Scottish Rock Garden Club Forum
General Subjects => General Forum => Topic started by: Renate Brinkers on June 04, 2008, 08:56:28 PM
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Just a joke, I hope it is the right place for it.
We always talk about the habit of the plants we collect, so maybe we should also think about:
the plant collectors typical body attitude
house plant collectors: standing upright, head easily bent
herbaceous plant collectors: body easily bent, head strongly bent
fragrant plant collectors: body easily bent, nose turned
tree collectors: standing upright, head over the horizontal strongly to the rear bent
container plant collectors: edifying head – during the holidays at Madeira tree collectors attitude
alpine plant collectors: horizontal body attitude, creeping on the ground
Greetings Renate, herbaceours plant collector and bulb collector (any ideas?)
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herbaceous plant collector and bulb collector (any ideas?)
.......double-jointed very sinuous person with long fingers for probing the soil to the bulbs ! ;)
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:o Renate : great examination !!!
I think you can make this studies every day in your nursery .....
I really agree with you and the late consistence are problems with muscles , problems with the knees ( special for snowdroplovers )
But we have to think : also the doctors ( and eyedoctors ) and physios like to life ... ::)
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When I had many more people at my nursery than I currently do (from choice) I had all my sale plants in trays on the ground. Then I had raised timber beds built. The original reason for this was that we had a rabbit problem at the time and the raised beds (on legs) let the rabbits run underneath but not have access to the plants (except in the garden :'(). However, as a side effect, I noticed that many older customers were very happy to look at plants raised up, and didn't have to bend to ground level to look and choose. When they did this, they sometimes found it was difficult to get upright again. Now of course, I've joined them and find raised beds a great advantage, so far as my back is concerned. :D
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Renata,
I recall reading that every gardener needs a cast-iron back with a well-oiled hinge in it.
Bulb grower body? Perhaps like the ostrich, bottom in the air, head in the ground?
Paddy
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Great,
bottom in the air, head in the ground and long fingers *smile*