Results: gardening habits and preferences
1.
1.
Do you enjoy gardening? I am rabid about my gardens, and enjoy working in them
30%
•
489 votes
enjoy it as long as I don't have to work at it
38%
•
625 votes
EEEEEEUUUUUUUU--BUGS!
26%
•
434 votes
Other (please specify)
6%
•
99 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
| no | 0.73% | 12 |
| n/a | 0.67% | 11 |
| 0.55% | 9 | |
| na | 0.49% | 8 |
| i don't garden | 0.18% | 3 |
| no garden | 0.12% | 2 |
| not sure yet | 0.06% | 1 |
| don't have a garden. | 0.06% | 1 |
| i don't garden. | 0.06% | 1 |
| half and half | 0.06% | 1 |
| i want to have an intense veggie garden this year | 0.06% | 1 |
| no space for one | 0.06% | 1 |
| sometimes | 0.06% | 1 |
| i never did any kind of gardening | 0.06% | 1 |
| hard work gives good results, but i don't want to spend every weekend working int he garden. | 0.06% | 1 |
| if i can | 0.06% | 1 |
| wouldn't say i'm "rabid" but digging in the dirt is way more beneficial than trip to therapist. | 0.06% | 1 |
| don't have anywhere to garden. | 0.06% | 1 |
| don't have a green thumb | 0.06% | 1 |
| love gardening, don't have a garden! (apartment) | 0.06% | 1 |
| i used to love to garden but in apartment where that's not possible now | 0.06% | 1 |
| none of these | 0.06% | 1 |
| i kill plants as soon as i look at them, but it would be fun if i could keep them alive. | 0.06% | 1 |
| black thumb | 0.06% | 1 |
| i want to! | 0.06% | 1 |
| enjoy but not an option for me right now | 0.06% | 1 |
| no room | 0.06% | 1 |
| i accept the work and remain hopeful of the outcome | 0.06% | 1 |
| dont mind it | 0.06% | 1 |
| sometimes.... the days i do not like it is when i have to do the weeding of the garden to remove the weeds. | 0.06% | 1 |
| yes i enjoy gardening as a hobby, but it does not consume me | 0.06% | 1 |
| sort of but i don't have access to a garden | 0.06% | 1 |
| i can't touch dirt but i love my husband's garden! | 0.06% | 1 |
| yes some what | 0.06% | 1 |
| ,, | 0.06% | 1 |
| nope | 0.06% | 1 |
| yes but i'm not rabid | 0.06% | 1 |
| meh | 0.06% | 1 |
| yes it is fun | 0.06% | 1 |
| dont like to garden | 0.06% | 1 |
| nopr | 0.06% | 1 |
| like it! | 0.06% | 1 |
| i like to garden but i don't work at it too hard | 0.06% | 1 |
| too much fork for such little result | 0.06% | 1 |
| not quite rabid, but i do enjoy it | 0.06% | 1 |
| dont do it | 0.06% | 1 |
| yes i do | 0.06% | 1 |
| don't garden | 0.06% | 1 |
| not any more, moved to an apartment and have no space to garden now | 0.06% | 1 |
| gave it up, as it all dies off on me | 0.06% | 1 |
| if i had land, but it is container gardening | 0.06% | 1 |
| i enjoy gardening but also have a gardener | 0.06% | 1 |
| want one | 0.06% | 1 |
| would love to have a garden but can't plant where i live | 0.06% | 1 |
| try but not good at it | 0.06% | 1 |
| yes | 0.06% | 1 |
| had a garden, neighbor kids used my unripe tomatoes as baseballs, no more garden | 0.06% | 1 |
| i use to enjoy gardening | 0.06% | 1 |
| no, don't have a garden | 0.06% | 1 |
| apartment, no place for a garden. | 0.06% | 1 |
2.
2.
where is most of your gardening budget spent? annuals
14%
•
234 votes
perrenials
13%
•
212 votes
trees
4%
•
69 votes
veggies
23%
•
375 votes
chemicals (insecticides, fertilizers, herbisides etc0
5%
•
79 votes
the gardener
3%
•
50 votes
N/A
37%
•
609 votes
Other (please specify)
1%
•
19 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
| herbs | 0.12% | 2 |
| depends | 0.06% | 1 |
| helping my family | 0.06% | 1 |
| mulch | 0.06% | 1 |
| veggies and herbs | 0.06% | 1 |
| all | 0.06% | 1 |
| don't really have budget; buy here and there; over years have planted perennials, bulbs, etc. that multiply to cut down on cost, | 0.06% | 1 |
| annuals,perrenials,veggies no chemicals | 0.06% | 1 |
| mowing | 0.06% | 1 |
| landscaping materials | 0.06% | 1 |
| its minimal, i do everything from seed, compost everything at no cost | 0.06% | 1 |
| water to keep it alive | 0.06% | 1 |
| seeds | 0.06% | 1 |
| the gardener and also the vegetable and fruit garden we are hoping to add. | 0.06% | 1 |
| bulbs that i plant and don't do anything to and they survive yearly | 0.06% | 1 |
| don't have one right now but am eager to once again live somewhere that i can have one again | 0.06% | 1 |
| dirt | 0.06% | 1 |
| i dont budget in certain areas | 0.06% | 1 |
3.
3.
Do you use organic products in your garden? Yes
29%
•
483 votes
No
28%
•
454 votes
Undecided
10%
•
159 votes
Not Applicable
33%
•
551 votes
4.
4.
If you do use organic products, do you find them to be as effective as chemicals? yes
21%
•
347 votes
no
13%
•
220 votes
n/a
46%
•
759 votes
undecided
19%
•
313 votes
Other (please specify)
0%
•
8 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
| na | 0.12% | 2 |
| 0.12% | 2 | |
| i use both, as indicated/required by the local conditions | 0.06% | 1 |
| i don't use any products, organic or non-organic. i just let things grow on their own. | 0.06% | 1 |
| it depends | 0.06% | 1 |
| sometimes | 0.06% | 1 |
5.
5.
Is it worth it to you to put a little more effort into growing organic so that you have peace of mind that you are not feeding your family poisons? yes
38%
•
625 votes
no
18%
•
295 votes
n/a
44%
•
727 votes
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