Comments on: My Gardening Story – Grandma Middleton

By: Meryl McCartney

Meryl McCartney — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 08:12:24 +0000

James, your recollections stir some of my own – as you Grandma Middleton’s eldest daughter, I also benefited from her love of gardening – your memories brought to mind how I and my brothers and sisters (probably before your Dad was born) used to all have our small vegetable garden, one plot beside the other, at the bottom of the large vegetable garden our mother used to cultivate. That experience engendered a connection with the earth and the rhythm of the seasons which continues to be strong to this day – we now have an English vegetable garden in the summer in our back yard – everything is just sprouting – wonderful.

By: aussiegreenthumb

aussiegreenthumb — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 13:29:24 +0000

I don’t know Kyna, I’ve met many kids afraid of dirt! Then I guess that has normally been more scared of what might be IN the dirt.

Thanks for stopping by and commenting!

By: Kyna Adams

Kyna Adams — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 19:30:25 +0000

Your grandma sounded like a wonderful person My mum is my influence. I don’t think she ever thought I would be a gardener though, I always hated getting dirty as a kid lol. What kid doesn’t like getting dirty? I was such a little weirdo.