Park Seed Newsletter New Years Resolution Contest!

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Posted by Stephanie | Posted in Gardening Tips | Posted on 29-01-2009

If you subscribe to our wonderful gardening newsletters, you may have participated in this particular contest. We wanted to know what you were never, ever going to do in your garden again. I was lucky enough to be among the elite few selected to judge this particular contest. I based my choices on: 1. Helpfulness to other gardeners, and 2. Quality of the submission. I am partial to funny entries.

Below, I will list a few of my personal favorites – votes won't be tallied until this weekend, and my vote is only one of many, so I can't promise that any of the ones I list will win. But, I will announce the official results next week.

Top 3 Gardening Resolutions, According to Thomas, Whatever That's Worth:
I was not given any Identifying information, only the submission.

#3
Resolve to Always Read Instructions Carefully

Many years ago I decided to apply weed and feed to the first big lawn that I had
ever owned. I neglected to read the application instructions and used a rotary
spreader instead of the Scott's kind. I had soon engulfed myself, my yard, and
half the block in billowy clouds of powder. I didn't have any weeds in my yard
that year but I didn't have any grass either. I read instructions carefully now.

#2
Resolve to Handle Small Seeds Carefully (This one just made me laugh)

My New Year Resolution for gardening is To Never Sneeze Again With Seeds In My
Hands.


And My #1

I resolve to keep the bird feeder away from the flower bed (I have personal experience with this one, but I did manage to get a few nice-sized sunflowers out of it)

I'll never allow my husband to keep his bird-feeder in the middle of the
perennial bed along the dry stream bed. It wreaks havoc for spring cleaning and
sprouts sunflowers on a daily basis!

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