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Gardening means different things to different people. Thousands view gardening as a hobby, a relaxing escape from the pressures of an urban environment.
For us, the food produced may be almost secondary. Growing fresh vegetables, herbs, or fruits provides a great sense of joy and accomplishment.
And we get a chance to giggle at the Chartier's in Connecticut where the ground at Easter time is just beginning to thaw out!
We grow year around. Visit us yearly:
Working in the dirt is relaxing! Before we retired, coming home and taking out the hostilities by pulling the weeds was great.
Now, post retirement, we can get up in the morning, stroll the garden, and discover they new growth, new buds forming and enjoy watching the garden grow!
Quotes We Enjoy
My green thumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning to see things from the plant's point of view. ~H. Fred Ale
Gardening requires lots of water - most of it in the form of perspiration. ~Lou Erickson
What a man needs in gardening is a cast-iron back, with a hinge in it. ~Charles Dudley Warner
Horticulture
For those who are not familiar with the term, horticulture is defined as the art or science of cultivating fruits, flowers, and vegetables (Webster's New Twentieth Century Dictionary, Unabridged).
Horticulture is a composite science with strongest influence from plant physiology and pathology, botany, biology, chemistry, soil science, and genetics.
Other sciences are involved, but the ones listed readily come to mind at this writing.
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Vegetables; A Definition
Vegetable is a culinary term which generally refers to an edible part of a plant. The definition is traditional rather than scientific and is somewhat arbitrary and subjective. All parts of herbaceous plants eaten as food by humans, whole or in part, are normally considered vegetables. Mushrooms, though belonging to the biological kingdom fungi, are also commonly considered vegetables. In general, vegetables are thought of as being savory, and not sweet, although there are many exceptions.
We grow everything here and more!