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Since we have defined what a garden is, we now want to define what gardening is. Let’s check out the dictionary again.
Dictionary.com’s definitions of gardening is…
- gardening
- “the act of cultivating or tending a garden.”
- gardening
- “the work or art of a gardener.”
What’s interesting about these definitions is that gardening is defined as both an ’act’ as well as an ’art’, a conundrum we need to explore.
A hardiness zone is a geographically-defined zone in which a specific category of plant life is capable of growing, as defined by temperature hardiness, or ability to withstand the minimum temperatures of the zone. The zones were first developed by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), and have subsequently been adopted elsewhere. They are categorized according to the mean of the lowest temperature recorded each winter, termed the “average annual minimum temperature”. Thus if five successive winters reach respective minima of −14 °C, −12 °C, −8 °C, −16 °C, and −13 °C, the mean coldest temperature is −12.6 °C, placing the site in zone 7.
Hardiness zones are given a number ranging from 1 to 11 to group together the range of average temperatures.
A plant is a living body that has some basic parts and systems that keep it alive, just as humans do.
They have sap that flows through veins, the sap transports the nutrients that the plants need to survive. Plants also breathe, their life is regulated by hormones and they reproduce,… just like us.
When you understand what a plant is, you can understand their needs and you’ll be able to tend your plants a lot better and take remedial action when things aren’t looking right. (more…)
The word garden originates from the old German term “gart” which means ‘enclosure’. A garden obviously is meant ‘to enclose something’? Hmmm… let’s look at the dictionary.
Dictionary.com’s definition of a garden is…
- garden
- “a plot of ground, usually near a house, where flowers, shrubs, vegetables, fruits, or herbs are cultivated.”
- garden
- “a piece of ground or other space, commonly with ornamental plants, trees, etc., used as a park or other public recreation area: a public garden.”
- garden
- “a fertile and delightful spot or region.”
Looking at the definitions and the original German word there are a couple of noteworthy keywords;
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