Re: Plant ID?

I agree completely Kitty.  Incredible group of people on our list!
And thanks again Chris for keeping us up and running.


On 2/14/06, Kitty <kmrsy@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> Thanks, I know I've learnd as much from you and everyone else.  And not
> just
> about plants.
> Kitty
> neIN, Zone 5
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Zemuly Sanders" <zsanders@midsouth.rr.com>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2006 9:37 PM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Plant ID?
>
>
> >I agree 100%!  Kitty, I think I've learned more about plants from this
> list
> >than from any other source, and you are a very large part of it.
> > zem
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Bonnie & Bill Morgan" <wmorgan972@ameritech.net>
> > To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2006 7:55 PM
> > Subject: RE: [CHAT] Plant ID?
> >
> >
> >> Kitty, WE love having your talent and expertise to guide and direct our
> >> efforts!!!  We're so glad you DO share with us!  More is the pity that
> >> your
> >> acquaintances and friends haven't figured that out.  But then, that is
> to
> >> Chat's benefit. ;>)
> >>
> >> Blessings,
> >> Bonnie
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
> >> Behalf
> >> Of Kitty
> >> Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2006 8:27 PM
> >> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> >> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Plant ID?
> >>
> >> Cyndi, I don't have friends interested in gardening to the same degree
> >> either.  I give my friends plants to decorate their landscape, but
> that's
> >> their idea of it - decoration.  I do have friends within the MG
> >> organization
> >> that of course get into it more in depth, but I don't have a close
> >> relationship with any of them.  That's why I value the Chat
> >> relationships.
> >> I can share with y'all the things that I'm more intense about - the
> >> things
> >> that might cause my friends and even many MGs I know to roll their
> eyes.
> >> (OK - stop that!)
> >> Kitty
> >> neIN, Zone 5
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Johnson Cyndi D Civ 95 CG/SCSRT" <cyndi.johnson@edwards.af.mil>
> >> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> >> Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2006 5:59 PM
> >> Subject: RE: [CHAT] Plant ID?
> >>
> >>
> >>> But you have to admit that the pace of gardening is quite a bit slower
> >>> than say, computer games or text messaging or TV. I suspect the
> >>> majority of people don't think about gardening until they own their
> >>> own home. And if they're already used to - I can't think of the word I
> >>> want but - having a short attention span, then it's harder to get used
> >>> to this slower pace. I agree there's a lot going on in the garden, but
> >>> if you're used to results measured in seconds, then gardening isn't
> >>> going to give you that instant gratification.
> >>> I don't know about the rest of you, since many of you are in the
> >>> business it's likely your friends are gardeners too. You belong to
> >>> clubs and so forth. But I don't know anyone in person (excluding
> >>> y'all) who does what I do. A few people enjoy their roses, they have a
> >>> couple tomato plants in the summer, and that's it. I don't see
> >>> anything around town that looks like my yard - there are nice
> >>> landscapes to be sure but they are things that the paid-for gardeners
> >>> can mow & blow. Maybe it's all hidden in back yards...
> >>> Anyway I think that as people get older and have more free time they
> >>> appreciate the process more.
> >>>
> >>> Cyndi
> >>>
> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >>> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
> >>> Behalf Of Daryl
> >>> Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2006 2:40 PM
> >>> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> >>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Plant ID?
> >>>
> >>> Cyndi,
> >>>
> >>> If a gardener's time is spent "sitting around waiting for something to
> >>> happen", they're not gardening. Or not observing. There's never a
> >>> moment in my garden when there isn't something new to explore, and
> >>> I've been doing it for more than 50 years.
> >>>
> >>> d
> >>>
> >>> ----- Original Message -----
> >>> From: "Johnson Cyndi D Civ 95 CG/SCSRT" <cyndi.johnson@edwards.af.mil>
> >>> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> >>> Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2006 5:30 PM
> >>> Subject: RE: [CHAT] Plant ID?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> Saw an article in the paper the other day that says the number of
> >>>> people who fish as a hobby is way down. Kids don't go fishing with
> >>>> dad or grandpa (a stereotype, but there you are)because they think
> >>>> it's just sitting around waiting for something to happen.
> >>>> Maybe the same might be true for gardening. Too much competition for
> >>>> their time.
> >>>>
> >>>> Cyndi
> >>>>
> >>>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
> >>>> Behalf Of Daryl
> >>>> Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2006 2:16 PM
> >>>> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> >>>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Plant ID?
> >>>>
> >>>> Bonnie,
> >>>>
> >>>> The stats do show that gardening as a hobby has diminished.
> >>>>
> >>>> Rayna had you for a shining example, as did many of us with our
> >>>> mothers and grandmothers. I'm afraid we're going to lose that next
> >>>> generation because they're so distanced from the deep roots that we
> >>>> had, and because the hucksters are giving them false promises and no
> >>>> knowledge.
> >>>>
> >>>> If this new generation is not given guidance to quick and easy
> >>>> success with gardening, I'm afraid they may abandon it altogether.
> >>>> With a bit of nurturing, from us and from the Green Industry, they
> >>>> can find what suits them at several stages of their lives.
> >>>>
> >>>> d
> >>>>
> >>>> ----- Original Message -----
> >>>> From: "Bonnie & Bill Morgan" <wmorgan972@ameritech.net>
> >>>> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> >>>> Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2006 8:45 AM
> >>>> Subject: RE: [CHAT] Plant ID?
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>I had read that the number of avid gardeners are down significantly.
> >>>>>I  understand many young folks are opting for low or no work
> >>>>>landscaping.
> >>>>> It
> >>>>> is sad, but I do understand how difficult it is to work full time,
> >>>>>raise  children, be involved in the community and try to keep up with
> >>>>>house and  property.  I just think they miss "smelling the roses."  I
> >>>>>have great  hopes  that as their lives slow down, they will pick up
> >>>>>the trowel.  My girls  are  certainly doing that now.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Daughter Rayna has turned more than half of her front yard into a
> >>>>> little park for passers-by with a garden arch, bench, pathway and
> >>>>> lovely plantings.
> >>>>> It is still a very young garden but I know that this year it will be
> >>>>> full and beautiful.  She has met most of her neighbors through her
> >>>>> garden.
> >>>>> Three years ago, she thought gardening was frivolous....
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Blessings,
> >>>>> Bonnie (SW OH - zone 5)
> >>>>
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Pam Evans
Kemp TX
zone 8A

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