Once he sees all the flowers you will get from those jugs, he also will be enjoying your garden. That's cute.

My husband does all the cutting trees, lugging logs, etc. and takes care of cutting the grass - He's never complained about the terrible mess I make on the screened porch during the winter - - I am grateful for that.

But... I just wish he would learn the names of the some of the perennials/annuals that I have discovered through wintersowing. I would say - which ones did you say you liked? (It was the Verb. Bon.) and he'd say "the tall purple ones".. but he doesn't care at all what the names are. He just says - "as long as you know what you are planting and you are happy"

Weird as it may sound, when we had our first house, HE was the one who planted our first flower garden - direct sowed all the ordinaries - b.buttons, zinnias, marigolds and I was busy being a mom and just enjoyed picking the flowers.
Our second house, he did a great veggie garden - again I was too busy and didn't get too involved with that.

Now, since I discovered wintersowing, I am the one sowing, planting, digging and learning and he recognizes that it has now become a passion of mine, whereas now running is his thing. At least we've both found ways to exercise everyday.

I am just grateful that he doesn't chime in as to placement, color etc. Hey, if I am doing the work, I get to put the flowers where I want! LOL

Carrie

how nice!
My hubby calls plants funny names like the fuzzy one.
I tried to teach him some but not going to happen!

Karen

I was told this past winter that there was no way all those seeds would fit in my beds. Well...they did. And I even had enough to give away. I still have blank spaces. Thanks to Carrie, some of those were filled. Next year, I'll be sowing even more without the worry of someone trying to give their opinion. :)

During the winter months when we don't spend anytime in the backyard, DH doesn't seem to mind the wintersown containers covering the patio, but when summer gets here, and he's back there using the grill, or his newest toy, the smoker, then he starts asking when the mess is going to be gone.

Even though he grumbles about the containers and mess, he always helps with the big jobs, like pounding in the 8' T-posts for my tomato plants with a sledgehammer, or building the pergola, or picking up a truckload full of rocks for me to edge the beds with.

He's definitely a "keeper", and it sounds like your is too, Paula!

Bonnie

Awww, that is sweet. I thought my DH was going to think I was nutter when I started WS'ing this year. He has been my biggest fan! He even asked co workers to save milk jugs for me, and never hesitated to go on a soil run when I ran out. He has been admiring all my sprouts. When I had left overs for give away"s and people thanked him he said, you have to thank Dawn, she's the grower, lol. He is already helping me plan what to WS next year.

Yesterday, my husband asked me "what are those pretty blue flowers?" Yay, he wanted to know the name - (Nigella) I've noticed that he's attracted to the purples and blues... funny.. pink for girls; blue for boys (?)...

Carrie

My BF is really sweet (uh...sometimes). When I'm feeling down because I think my yard looks blah, he'll tell me how great it is. (Of course, to him, having one plant in bloom is success. I, of course, want 3 complementary things blooming in a cluster!).

He's funny about learning names, too. His mind holds on to all sorts of esoteric information, but those seeds he collected and WSed are "The Mister Z. flowers" and not Gaillardia. :)

Listening to you all raving about your husbands has convinced me I need a man! ;-)

Funny: An out-of-work friend of mine, HVAC technician, asked me last week if I needed any work done around the house. He's a little guy, but strong and way more agile than I am. I said "Sure, I always have something that needs to be fixed or a project to work on."

He was here for three days, and cleaned out all the gutters, pruned and trimmed back all the bushes in the front of the house, lugged a ton of compost... on and on.

I paid him a few bucks an hour and stuffed him with all the home-made food he could eat. A great deal for me!

Now, I did NOT say he plants, divides, sows... he just admires the flowers and is partial to the blues/purples...

I'll take that.. I'm too "selfish" with my gardens to share the work and compliments... (or stupid?).. LOL

Carrie :0/

My husband has been very supportive! He knows gardening is important to me, he tells me how wonderful things are starting to look. He's also is very willing to stop at the nursery to pick up my organic slug bait or whatever else I need... although I think he does that because if I go for it myself, it makes for an expensive trip! He's a good guy, he loves me, and he puts up with me flying my freak flag, who could ask for more?

I will have to admit he is a Keeper for sure. And is also my planter of bigger things like trees and rose bushes. He would help with the babies if I let him but he is just so heavy handed the poor things wouldn't have a chance he would squish them. And he listiens to me go on and on about plants and what I am trying this year and whatever with a look of interest in his face (even if he zones out he's still interested in what I am telling him). And he know some of the plants by sight but not all. He teases me because I "ruined" him by birdwatching and now plants.

Paula