Winter gardening

Gardening cartoon – a cartoon about data-obsession and looking forward to spring

June 19, 2012 by chrismadden

measuring spring buds cartoon

Garden cartoon.
Cartoon about obsessive data collection

Cartoon showing a gardener measuring the length of a bud on a tree and determining the progress of the seasons as a result.

This is a cartoon about people who feel a need to measure things as a way of feeling that they are in control of their lives and environment.
This cartoon isn’t a criticism of the data collecting urge. After all, where would we be without the people who do it? It’s due to them that we can predict what will happen in the future (The man in the cartoon is precisely predicting the time till the arrival of spring).
A cartoon about control freaks, creating order, psychological personality types.

Cartoon reference number: a291

See my book of gardening cartoons here.

Christmas cartoon – reindeer eating garden vegetables

June 6, 2012 by chrismadden

Christmas cartoons - reindeer eating garden vegetables

A Christmas gardening cartoon from my selection of Christmas cartoons

A man looking out of his window on Christmas morning to see a reindeer eating his garden vegetables

Cartoon of a gardener seeing Santa’s reindeer eating his brussels sprouts

A cartoon about Santa Claus’s reindeer, Father Christmas delivering Christmas presents.
Part of the joke is that although Santa’s reindeer is on an extraordinary mission (delivering Christmas presents around the world) it is engaged in a mundane activity. It is the mundane activity that the man notices, rather than the extraordinary occurrence of Santa’s reindeer in his garden. He is obviously more concerned about his garden vegetables than he is interested in the magic of Christmas.

Cartoon reference number: a270

See my book of gardening cartoons here.

Christmas cartoon – unwanted gifts find a use

June 6, 2012 by chrismadden

Christmas gloves gift cartoon

Christmas gardening cartoon.
Winter gardening cartoon

A man finding an alternative use for unwanted Christmas gifts

Cartoon of a gardener using all of the gloves that he received as Christmas presents as frost protectors for the plants in his garden.
The plants are just the right size and shape to fit the gloves, which is part of the joke

A cartoon about gloves as Christmas presents, unwanted Christmas gifts, winter gardening, frost protection, fleece, insulation.

Cartoon reference number: a269

See my book of gardening cartoons here.

Litter cartoon and gardening cartoon – wind-blown plastic bags caught in trees

June 6, 2012 by chrismadden

Wind blown carrier bags in tree - cartoon

Litter cartoon. Plastic bags caught in a tree

Cartoon showing wind-blown plastic bags caught in the branches of a tree.

A gardening cartoon showing brightly coloured plastic carrier bags adding a splash of colour to a winter garden

The joke is that the man in the cartoon is trying to see something positive about the litter, which most people would see as an eyesore.

Cartoon reference number: a266

See my book of gardening cartoons here.

Clocks change cartoon. Clocks go forward

June 5, 2012 by chrismadden

Clocks change - gardening cartoon

Clocks going forward cartoon.

Cartoon about the hour changing, and the effect that the dark evenings have on gardeners when clocks go forward.

Cartoon of a gardener when the clocks go forward in the autumn and when it gets dark an hour earlier.
The gardener’s wife is saying that because of the dark evenings he can spend the time that he would have spent in the garden decorating the house instead.

A cartoon about home decorating, GMT, Greenwich Mean Time, BST, British Summer Time, DIY, household chores.

Cartoon reference number: a256

See my book of gardening cartoons here.

Winter gardening cartoon – how to protect plants from frost damage

May 20, 2012 by chrismadden

frost protection using wife's best coat - cartoon

Winter gardening cartoon – how to protect plants from frost damage

Cartoon showing a gardener who has protected one of his plants – a sapling – from the cold and frost by using his wife’s best coat

A cartoon about the different relative importance that men and women put in different things and different activities – the rather scruffy gardener sees no importance in a nice coat other than in its usefulness as garden plant insulation.

Cartoon reference number: a245

See my book of gardening cartoons here.

Winter is the dormant season for plants – and people

May 4, 2012 by chrismadden

gardening cartoon - winter is dormant period

A cartoon about gardening and male behaviour.
Winter is the dormant period for plants – and for people

This could also be a joke about a stereotypical lazy man

A cartoon about laziness, seasonal activity, the seasons in the garden, the rhythms of nature, lethargy, stereotypical gender roles, cliches of masculine behaviour, seasonal behaviour.

Cartoon reference number: a193

See my book of gardening cartoons here.

Christmas gardening cartoon – leave the Christmas decorations in the tree all winter

May 2, 2012 by chrismadden

cartoon - leave Christmas fairy lights in tree all winter

Christmas gardening cartoon – leave the outdoor Christmas decorations in the tree all winter

Cartoon about garden and outdoor decorations.

Brighten up the garden in the dark winter months and bring winter colour to the garden by putting Christmas decorations in the trees.

Drawn: Dec 2011

Cartoon reference number: a168

Autumn gardening cartoon – gluing fallen autumn leaves back onto a tree

May 2, 2012 by chrismadden

autumn leaves cartoon

Autumn gardening cartoon

Autumn or fall gardening cartoon – gluing the fallen autumn leaves back onto a tree.

