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The word "garden" is drastically different around the world.
Last winter I was watching a gardening show from England. They think trees and grass is "garden." I mean like they actually pick trees -- big ones and huge ones and take them to their land to plant them. Where I lived, in America, trees are usually either there or they're not. If we buy a tree, it's usually a small tree -- fruit tree or willow. Or maybe we'll buy a live Christmas tree, and after Christmas is over plant it in the yard. We don't go our of our way for an elm, or a birch, or a chestnut tree. (It's rare to see birch around here.) Trees were already there when we buy the property, and our chief goal is to not have to take it down if it dies, and hope it doesn't crash into the house.
Mar is from such an exotic place, that she thinks tropical plants are the only kinds of plants there are. She's posted pictures of plants I've never seen before. Even fruits and vegetables. Ever try to explain the taste of a potato to someone? Well, I'm not all that sure she's eaten a potato, but she keeps showing plants that kind of look like potatoes, but they're growing on branches, instead of underground. And, poor lady, I'm asking what it taste like, and since neither of us eats the same kinds of food, it's a miracle if she can come up with a plant I've eaten to say, "it taste something like that, but..."
Now, I live in the Midlantic States. When we say "garden," most people think of two plants first -- tomatoes and peppers. I live across the river from The Garden State. (New Jersey.) If you ever see a sign for "The Garden State," there is going to be a tomato on there. You can grow a tomato in Virginia, but it's not a Jersey tomato. Illinois had the blackest soil I've ever seen in my life. Not dark brown -- black! You can grow a tomato there, but it's not a Jersey tomato. I can grow a tomato in my yard, but not a Jersey Tomato. Brandywine. A tomato created not far from here. It's good. It's really good, but it's not a Jersey tomato. (That stuff you buy at the store isn't really a Jersey tomato. That's a commercial tomato.) They also have orchards for apples and peaches.
I knew a woman in Hawaii. she grew passionfruit and bananas. And she hated wild boar because they like passion plants. That was her garden vermin. Ours are squirrels.
And people in the desert in the Southwest think cacti and agave is a garden.
So, when you think "garden," what do you think?
Last winter I was watching a gardening show from England. They think trees and grass is "garden." I mean like they actually pick trees -- big ones and huge ones and take them to their land to plant them. Where I lived, in America, trees are usually either there or they're not. If we buy a tree, it's usually a small tree -- fruit tree or willow. Or maybe we'll buy a live Christmas tree, and after Christmas is over plant it in the yard. We don't go our of our way for an elm, or a birch, or a chestnut tree. (It's rare to see birch around here.) Trees were already there when we buy the property, and our chief goal is to not have to take it down if it dies, and hope it doesn't crash into the house.
Mar is from such an exotic place, that she thinks tropical plants are the only kinds of plants there are. She's posted pictures of plants I've never seen before. Even fruits and vegetables. Ever try to explain the taste of a potato to someone? Well, I'm not all that sure she's eaten a potato, but she keeps showing plants that kind of look like potatoes, but they're growing on branches, instead of underground. And, poor lady, I'm asking what it taste like, and since neither of us eats the same kinds of food, it's a miracle if she can come up with a plant I've eaten to say, "it taste something like that, but..."
Now, I live in the Midlantic States. When we say "garden," most people think of two plants first -- tomatoes and peppers. I live across the river from The Garden State. (New Jersey.) If you ever see a sign for "The Garden State," there is going to be a tomato on there. You can grow a tomato in Virginia, but it's not a Jersey tomato. Illinois had the blackest soil I've ever seen in my life. Not dark brown -- black! You can grow a tomato there, but it's not a Jersey tomato. I can grow a tomato in my yard, but not a Jersey Tomato. Brandywine. A tomato created not far from here. It's good. It's really good, but it's not a Jersey tomato. (That stuff you buy at the store isn't really a Jersey tomato. That's a commercial tomato.) They also have orchards for apples and peaches.
I knew a woman in Hawaii. she grew passionfruit and bananas. And she hated wild boar because they like passion plants. That was her garden vermin. Ours are squirrels.
And people in the desert in the Southwest think cacti and agave is a garden.
So, when you think "garden," what do you think?