulations on the article and thanks for inspiring urban gardeners everywhere! Hi Gayla-

Your article is now on the Organic Gardening homepage- http://www.organicgardening.com/feature/0,7518,s1-5-19-1636,00.html
I used a photo of my teeny fire escape garden to accompany the article, it seemed appropriate. Congratulations on the article and thanks for inspiring urban gardeners everywhere!

]]> By: Mary http://www.yougrowgirl.com/2008/01/11/grow-where-you-are-planted/#comment-17192 Mary Mon, 14 Jan 2008 20:38:09 +0000 http://www.yougrowgirl.com/thedirt/2008/01/11/grow-where-you-are-planted/#comment-17192 Gayla, you inspire me. My first experience with gardening was planting grass seed in an eggshell at Sunday School when I was about 5 years old. I was hooked, but didn't realize it until I got older. I'm white,but I'm not rich. I wear a floppy hat when I garden because, after many years of gardening, the sun is doing a real number on my face(wish I'd started wearing one sooner). Thanks. Gayla, you inspire me. My first experience with gardening was planting grass seed in an eggshell at Sunday School when I was about 5 years old. I was hooked, but didn’t realize it until I got older. I’m white,but I’m not rich. I wear a floppy hat when I garden because, after many years of gardening, the sun is doing a real number on my face(wish I’d started wearing one sooner). Thanks.

]]> By: sweetea http://www.yougrowgirl.com/2008/01/11/grow-where-you-are-planted/#comment-17191 sweetea Mon, 14 Jan 2008 18:56:56 +0000 http://www.yougrowgirl.com/thedirt/2008/01/11/grow-where-you-are-planted/#comment-17191 Word up sister. Your site is incredibly useful and an absolute pleasure to read. It is inspiring to have a place, even if it is a virtual place, to share ideas about gardening without the focus on creating something perfect. I love hearing about the different processes gardeners use and their results. And your own photos are lovely to look at! Keep up the fantastic work and congratulations on the article! Word up sister. Your site is incredibly useful and an absolute pleasure to read. It is inspiring to have a place, even if it is a virtual place, to share ideas about gardening without the focus on creating something perfect. I love hearing about the different processes gardeners use and their results. And your own photos are lovely to look at!

Keep up the fantastic work and congratulations on the article!

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