Everyone wanting to do this survey please scroll to the bottom answer before answering anything. It might be a waste of your time otherwise and personally I think this is a poor attempt at grabbing some info that should be researched instead of given.

That is an extraordinarily amateurish and ill-written survey. I can't make heads or tails out of some of the questions -- one simply doesn't "store" a garden, for example.

I would be entirely happy, even eager, to assist a serious student with a serious, well-thought-out survey but I won't lend my efforts to something so sloppy.

I took the survey Becuase I wanted to help, I think you need to redesign it. First off I wouldn't call myself a beginer gardener but I'm not exactly advanced either. I've been vegetable gardening for 4 years.

Next, Your questions about what is the most difficult part of planning a garden are not really about planning. Many of the items you listed are not "hard" for me at all. for example I ranked deciding what to plant as one of the hardest tasks. Why? not becuase I'm clueless, rather I have more cultivars I could plant than I have room. Deciding what to plant is also one of the most enjoyable parts of gardening for me.

When you asked where I plant. you didn't even list a garden. Sure there are people who grow in containers, which doesn't differ much from on a patio, but a large portion of gardenrs grow in a garden.

Although I agree that the survey needs work, kmkimbro3 is a student. He/she is in the process of learning how to conduct research. Therefore, I took the survey to help out. When he/she begins the process analyzing and evaluating the data, the problems with the survey will be (or at least should be) addressed.

Good luck with your research.
Kim

Ditto with Kim. After reading the comments, I expected this survey to be a mess or some sort of scam (still don't understand Taz's comment about the bottom question). It wasn't. Took me a couple seconds to fill out. And I'd prefer giving someone the benefit of doubt instead of always assuming the worst. Hope it helps!

I have to agree that this is a poorly designed survey. I suspect the student doesn't garden. Partnering with a gardener to design the survey would produce much better and more usable results.