World Naked Gardening Day

May 7, 2016 6:15 PM

Today, the first Saturday in May, was World Naked Gardening Day. In case you missed it, here's an interview with a participant. "Generally, naked gardening makes sense but naked farming sometimes is a little harder." The day is meant to be funny, lighthearted and non-political.
posted by clawsoon (19 comments total)

Some of us might worry about secateurs.
posted by feckless fecal fear mongering at 6:23 PM on May 7, 2016 [3 favorites]

Some of us might need to do some work on our back acre.
posted by GenjiandProust at 6:43 PM on May 7, 2016 [4 favorites]

dude, what about ticks?
posted by Tandem Affinity at 6:48 PM on May 7, 2016 [5 favorites]

I'm pretty sure Spinal Tap lost a drummer this way.
posted by gc at 7:09 PM on May 7, 2016 [4 favorites]

And here I am, just in from some weeding. I had no idea.

But the wikipedia link has a serious citation needed issue:
Adam and Eve were noted to garden naked, before the fall of man, in the Book of Genesis.
posted by Mezentian at 8:40 PM on May 7, 2016 [1 favorite]

Here in Arizona, that wouldn't be fun.
posted by MrVisible at 8:53 PM on May 7, 2016

Still need the knee pads and gloves tho.
posted by Kabanos at 9:30 PM on May 7, 2016 [1 favorite]

As feckless fecal fear mongering alluded to above, be careful with the gardening shears, guys, or you'll end up like Heracles.
posted by bryon at 10:43 PM on May 7, 2016

MORNING GLORY JOKE
posted by chococat at 10:56 PM on May 7, 2016 [1 favorite]

wot no bush jokes?
posted by billiebee at 3:03 AM on May 8, 2016

At Metafilter, we're above jokes about needing weed whackers.
Probably.
Or they get deleted.

(Personally, I didn't make the link between gardening and trimming the hedges, because I am still wincing from the gardening shears quip. Thanks, Lars von Triers.)
posted by Mezentian at 3:49 AM on May 8, 2016 [2 favorites]

It's raining and about -30 degrees here in San Jose- or at least that's what I decided after I poked my toe out from under the sheets. So the back porch in my apartment is safe.
posted by happyroach at 4:12 AM on May 8, 2016 [1 favorite]

It was a crappy World Naked Gardening Day here in Connecticut. Fortunately we still have the rest of the summer, and a nice, private back yard. :)
posted by ZenMasterThis at 7:10 AM on May 8, 2016

Some things are not meant to be done naked, gardening it one. Think poison ivy which is bad enough on your arm, let alone in more private places, ticks, mosquitoes, prickly plants, dangerous gardening tools etc etc. Find a nice place to go skinny dipping instead!
posted by mermayd at 7:45 AM on May 8, 2016 [2 favorites]

It's time to pull out the Milton folks!

At the end of Blake's garden was a small summer house, and coming to call on the Blakes one day Butts was shocked to find the couple stark naked: "Come in!" cried Blake; "it's only Adam and Eve you know!" The Blakes were reciting passages from Paradise Lost, apparently "in character." [link]
posted by congen at 8:09 AM on May 8, 2016 [3 favorites]

Some things are not meant to be done naked, gardening it one.

Or cooking!
posted by chainsofreedom at 8:52 AM on May 8, 2016 [1 favorite]

It's time to pull out the Milton folks!

more like: It's time to "pull out the Milton" folks! amirite?
posted by j_curiouser at 10:36 AM on May 8, 2016

As for what should be done naked -- I have a coworker who had a roommate who would regularly fry bacon naked. Compared to that, even a stray hedge shears seems safe!
posted by GenjiandProust at 5:52 AM on May 9, 2016 [1 favorite]

Between the 6 curious chickens and the spiky borage and the 20,000 bees, I think I'll keep my clothes zipped and buttoned on securely, thanks.
posted by Sophie1 at 6:56 AM on May 9, 2016