- Your neighbors recognize you in your pajamas, rubber clogs and a cup of coffee.
- You grab other peoples banana peels, coffee grinds, apple cores, etc. for YOUR compose pile.
- You buy a bigger truck so you can haul more compost.
- You sneak home a 7 foot Japanese Maple and wonder if your spouse will notice.
- You like the smell of manure better than Estee Lauder.
- You rejoice in rain, even after 10 straight days.
- You have pride in how bad your hands look.
- You take every single person who enters your house on a "garden tour."
- You'd rather go to a nursery to shop than a clothes store.
- When considering your budget, plants are more important than groceries.
- You find yourself feeling leaves, flowers, and trucks of trees wherever you go, even at funerals.
- All your neighbors come and ask you gardening questions.
- You have to wash your hair to get your fingernails clean.
- You plan vacation rips around he locations of botanical gardens, arboreta and historic gardens.
- You go out at night with a flashlight and umbrella to check your garden.
