Comments on: Remembering Grandma

By: Remembering – In The Garden

Remembering – In The Garden — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 13:01:50 +0000

[...] over how to get back in the garden writing saddle again. I’ve gotten a lot of enjoyment from growing irises in memory of my Grandma, and I was thinking of planting some window boxes with orange, blue. and white flowers in honor of [...]

By: Carnival: Using Unusual Containers

Carnival: Using Unusual Containers — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:56:32 +0000

[...] everything from shoes to clamshells. That last idea reminded me of a conch shell I have that was my grandmother’s. I think I’ll plant it with something that reminds me of [...]

By: Remembering Grandma, Twice

Remembering Grandma, Twice — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 20:54:52 +0000

[...] find that I enjoy remembering my Grandma’s life much more on her birthday than on the day she died. She was such a vivacious woman, it seems much [...]

By: An "Old" Stereotype? A Tribute to Older Gardeners | North Coast Gardening

An "Old" Stereotype? A Tribute to Older Gardeners | North Coast Gardening — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 23:15:23 +0000

[...] Grandma and Grandpa have a little more time to give. Read about how Fern’s Grandma helped her learn to love gardening by giving her some easy-to-grow and fun-to-watch cuttings. Now Fern’s such a passionate gardener [...]

By: Coming to You Live From… : Life on the Balcony

Coming to You Live From… : Life on the Balcony — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 07:03:03 +0000

[...] I usually blog, respond to comments, email and goof off on the internet from my kitchen table. I keep my box of seeds handy for updating My Folia and also so that I can pop in new baggies of saved seed easily (the kitchen table is pretty close to the front door). From here I can look out two different windows and see the cuttings from my grandma’s plants. [...]

By: My Grandma’s Cactus : Life on the Balcony

My Grandma’s Cactus : Life on the Balcony — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 03:45:52 +0000

[...] my post last week about my Grandma I mentioned this weird cactus that she’s had for decades. When she relandscaped her yard, she [...]

By: Louise

Louise — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 02:12:45 +0000

What a great article. You made your grandma proud because you are a great gardener. We all have stories about how we started gardening and who inspired us in the first place. Thanks for sharing your story.

By: Fern

Fern — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 04:33:22 +0000

Mom/Roberta–I hope so.

Cathy–Thank you for sharing your memories of your grandma with me. All of the happy memories I have of her help days like today not be as hard. When a memory of my grandma pops in to my head it makes me smile too. When I was writing this post yesterday, I remembered what her laugh was like and that comforted me a lot.

By: 2greenthumbsup

2greenthumbsup — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 03:24:27 +0000

Hi Fern,

Grandmothers are pretty special people. I lost my grandma in June 2006. She was 91, and up until about a month before she passed away, still lived quite independently in her own house. She too was a gardener. In her later years it had become difficult for her to do as much in the garden as she would have liked. Mom and I did the majority, and Grandma would trail along after us, lending a hand or a poke of her cane wherever she could. I’m smiling as a write this because that’s what I always do when I think about her. She was so cute!

I think it’s wonderful that you shared a love for gardening. As you carry on with your gardening, the happy thoughts of time spent with your grandma, both in and out of the garden, will carry on with you. I hope those thoughts bring a smile to your face as thoughts of my grandma bring a smile to mine.

Cathy

By: Roberta

Roberta — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 01:30:11 +0000

Grandma would love that she had such a profound and long-lasting effect on you and your gardening.