Pull weeds
Swat skeeters
Wear odd clothing to garden in
Sit in our garden chairs and sip a cold drink after a hot day's work in the garden.

Here is a link that might be useful: Creative Soul

Though they certainly vary by zone, we all have seasonal chores;

Deal with various pests and diseases;

Share our bounty, whether produce, seeds or divisions, with others.

I really liked your blog. We are also a homeshcool family. My DGD ages 12 & 14 have never been to a traditional school. We really enjoy having them home with us. They have been such a help in the garden and enjoy learning about new things. This homeschooling grandma is loving her 2nd childhood with the girls,
Donna

Sierra ~ Nice topic.

Yes, I love being outdoors, a lot.

I do weed periodically.

Am trying to garden organically.

Love scents, colors and textures.

Enjoy gathering herbs to use in teas, soaps, sachets and cooking.

Learning what grows in my zone, and enjoying the results.

Thankful for many blessings.

FlowerLady

Most of us probably go out into the garden just as soon as we get home to 'take a quick peek' at something that just started blooming and come inside an hour and a half later... with mud on our good work shoes. At least, I do. I never seem to learn to change clothes first.

Dragging hoses.

Spending time looking for misplaced tools.

Replanting plants that have been planted in the wrong place.

Annette

Enjoy sharing and seeing photos of each others pretties!

Big grin, me, too, Mechele. I never remember to change my shoes, and that quick garden tour almost always turns into gardening. Consequently, I have to polish my shoes often.

Lorna

Ohhhhhhhh there are very good answers here. My hope was to point out that we are all doing the same things, although we garden in different zones. I think this is important to remember.

Now my favorite is misplaced tools. If I would just quit doing this.....I would be able to get more actual gardening done. A couple of years ago, I misplaced my favourite clippers....and they never did turn up again. They must of ended up in the wheel barrow and tossed down the hill into the compost....never to be found again. Boo Hoo, I can't even find these clippers again to buy them again.

Recently Patti started a thread about bee balm. This got me thinking.....I grow bee balm in zone 2 and FlowerLady is trying it in zone 10......and there are several people growning it in zones in between. Isn't that amazing????

caavonldy, I think this is a misplaced post....I don't have a blog nor do I homeschool anybody. LOL!!

Has anybody else here moved and ended up gardening in a completely different zone?

Sierra

Ditto to all of the above. I especially enjoy sharing my garden pleasures & treasures with friends and loved ones. Nothing beats their faces lighting up with pleasure while taking a whiff of my pungent rosemary plant or rubbing lemon balm in their fingers or inhaling orange blossoms or sticking their nose deep into the folds of a heavily scented rose! Or... watching birds frolic in the birdbath or hearing a lone nightowl or songbird, or watching an opossum walking the fence, or watching the resident lizard lazily sunning himself while he clings almost vertically to the bark of the big ash tree, or hearing the gentle trickle of water from the wall fountain as it masks the outer world, as hummingbirds terrritorily flock around the feeder sipping nectar while the sunset glows heavenly over my garden wall...I am thankful! Becky

Wow I find it interesting that none of you cottage gardeners have moved and ended up gardening in different zones. There are some good points to doing this.....for one, you get to know and grow different plants. And you pick up a lot of knowledge from other gardeners in those zones. It also keeps your interest in gardening fresh...because you are always learning something new. This is probably why I try to push the zone a lot. As you know sometimes it works.....sometimes it doesn't. But it is always a challenge.

Sierra