tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7797396120087729156.post1656828579735840852..comments2024-03-27T00:25:28.696+11:00Comments on Garden amateur: The Hills are AliveJamiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14653345793213312242noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7797396120087729156.post-61808379799608060692015-09-03T18:32:28.610+10:002015-09-03T18:32:28.610+10:00Hi Sarah
I've called my blog garden "Ama...Hi Sarah<br /><br />I've called my blog garden "Amateur" because I know I am that ... just an amateur. No qualifications, I make lots of mistakes, I have no formal training, and I just do my gardening and my blog out of my love for gardening. (And I am also "amateur" because I don't accept ads or payments on my blog, or freebies, nor do I do free plugs for anyone, anytime. I'm a non-profit, loss-making, uncommercial blogger).<br /><br />I started gardening when I moved here 23 years ago, and I learned most of what I know the hard way. <br /><br />However, that's not the complete truth, as I worked on a gardening magazine, 'Burke's Backyard', for 14 of those years, and I learnt a lot from the many real gardening experts on the magazine (ie, Don Burke, Elizabeth Swane, Cheryl Maddocks, Geoffrey Burnie, and Jennifer Stackhouse – all of them are amazingly knowledgeable people, each with their own specialty, and all of them taught me so much).<br /><br />My job there was "sub-editor", which means I am a professional spelling, grammar and writing person. I'm a professional writer, that's all. So my gardening knowledge when I started out was close to nil, and I guess I picked up a bit along the way, but I am very conscious of the fact that I am just another ordinary backyard amateur gardener doing it all for the love of it.<br />Jamiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14653345793213312242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7797396120087729156.post-26823311608532636082015-09-02T20:57:23.097+10:002015-09-02T20:57:23.097+10:00Hi Jamie!I'm passionate about garden planning ...Hi Jamie!I'm passionate about garden planning and design - I work in this field -, I found your article by chance and I think it's so interesting. How did you learn all these things? When did you start your gardening activities?Sarahhttp://www.atelierdimensioneverde.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7797396120087729156.post-81440109414114823492015-09-02T18:13:03.780+10:002015-09-02T18:13:03.780+10:00Hee hee, curiosity got the better of me a few week...Hee hee, curiosity got the better of me a few weeks back, too, Lanie, and so I dug down around one. LOTS of activity, about to break the surface so I did a super-hurried "cover-up" of soil, and a few days later all the shoots appeared. I hope I didn't ruin their childhood or anything ...Jamiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14653345793213312242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7797396120087729156.post-24596539400855141032015-09-02T18:00:37.416+10:002015-09-02T18:00:37.416+10:00Thanks Jamie. I change the way I grow potatoes (an...Thanks Jamie. I change the way I grow potatoes (and hill) every year. Strangely my potatoes have yet to emerge....must dig around and see what is happening to them, as they should be up by now. Your post was a good reminder. Lanie https://www.blogger.com/profile/12752139198631821577noreply@blogger.com