The Obsessive Neurotic Gardener

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Posted on January 25, 2015 by jmarkowski Posted in Blog stuff .

Let’s up the ante a bit …

I am demanding that a certain individual join me in the quest to “garden our asses off” in 2015. Or as I am want to call it, “All in”.

I have not personally contacted said individual about this challenge so he will not be aware of it until he reads it here. I am confident he will accept the challenge and together, this dynamic duo will take the horticultural world by storm.

I like to think I was a garden mentor to this guy. I think this blog inspired him to find his inner P. Allen Smith. He actually told me he cut hydrangea blooms off of his neighbor’s shrub in the middle of the night and put them in a vase. How can you not like this guy already?

Together we will give you:

Riveting, edge of your seat You Tube videos.

Dramatic and tense moments only rivaled by Real Housewives of New Jersey.

Demand for a reality TV show that we will turn down because we always keeps it real. 

So Matt, it is officially out there and I await your response. Don’t let me down.

P.S. For those of you unaware, Matt and I are coworkers and we had/have a blog all about our daily lunches at Wegmans. A bromance before the term ever existed.

If you would like more background on our adventures, click here. I warn you, it is addicting … and you’ll never look at me the same again.

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  1. Matt says
    January 25, 2015 at 8:58 pm

    I 100% accept the challenge my friend! I’m ready for a new year of leg slapping laughs, messing up every garden lesson you give me and building a gang of new followers to come along this crazy mid-life journey. So, get your autographs now because we’re about to take off!!

    • jmarkowski says
      January 27, 2015 at 9:14 am

      Matt – you will not regret it! Let’s do this.

  2. Mom #2 says
    January 25, 2015 at 9:48 pm

    I am so in!!!!!!!!
    Cant wait for spring now and see what you two come up with this year!! Matt’s invention last year was “plant mobility”…… move potted plants around the yard following the sun……. voila!! New floral layouts every time he mowed the lawn! Loved it!!

    • jmarkowski says
      January 27, 2015 at 9:15 am

      Mom#2 – I’m counting on you to help me find those priceless moments so they can be captured on film!

  3. thoughtful reader says
    January 25, 2015 at 9:50 pm

    I can’t wait – you’ll be the garden-mystery-solving duo kinda like my favorite show Sherlock. Which one of you is Benedict Cumberbatch and which one is Martin Freeman? 1st case: The Bloom is Off the Hydrangea.

    • jmarkowski says
      January 27, 2015 at 9:16 am

      Great call, but we may end up being more like Scooby Doo and Shaggy.

  4. allan becker says
    January 26, 2015 at 12:44 pm

    Finally discovered Wegman’s this past weekend. Now I understand why you and Matt go there for lunch. Eating there felt like a noon-time sacred pilgrimage.

    • jmarkowski says
      January 27, 2015 at 9:17 am

      Allan – Welcome to the club. There is no going back now.

  5. Laurin Lindsey says
    January 26, 2015 at 2:48 pm

    This is gonna be GREAT!!!

    • jmarkowski says
      January 27, 2015 at 9:17 am

      Laurin – I hope so, we have big expectations from ourselves.

  6. michaele anderson says
    January 26, 2015 at 3:25 pm

    Sounds like we, your readers and cheerleaders, will be in for a fun time . No surprise, your lunch blog is quite entertaining although I gather it is now defunct. Well, the dynamic duo is back together …burning off calories via gardening so that should be a win/win.

    • jmarkowski says
      January 27, 2015 at 9:18 am

      Michaele – that blog is now back in business! Check out our latest post.

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