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doodle by andre: must garden gear

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FOR SOMEONE WHO SAYS HE DOESN’T GARDEN, doodler Andre Jordan seems to have all the right tools on hand nonetheless. I grow suspicious; you?

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26 comments
January 15, 2009

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  1. Cameron (Defining Your Home Garden) says

    January 15, 2009 at 8:25 am

    LOL! Wonderful!

    Cameron

    Reply
  2. Carol, May Dreams Gardens says

    January 15, 2009 at 9:43 am

    Where is the hoe?

    Reply
  3. John at JWLW says

    January 15, 2009 at 10:02 am

    You forgot the Lounge Chair, after three bottles of alcohol it will be needed.

    Have a good day,
    John

    Reply
  4. Dave says

    January 15, 2009 at 9:08 am

    The last one could no doubt be used after the first one!

    Reply
  5. andre says

    January 15, 2009 at 9:18 am

    Good morning.

    smiles at Margaret innocently

    wonders if electric blanket should have been added to list of essential garden tools.

    shrugs

    sits at kitchen table. puts on bobble hat. Unbuttons velvet jacket. Begins to draw visually impaired moth for the BBC.

    Reply
  6. margaret says

    January 15, 2009 at 9:31 am

    Welcome, Dave. I definitely think it’s best not to drink before using sharp objects, though I do my most confident and inspired pruning after one glass of wine: not tipsy, but loosened up a bit, so I don’t overthink. Hope to see you again soon.

    Andre, is there no central heating in Nebraska? (I know there’s none in England, brrrr…., but shall I send you my spare heating pad by Express Mail?)

    Reply
  7. Susan Cohan says

    January 15, 2009 at 9:31 am

    Is the alcohol de-‘natured’?

    Reply
  8. Susan Tomlinson says

    January 15, 2009 at 9:59 am

    LOL! How did he know what my tool shed looks like?

    Reply
    • margaret says

      January 15, 2009 at 10:29 am

      Welcome, Susan. Andre has this sixth sense about us somehow (or he is a lurker, not certain which). Come again soon.

      Now as for Carol, Millie, well she insists on being sensible and always having a hoe on hand. Or 20. The Queen of the Hoedown, that Carol.

      Reply
  9. millie rossman kidd says

    January 15, 2009 at 10:29 am

    Carol’s cracking me up as much as Andre’s spot on drawing!

    Reply
  10. Chris says

    January 15, 2009 at 10:44 am

    And, you can recycle the processed alcohol into the compost pile

    Reply
    • margaret says

      January 15, 2009 at 11:28 am

      Welcome, Chris. And yes, indeedy, you can do that (though I don’t), to add important Nitrogen in liquid form. Thanks for visiting, and do stop by again soon.

      Reply
  11. Kathy says

    January 15, 2009 at 11:00 am

    One look at these essential tools makes me even more anxious for spring!

    Reply
  12. Susan says

    January 15, 2009 at 11:58 am

    Where are the cheese and crackers?

    Reply
  13. chris says

    January 15, 2009 at 12:30 pm

    if it is tequila, then the worms can go into the alcohol, more efficient that way

    Reply
  14. andre says

    January 15, 2009 at 12:43 pm

    damn I forgot the cheese.

    Chris: I was always told to get the snails drunk and to (as my mother would shout from the kitchen window when I was a child) ‘LEAVE THE WORMS ALONE!’

    Reply
  15. Melinda says

    January 15, 2009 at 12:45 pm

    The hammock…where’s the hammock?

    Reply
  16. Alexa - invisiblebees says

    January 15, 2009 at 5:20 pm

    Thursday is fast becoming my favorite day of the week. Thank you, Andre. Thank you, Margaret.

    …Out here in Colorado (and for ye in Nebraska, too, no?) we must add straw hat or bedecked-out sunbonnet as essential garden gear. Not only does it protect from the sun and glare, but one can certainly hide one’s flask under it or use it to keep bugs off the cheese plate. Cheers!

    Reply
  17. Tammy says

    January 15, 2009 at 5:24 pm

    I am all for drunk snails, the little pests.

    Reply
  18. JimD says

    January 16, 2009 at 9:58 am

    I had a bad experience with alcohol, fingers, and pruning shears, but thankfully I’m well over it.

    Reply
  19. Scott says

    January 16, 2009 at 9:06 pm

    I like to end a long day in the garden with a nice glass of wine or a cold beer. It helps take the edge off after I push myself too hard. MUCH better than ibuprofen.

    Reply
    • margaret says

      January 17, 2009 at 7:01 pm

      Welcome, Scott. Sorry for the delay in saying hello; your comment went temporarily to spam, and who knows why? Thanks for joining us, and here’s to another season of days ended with that cold beer or glass of wine. Cheers!

      Reply
  20. Fennel and Fern says

    January 17, 2009 at 7:57 am

    Yes,a stiff glass of wine is just what I need after discovering that the malevolent kitten who lives downstairs has been defecating all over my freshly-dug carrot bed! Toxoplasmosis anyone?

    http://www.fennelandfern.blogspot.com

    Reply
    • margaret says

      January 17, 2009 at 8:05 am

      Welcome, Fennel and Fern. Cats do have the notion that garden=litter box, that’s for sure. Disturbing, and apparently impossible to direct them otherwise. Ugh. Hope to see you again (and that the luck shifts on the cat score).

      Reply
  21. Robin Wedewer says

    January 17, 2009 at 7:51 am

    Very cute, although I agree a place for napping would be needed with the addition of the alcohol. Perhaps a chamomile bed would be nice.

    Robin Wedewer
    National Gardening Examiner

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  22. Annie in Austin says

    January 17, 2009 at 12:53 pm

    Very funny, Andre & Margaret!

    Alcohol seems to be essential in Austin. Fellow gardenblogger Vertie even uses the empties to improve her garden.

    http://vertaustin.blogspot.com/2008/08/you-can-stop-drinking-now.html

    Annie at the Transplantable Rose

    Reply

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