Best gardening gift- what's yours? - Page 2 - Wildlife Gardeners

Leslie · 01-10-2010, 12:19 AM

My sweet wonderful husband got me an Advanced Pole System from Birds Unlimited - woo-hoo!!! And also a suet feeder made for woodpeckers (has a tail board), which a northern red-shafted flicker immediately made use of. I also got a baffle for the pole. Now the birds get the suet and seed, and the squirrels & raccoons & opossums get the stuff on the ground. I am enjoying it a lot! I can also add to it later ... I've wanted one of these for 15 years, so I'm quite happy with it. And a nice journal to log all the cool things I see. He knows me well!

For me - bird stuff, plants, plant supplies, plants - those are favorites. And rocks - yes, will-o-wisp, I like rocks, too!!

When we moved from Louisiana to Washington state, several boxes full of rocks came along.

WG Admin · 01-11-2010, 07:21 PM

Books. I need to educate myself better.

hazelnut · 01-31-2010, 03:55 PM

Books for me. Recently the local county library "cleaned out" their stock of gardening books and invited me to go through them and take any I wanted. One of the local gardeners who recently died (at age over 100) had been a camellia breeder. She had a marvellous collection of garden books that her daughter had donated to t he library. The whole collection is in that stash and I took every one of them. The Camellia Society Annual and the other books as well are all annotated and I shall treasure re-reading her remarks.

JennyC · 02-06-2010, 07:45 PM

I went with "other," because for me it's a question of finding time and energy to do anything garden-wise. When hubby takes one of my chores or waters my indoor plants for me, that's a gift.

View Poll Results: Best Gardening Gift- What's yours?
Birding supplies; feeders, birdbaths, birdhouses, feed	3	16.67%
Tools; hand tools, power tools	2	11.11%
gift certificate to favorite nursery	1	5.56%
Home decor; windowsill herb garden, dish garden,	1	5.56%
Home made goodies; jams, soaps, stationary, maple syrup	1	5.56%
Books	4	22.22%
Accessories; gloves, visors, kneepads	1	5.56%
Yard art: windchimes, stepping stones, statuary	1	5.56%
Plant starts, divisions, cuttings, seed	2	11.11%
Other	2	11.11%
Voters: 18. You may not vote on this poll

01-10-2010, 12:19 AM	#11
Leslie Salamander Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Olympia, WA	My sweet wonderful husband got me an Advanced Pole System from Birds Unlimited - woo-hoo!!! And also a suet feeder made for woodpeckers (has a tail board), which a northern red-shafted flicker immediately made use of. I also got a baffle for the pole. Now the birds get the suet and seed, and the squirrels & raccoons & opossums get the stuff on the ground. I am enjoying it a lot! I can also add to it later ... I've wanted one of these for 15 years, so I'm quite happy with it. And a nice journal to log all the cool things I see. He knows me well! For me - bird stuff, plants, plant supplies, plants - those are favorites. And rocks - yes, will-o-wisp, I like rocks, too!! When we moved from Louisiana to Washington state, several boxes full of rocks came along. __________________ Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair. -- Kahlil Gibran

01-11-2010, 07:21 PM	#12
WG Admin WG's Mr. Tomato Head Join Date: Nov 2008	Books. I need to educate myself better. __________________ "If gardening isn't a pleasure for you, chances are the work will merely give you a rotten disposition. If you'd rather be golfing or fishing, get a bumper sticker that says so, and forget gardening." Elsa Bakalar

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01-31-2010, 03:55 PM	#13
hazelnut WG Writer Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Greensboro, Alabama USA	Books for me. Recently the local county library "cleaned out" their stock of gardening books and invited me to go through them and take any I wanted. One of the local gardeners who recently died (at age over 100) had been a camellia breeder. She had a marvellous collection of garden books that her daughter had donated to t he library. The whole collection is in that stash and I took every one of them. The Camellia Society Annual and the other books as well are all annotated and I shall treasure re-reading her remarks.

02-06-2010, 07:45 PM	#14
JennyC WG Guardian Spirit Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: The South	I went with "other," because for me it's a question of finding time and energy to do anything garden-wise. When hubby takes one of my chores or waters my indoor plants for me, that's a gift.