Talk:Gardening
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I am extremely concerned with the persisting pornographic vandalism that appears on this page. My attempt to remove it seems to have automatically been reverted. I don't know how to deal with this and there is nothing in the article on Wikipedia:Vandalism that talks about something of this nature. I am even more concerned that after my initial attempts to remove it failed, my computer seems to be blocked from logging in to Wikipedia. My worry is that this has made me the target of a malicious attack. I only stumbled on this article by accident, and this clearly needs to be dealt with by someone who knows what they're doing.
- I don't know if there has been any blocking. A sysop may have confused your address with the vandal. I looked at the page, and your correction was still in effect (at least when I looked). Be sure you refresh your browser, so you're not looking at a cached page. I would also encourage you to get a username to avoid any possible confusion with vandals. Anyway thanks for the cleanup. I don't know why this page seems to be a target for jerks. We need more folks like you, even if you do stay anonymous. Pollinator 12:37, Jun 13, 2004 (UTC)
I had removed the paragraph concerning roof garden from the "gardening" article text and moved it lock, stock and barrel into its own separate article. That article is also linked to in the gardening article, as well as in the garden article under the list "Garden types". If there needs to be an additional reference to it in this article, perhaps it can be shortened, so it is not a repeat of the separate article. Perhaps also, the separate article can be further developed. :Sfdan 19:56, 6 Nov 2003 (UTC)
ok :-) Thanks for all the great work on this article. It had a common basis with the french one, and watching the evolution of them both in different direction is very pleasant. Anthère
Would an article on garden pests be appropriate? Many of these critters already have their own pages (like the Snail page), but an article discussing them specifically in the context of gardening and defending one's garden from them, could be handy. Crayfish
I think an article on garden pests would be appropriate. I would also like to see a list of garden pests included into that article, which would lead one to the individual "garden pest" pages. Sfdan 09:48, 21 Feb 2004 (UTC)
Here is a start - perhaps not quite what you expected - but a start anyhow!81.144.158.195. Let me try four waves! 81.144.158.195 15:21, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
In the section about gardens as a form of social or political expression, it might be worth mentioning the Victory Gardens people planted during World War II. Those were both a source of food, and a political expression of support for the U.S. war effort. Have other countries also encouraged gardening as an expression of nationalism? Wesley 16:02, 13 Apr 2004 (UTC)
Perhaps the page could do with some links to more practical information, e.g. how to grow runner beans, kill slugs, etc. publunch pjb@publunch.plus.com 21:37, 18th April 2004.
Link to "Notable Gardeners" links to "Gardener". This seems wrong, but I'm not sure if there is a "List of Famous Gardeners" as yet. Nimbex 01:05, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
On the gardening versus farming in the UK there is a serious difference in planning consent for land: you need permission for a garden on farmland or a farm on land designated residential. They even argue that an orchard is a farm if and only if the trees are in straight lines. Is this a peculiar British thing or is it a distinction worth discussing everywhere? (talk)--BozMo 22:36, 7 May 2004 (UTC)
- It's randomly different - in the US it varies from state to state and even county to county. Might just say "governments sometimes have official definitions and restrictions", and give British as examples. Stan 01:00, 8 May 2004 (UTC)
[edit] American gardens and American gardeners
Amercian gardeners cope with many different conditions from sandy soils to clay, from rocks to bogs. We garden at the tops of the Adirondacks and Rocky Mountains through the Great Plains of the midwest and in coastal areas. Winters range from tropical to artic and everything in between. It is rarely possible to address all these problems in one article, but some of the regional differences are addressed in Americangardens@suite101.com. That's regional information, not interesting to most people, the "we" form is not permitted and the formatting was terrible. I've removed it. Piet 20:25, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