The leaves are being stuck back onto the branches of the tree with glue so that the branches aren’t bare during the winter and so that the trees can provide some winter colour in the garden.
The man in the cartoon is saying “I’m gluing the fallen leaves back on so that we get autumn colour right through the winter.”

Cartoon reference number: a163

Autumn gardening cartoon – burning autumn leaves

May 2, 2012 by chrismadden

burning autumn leaves cartoon

Autumn gardening cartoon

Cartoon – burning autumn leaves

Cartoon showing someone tidying his garden by gathering and burning autumn (fall) leaves.
The smoke from the leaves is blowing in his face, ruining the effects of the fresh outdoor air.
Drawn: Nov 2011

Cartoon reference number: a162

Winter gardening cartoon. A child builds a snowman with gloves as hands

October 7, 2011 by chrismadden

Winter gardening cartoon. A child builds a snowman and gives it gardening gloves as hands. Meanwhile, the child's father is looking for his gardening gloves.

Winter gardening cartoon. A child builds a snowman and gives it gardening gloves as hands. Meanwhile, the child’s father is looking for his gardening gloves because it’s so cold.

Christmas cartoon.

Snowman cartoon.

Cartoon drawn: 1999

Cartoon reference number: xms014

Christmas cartoon – Santa’s reindeer eating garden plants

September 10, 2011 by chrismadden

Garden cartoon. Cartoon about obsessive data collection

Cartoon showing a gardener measuring the length of a bud on a tree and determining the progress of the seasons as a result.

Cartoon reference number: a291

See my book of gardening cartoons here.

A Christmas gardening cartoon from my selection of Christmas cartoons

A man looking out of his window on Christmas morning to see a reindeer eating his garden vegetables

Cartoon of a gardener seeing Santa’s reindeer eating his brussels sprouts

Cartoon reference number: a270

See my book of gardening cartoons here.

Christmas gardening cartoon. Winter gardening cartoon

A man finding an alternative use for unwanted Christmas gifts

Cartoon of a gardener using all of the gloves that he received as Christmas presents as frost protectors for the plants in his garden. The plants are just the right size and shape to fit the gloves, which is part of the joke

Cartoon reference number: a269

See my book of gardening cartoons here.

Litter cartoon. Plastic bags caught in a tree

Cartoon showing wind-blown plastic bags caught in the branches of a tree.

A gardening cartoon showing brightly coloured plastic carrier bags adding a splash of colour to a winter garden

Cartoon reference number: a266

See my book of gardening cartoons here.

Clocks going forward cartoon.

Cartoon about the hour changing, and the effect that the dark evenings have on gardeners when clocks go forward.

Cartoon of a gardener when the clocks go forward in the autumn and when it gets dark an hour earlier. The gardener’s wife is saying that because of the dark evenings he can spend the time that he would have spent in the garden decorating the house instead.

Cartoon reference number: a256

See my book of gardening cartoons here.

Winter gardening cartoon – how to protect plants from frost damage

Cartoon showing a gardener who has protected one of his plants – a sapling – from the cold and frost by using his wife’s best coat

A cartoon about the different relative importance that men and women put in different things and different activities – the rather scruffy gardener sees no importance in a nice coat other than in its usefulness as garden plant insulation.

Cartoon reference number: a245

See my book of gardening cartoons here.

A cartoon about gardening and male behaviour. Winter is the dormant period for plants – and for people

This could also be a joke about a stereotypical lazy man

A cartoon about laziness, seasonal activity, the seasons in the garden, the rhythms of nature, lethargy, stereotypical gender roles, cliches of masculine behaviour, seasonal behaviour.

Cartoon reference number: a193

See my book of gardening cartoons here.

Christmas gardening cartoon – leave the outdoor Christmas decorations in the tree all winter

Cartoon about garden and outdoor decorations.

Cartoon reference number: a168

Autumn gardening cartoon

Autumn or fall gardening cartoon – gluing the fallen autumn leaves back onto a tree.

Cartoon reference number: a163

Autumn gardening cartoon

Cartoon – burning autumn leaves

Cartoon reference number: a162

Winter gardening cartoon. A child builds a snowman and gives it gardening gloves as hands. Meanwhile, the child’s father is looking for his gardening gloves because it’s so cold.

Christmas cartoon.

Snowman cartoon.

Cartoon drawn: 1999

Cartoon reference number: xms014

Christmas cartoon Gardening cartoon

A man looking out of his bedroom window on Christmas morning, to see Santa’s reindeer eating his Brussels sprouts in his vegetable garden

An illustration suitable for a Christmas card for gardening enthusiasts

Cartoon drawn: 2009

Cartoon reference number: xms008

Garden cartoon.
Cartoon about obsessive data collection

Christmas gardening cartoon.
Winter gardening cartoon

Cartoon of a gardener using all of the gloves that he received as Christmas presents as frost protectors for the plants in his garden.
The plants are just the right size and shape to fit the gloves, which is part of the joke

Cartoon of a gardener when the clocks go forward in the autumn and when it gets dark an hour earlier.
The gardener’s wife is saying that because of the dark evenings he can spend the time that he would have spent in the garden decorating the house instead.

A cartoon about gardening and male behaviour.
Winter is the dormant period for plants – and for people

Christmas cartoon
Gardening cartoon