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Favorite thing to do when you can't garden

jayco
21 years ago

I am just curious as to what activities you all enjoy when you can't--due to weather or injury or what have you--garden. Do you have another "obsession" or are you faithful only to gardening?

Comments (25)

  • Dswan
    21 years ago

    Reading, reading, reading, watching football, reading, watching basketball, reading gardening books and catalogues, more reading.

  • panama
    21 years ago

    Cuddling up to the wife and well you know
    Not enough energy left during gardening season to fulfill the wifes needs LOL

    .Panama

  • Nigella
    21 years ago

    Browsing plant catalogs, playing on GW, going to Jigzonecolor> and working the puzzles, reading gardening books and plant books, talking about plants with my friends. I'm only mildly obsessed!

  • Wildflower_GA
    21 years ago

    Reading garden books/magazines, redecorating the house :)

  • Bill_zone6
    21 years ago

    Woodworking. A hobby that really makes you think. The planning, what joinery?, what kind of wood?, etc. And of course, 'Measure Twice, Cut Once'.

  • heartofdixie
    20 years ago

    Reading & Wine!

  • Violet_Girl
    20 years ago

    Miniatures, sculpting, (I usually sculpt miniature plants!)Reading, drawing, painting, pastels, building miniatures, etc.

  • Wendy_the_Pooh
    20 years ago

    Scottish Country Dancing.

  • ankraras
    20 years ago

    I love watching my little feathered friends 'Humming birds'. There are quite a few around our property. It all day long excitement and delight!

    Supannee
    Ankrara's Hobby Corner

  • quiltguy154
    20 years ago

    As if you had to guess-QUILTMAKING!

  • mrsjilly
    20 years ago

    watching my garden grow.

  • rebow
    20 years ago

    Since I only have time for one hobby, when I'm not gardening I'm cleaning up the mess inside my house that had been neglected while I gardened.

  • eliza_ann
    20 years ago

    Reading,homedecorating,knitting,sewing,walking and cooking.
    But my fav is still gardening.

  • ocbird
    20 years ago

    Reading garden and "shelter" magazines and books, rearranging the furniture, turning bird houses into tiki huts, looking for rocks at the beach, and eating fish tacos.

  • weaserbug
    20 years ago

    Go to the gardenweb, listen to music, read gardening magazines, watch movies, watch gardening shows on tv, drink wine, talk gardening with my friends, ...

    I see a gardening theme happening here. I just can't stop!! "Hello, my name is Louise and I'm a gardener..."

  • Growin_Crazy
    20 years ago

    Well, I'm here, aren't I?

  • valeriegail
    20 years ago

    Go to the garden web and read different forums. If I am lucky I can do a bit of cross stitch and possible read a book or watch TV. I don't want to do these things always pouting when I can't get out.

  • paulyn
    20 years ago

    Walking my dog, tapdancing with DH, family history, teaching volunteer classes, taking home study classes (DH and I did Swahili one year but forgot most of it), working out at the gym when conscience demands it, dabbling at the piano, reading at nite with DH, singing (our animals like to be sung to), travelling to town for movies. We are an hour and a half away from shopping and movies so it's fun to get out and people-watch. They always dress so much better than we do and they look more polished, since we've moved to the country and become farmer-types. Oh, and don't forget chocolate.

  • jakkom
    20 years ago

    Reading! Which I have lots of time for, now that I've been laid off since last November. Well, maybe not as much as I would want, since now it falls to me instead of DH to do all the stuff around the house. There's been a lot of 'finish up' work to do after the most recent remodeling. It is great fun to crawl around the floor taping and painting moldings, for example -- NOT!!

    But one of the projects we did was to turn our dark, yucky enclosed storage shed into a beautiful lanai, complete with painted walls, cushioned chairs and even a comfy rug underfoot. So with the summer finally arriving, there's a wonderful place for us to curl up with an iced tea and read comfortably for a relaxing afternoon.

    It's even better than a vacation -- just step out the door and it's there. Wonderful!

  • bronwynspetalpatch
    20 years ago

    Hi all... Im recently addicted to GardenWeb! :O) after a day of gardening, I take a fresh shower and check out the site, cuddle with my doggies on the couch for an hour while I watch the news, browsing garden books and magazines... Thrift stores to browse and find goodies, at night in bed, I prop up with magazines on one side, needlwork bag on the other side.. doggies at my feet of course. I love my kayak.. will wheel that down to the beach and 'play' for hours. I begrudgingly do housework and always have a home improvement project going like painting my railings (did that yesterday) busy, busy, busy! But somehow spend way too much time here at GW :O) (avioding housework!)

  • skrip
    20 years ago

    If it's a friday or saturday, go out dancing/drinking for the night, or just hang out with buddies. At home I'd play on the computer for a while. Maybe workout alot more.

  • emmi331
    20 years ago

    I love to read, and during winter I do a lot of it! I also do Double-Crostics, a literary and fascinating type of crossword puzzle (I do them surrounded by reference books!).
    And of course, the good old Web - favorite site is Clarkhoward.com, a consumer website with interesting forums.

  • amf55nj
    20 years ago

    Birding, if I can get away from home for a few hours. Reading, listening to music, working on craft projects, and nature photography. Baking for my friends for the holidays.

  • piznivy
    20 years ago

    Feeding the birds in the winter, poring over the latest seed catalogs, ebay, and planning garden improvements for the next season.

  • ingami
    20 years ago

    Thinking about gardening, ordering seeds, looking at
    gardening catalogs, books, magazines, LOL
    Also read a LOT, year round, can't do without it!
    Working- yes, working! I love my two part time jobs,
    I'm very fortunate---
    Of course, one other job I do for 6 weeks a year is at
    a greenhouse!
    Also, of course, and #1, is spending time with DH and kids,
    doing stuff outside with them in the summer, camping,
    visiting, walking around the farm, playing with the
    animals, being on GW of course! computer stuff-

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