Sunday, June 10, 2012
Saturday, June 9, 2012
Kathy Jentz, Publishing Gardener, Plot 16
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| Kathy Jentz, Plot 16, Fenton Street Garden. Kathy’s work is featured in numerous area publications including the
Washington Examiner newspaper, Pathways Magazine, and Washington Women
magazine. In addition, she appears on regular gardening guest spots on
Channel 9, Channel 4, and WAMU radio. |
When we were assigned plots in the garden, I was delighted to learn that Kathy would be gardening just down the row from me in her Plot 16. She's always got a good tip handy; knows most everything there is to know and if she doesn't, she'll figure it out for you. Having Kathy around the Community Garden has also proved useful because she's a natural-born leader. When there's a project at hand, she's got the chops for it. With a quick command, we're all happily lined up and executing the orders. And as a result, we've got two gorgeous communal herb and wild flower patches growing in what once a messy mix of angry, ugly weeds. Without further ado, here's Kathy:
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| Kathy lays in the brick path for our herb and wildflower corne |
Mid-December thru February - HATE HATE HATE the Mid-Atlantic Winter!
Other than the state of Maryland, where would you most like to live?
New Orleans
What is your idea of earthly happiness?
Time enough to read everything in my stacks, cool drink in hand, surrounded by my cats and bunches of cut flowers
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?
Procrastinating
Who are your favorite environmental or botanical heroes?
Ben Franklin, he is not thought that way, but if you really read his stuff, he was a great protector of the Earth
Who are your favorite gardeners in history?
The originals: Adam and Eve
Who are your favorite heroes or heroines of fiction?
Indiana Jones
Your favorite painter?
Dali
Your favorite musician?
Prince
Your favorite tool?
Cobrahead
The quality you most admire in a gardener?
Patience
Your favorite virtue?
Calm
Your favorite occupation?
I'm not sure if this means job or way to spend my time?
Who would you have liked to be?
is this a historic or fictional or not specific person but a job category?
Your most marked characteristic?
Bossiness
What do you most value in your garden?
Anything that takes care of itself and thrives
What is your principle gardening defect?
Hate the thought of weeding - but once I get going, it is not too bad
What is your dream of happiness?
See: What is your idea of earthly happiness?
Friday, June 8, 2012
A Proust Questionnaire for Gardeners
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| Proust Questionnaire: A Peachy-Keen Idea |
Vanity Fair has a decided edge on the Putterer in this tradition. Its famous last-page interview of luminaries has been long-celebrated, and I admit to shameless borrowing.
But then again, it's really Marcel Proust we should all thank for this.
And speaking of shamelessness, and for those reading this who are unfamiliar with the tradition, I lifted this directly from this Proust Questionnaire site:
The young Marcel Proust was asked to fill out questionnaires at two social events: one when he was 13, another when he was 20. Proust did not invent this party game; he was simply the most extraordinary person to respond to them. At the birthday party of Antoinette Felix-Faure, the 13-year-old Marcel was asked to answer fifteen questions in the birthday book. Seven years after the first questionnaire, Proust was asked, at another social event, to fill out another; the questions are much the same, but the answers somewhat different, indicative of his traits at 20.Proust Interviews of random individuals are now being captured and preserved for posterity at the Library of Alexandria in Egypt. Mine is a less ambitious project. On a good day, the Putterer's readership is somewhere around 17 page views—a circulation limited to friends and family, so for anyone feeling shy, no worries, few will ever find you here. Send me your answers in a comment below. Or contact me via email: beth.pylieberman@verizon.net. The Putterer
Proust Questionnaire for Gardeners
As a gardener, what do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
Other than the state of Maryland, where would you most like to live?
What is your idea of earthly happiness?
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?
Who are your favorite environmental or botanical heroes?
Who are your favorite gardeners in history?
Who are your favorite heroes or heroines of fiction?
Your favorite painter?
Your favorite musician?
Your favorite tool?
The quality you most admire in a gardener?
Your favorite virtue?
Your favorite occupation?
Who would you have liked to be?
Your most marked characteristic?
What do you most value in your garden?
What is your principle gardening defect?
What is your dream of happiness?
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