UNSUNG HEROES, JOURNAL 11
THE AVERAGE MEDITERRANEAN GARDENER
By Jenny Bussey
This article gives the statistics of a questionnaire members of the society had been asked to fill in about their gardens and their habits. Size of garden, level above seawater, if the gardener was male or female, the age of the gardener, who had gardened only in Northern Europe before, who had always gardened in a Mediterranean climate, and the list goes on. Seventy-two people took part in this effort to find the typical Mediterranean Gardener.
I quote
“The watering can (58%) and hose pipe (67%) are the favourite ways of watering, with (40%) using sprinklers and (36%) drip irrigation “
Here are photos of my beautiful watering can, which I have never used, painted by a good friend of mine and given to us as a house warming present twenty-six years ago.
The hosepipe and holder were also acquired at that time.
Please note the plastic watering can which catches the drips from an air conditioning unit, the collected water is then given to the nearby plants in pots