OBEY YOUR MASTER!!!

[stoney321]

It helps if you know the song by Metallica for the icon to work... Wanna know what all the dom stuff is about? Today is graduation day. Heading out in a few hours to walk the walk. All you punk-ass "bachelor of arts" wussies better go get me a piece of pie! You lookin' at your new MASTER beyotch! Aw, yeah, I'm hardcore GARDENER in yo face!

Ha ha ha! Seriously, though I am super excited about today. It was hard going back to school, then for this title, you have to give back several hundred hours of volunteer work to the community (which is fun because people are stupid and it amuses me). I am now officially an "expert" on turf, trees, grass, flowers, vegetables, insects and disease. So I got that going for me, which is nice.

A SHINY NEW BADGE!! I can wear it with pride.... Yay me! :-) More Cecily later today!

Comments

[sangueuk.livejournal.com]

Yo, Stoney! You ees one turf beatch! (geddit?)

:::ducks:::

Congratulations! I know you've worked hard to get this.

[smashsc.livejournal.com]

WooHoo! Congrats. Congrats.

I may be the only person on your flist who knows what a Master Gardener is so you get a double congrats from me.

(-:

lml ^__^ lml Gardeners rock like a geologist!

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

Ha ha ha!! Ba dum bum ching! Me tinks you is funni, yo.

If I can do nothing else in this world than convince people to quit killing their plants with water, then I've done enough. Compost!! And I'm audi. Hee hee!

*dances naked in wildflowers in your honor - they are tall flowers*

[chantal87.livejournal.com]

WooHoo!
Congratulations smart gardening girl.

DeGrassi! Ha ha ha! I get it!!

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

Woo hoo!! And the guy who trained me is the guy who set up the entire system out here.

*prunes your roses, but not until Feb 14*

200 volunteer hours, 120 hours of study, many plants saved. Many lawns rescued from over-zealous waterers. I will wear my badge with pride and use it for good.

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

I've been looking for your post today so I could spam you with Happy Birthday!!!

Yes, Johnson, Navin R. THINGS WILL START HAPPENING FOR ME. I will now flash mybadge when caught sneaking into graveyards to take cuttings of old roses. Can't touch the badge of TRUTH!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

[chantal87.livejournal.com]

Thank you darlin'.
You're badge of truth sounds sexy.:)

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

Thanks, and stop that!!! (Um, I'm free {volunteer} and LOVE to help. Plus, there is an entire group of people that do what I do {free} and we are a phone call away!)

See? Earning the badge already. (And seriously, call the Extension Office, Horticulture if you need plant fixin' info or email ME!)

*hugs her flist*

[beadattitude.livejournal.com]

I feel like we should give you the silver plated pruners of, well, uh, prudence?

All hail and may the trumpets sound! Master Gardener....in da...ground?

Stopping now, before I commit a pun about photosynthesis and hurt myself.

Re: DeGrassi! Ha ha ha! I get it!!

[smashsc.livejournal.com]

Yes, yes, Degrassi. The icon makes me laugh so much.

Sadly I am rose-less, the tiny little container garden on my porch is all I've got and that is gone for the winter.

County Extension Offices are cool. It is neat to think of how much they've changed in the last 50 years or so and a little sad to think how marginalized they are now.

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

*sung to The Police's tune: Synchronicity*

Alkilinity! Alkilinity!

Mah pH is higher... Mah pH is higher!

Wow. I HAVE OUT NERDED YOU ALL!!! Muah ah ah...

Just don't call me a ho... Wow. I should REALLY stop. *snerks at photosynthesis shout out*

[beadattitude.livejournal.com]

You know, you should never try to mop the floor while Synchronicity is playing. You could hurt something. Just wanted you to know.

We just won't call you a skanky ho.

Chlorophyll. Word. ::does that little "party on" hand gesture::

you mean THIS: lml ^__^ lml

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah, I two handed it.

I bounced around the idea of starting my own landscape design co called: One Ho and a Shovel, but husband thought a bit much. Ha ha ha!

Off to shower and make myself presentable!

poor little rose-less Smash

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

Man, our department is almost completely gone and working solely on volunteerism. Which only makes us STRONGER. Ha.

Do you know of Neil Sperry? (he's one of us, and lives a few block down. GORGEOUS garden, duh.) you know, I have lots of plans for growing many veggies in a small container. All in one place...

Just sayin'...

Re: you mean THIS: lml ^__^ lml

[beadattitude.livejournal.com]

One Ho and a Shovel, with the tag line....We play dirty.

^__^ ^__^

Well, just imagine all your flisters cheering and clapping and tossing gravel! Go you!

[julia-here.livejournal.com]

Congratulations, it's a tough program. Some day I may be able to take sufficient time away from actually gardening to become a Master Gardener.

If you really want a pruning challenge, you could come take on those thirty-odd 100 year od apple trees in my orchard. Bring a cheerypicker.

Julia, or the Long John Silver rose currently eating my house

Re: poor little rose-less Smash

[smashsc.livejournal.com]

We still have County Extension Centers in all 100 counties (if I'm not mistaken) and most of then still have a paid person or two. (At the least a director and an extension agent). And some of us are still paid in whole or part with extension money (like me). But extension is hurting here too and gets less and less money each year; it just isn't seen as a priority.

The size of my porch isn't the limiting factor for growing stuff, the limiting factor is sun. There are only two places on my porch that get enough sun to grow anything, one spot gets enough sun to be considered high sun (I grew sage, basil, and peppers there this year) but the other only gets a few hours of sun a day.

One of these days I'll live in a house type place and I'll be able to actually grow my veggies.

[marlo.livejournal.com]

well, you KNOW I love the icon. You da best!!

[spikefan.livejournal.com]

You ROCK ROCK ROCK! (Heh, pun on stoney...) You kept this from some of us newbies--I had no idea that you were working on being a Master Vampire Gardener. I hope you have a lovely day, and I will do a little dance of congratulatory glee for you.

*dance of congratulatory glee, with extra wriggling in honor of your impressive achievements*

It's taken me many years to learn how to keep a plant alive. Fortunately, here in SoCal, the emphasis is on drought-resistance, so if I kill my existing plants by forgetting to water, I can claim I was experimenting with "waterwise" gardening techniques.

[inlovewithnight.livejournal.com]

Congratulations! :)

[paynbow.livejournal.com]

Congrats! That is so awesome! This BofA wussie is gonna go write her exam in Latin American History, but fist she will take the time to BOW DOWN TO THE MASTER *g*

[blueswan9.livejournal.com]

Congratulations, from an amateur to a pro gardener. I've looked into the program up here, and that's a heck of a lot of work.

*applauds the Master Gardener on her achievement*

[vincitveritas.livejournal.com]

Metallica YES! That is one kick ass song.

I'm so proud of you. If I ever have a garden, I'll come to you for advice.

[crazydiamondsue.livejournal.com]

Bator.

Finally...someone just called her master! I've been waiting to use that joke for a whole day!

MASTER

[crazydiamondsue.livejournal.com]

...bator.

Okay, it was funnier when I said it to paynbow.

I'm jealous of your knowledge of shiny green things. I'm so proud of my little summa cum posey. You and Caza need to start calling each other after "Lost," so he'll stop giving me squeeing updates about a show I've never seen. I finished your Christmas cd last night, and yes, "I Saw Daddy Kissing Santa Claus" made the cut. More later. Work is a douche.