Are You an Ent or an Entwife?

[Galadriel55]

Originally Posted by Galadriel

Ahh. If I had to view a garden as ladylike, I would do so because of all the pretty flowers

I was talking more about the fruit-producing gardens, but this works too.

Originally Posted by Galadriel

Indeed, I know quite a few places where farming is both a woman's and a man's job and where gardening is completely a man's job

The difference of cultures...

Though still, it's hard for me to imagine a rural area with women ploughing the fields while the men di up turnips in the back yard.

(Of course during harsh times like war women would work in the fields - because the men were in the army. But in times of peace.........)