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well fellas i know when i usually start my seeds and now my wife this year really got into the gardening and she has done tons of research has a notebook and a calender with dates to plant what soil etc.... now she tells me i have been planting on the wrong day lol. Should i keep doing what i have always done or do what she says is right because if not there will be bad juju she says haha

2/24/2010 11:08:16 PM

Ohio

never listen to your wife, if you start doing that then that makes her boss. Put your foot down early in life or you will become a slave forever. Trust me I know this, cause It happend to me.

2/25/2010 8:37:42 AM

Little-TON - Colorado

Better yet...give her the same seedZ and grow side by side.....Let the competition start.....you will both Grow BIG....

2/25/2010 8:54:27 AM

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Agree. His & her patches. Same seeds. Let the scales decide. She might teach you a few things...or not.

This isn't the first time the World Record was owned by a woman. Won't be the last either.

2/25/2010 9:42:48 AM

Ohio

you have a great point there Steve,

2/25/2010 12:08:13 PM

Honesdale, Pennsylvania

Yikes........ next she is going to want that spot in the garage where you store your extra STUFF and she will take that shelf in the refrigerator where the beer goes. Your happy place will be invaded. Dont do it.

2/25/2010 12:21:08 PM

Pocatello ([email protected])

LOL, it's best to just divide up the garden and let each one do their part. My wife and I each love gardening, but there is always a difference of opinion on "how".

I put two corn seeds in the hole. She insists on three. etc, etc. This is just one of many things. Ultimately, it doesn't matter. The garden and the yard is always the envy of the entire neighborhood. It always comes out well. We've just learned that we each do things our own way.

I could see it being a problem if one of the two did all the work and the other did nothing. Count yourself fortunate if you have a wife who is interested.

Now, there is this theory about planting seeds during a waxing moon...

2/25/2010 12:27:55 PM

Wilmington.Ma.

I don't tell her how to clean the house,she don't tell me how to grow .In fact she hasen't been in the back yard in 10 years or so.Nice set up!

2/25/2010 2:36:16 PM

hey i appreciate all the good words fellas, i made her her own greenshouse today i told her things are gonna be kept seperate and that is that, we will see how this works out i am planting an acre this year so i think i can give up a corner to her lol

2/25/2010 4:20:24 PM

Anchorage, Alaska

Haha, I didn't think you were serious.

You tell her, Pirate!

2/25/2010 7:11:12 PM

Pataskala,OH

I start on my Brother's birthday April 27th. Works out well,

2/25/2010 8:27:26 PM

Gold Hill, Oregon

sometimes i think she is right sometimes i don't. go with your gut instinct!!!

2/26/2010 8:15:35 AM

Ohio

Im surprised Boomer (Boom Boom) hasnt responded ,,lol. Cause what ever she would say about this post Im sure would be hilarious,,LOL!

2/26/2010 8:45:34 AM

Pocatello ([email protected])

>> i told her things are gonna be kept seperate and that is that

Hmmm... well, you can make things "separate", but the key is don't make a scene about it... just be cool. I hope it works out!

2/26/2010 12:09:49 PM

Litchfield N. H. 03052

You guys don't know what you are talking about, Linda is in the patch with me every day, 4 eyes are better than just 2. I know many growers that have a wife that will not do anything for their husban's folly. I would bet those growers would love to have their wife interested in pumpkins.

2/26/2010 5:08:48 PM

BR , trust me she is interested but i dont have the patience to teach all the facts about how to do things, she does try but i just cannot have someone contaminating my daughter and i's pumpkin patch lol. The wife understands a little bit where i am coming from but she can still have a corner and step aside haha she is a good woman though. And with the whole date thing what she did is confuse the sh*t out of me with that dates i always plant then she comes up with these dates for her plants and says i need to plant the same time she finally has gave it up trying to tell me but she has been talking about her dates for like 2 weeks and i was flustered. I love a good polish woman :-)

2/26/2010 8:16:29 PM

[email protected]

Hey Pirate,

All us guys understand. And we wish you the best. But when former WR holder Bill Rodonis suggests your wife might help....well...she might.

2/27/2010 3:59:23 PM

Honesdale, Pennsylvania

Sounds like this has the potential for a new reality show. Have someones elses wife come help in your patch for a couple of weeks and see how it goes.

2/28/2010 1:59:13 PM

Boise City, Oklahoma, USA

Here I'm the plantaholic and he's the pumpkin widower.

He steps in my patch under invitation and escorted ONLY. The 'crunch' of him stepping on anything... he'd rather NOT because.

I'd say, Pirate, give her her own space, support and help her if asked or if you see the squash bugs holding a convention over there... and see what comes of it :)

3/1/2010 4:55:01 AM