Re: Plant ID?

I began with this group as soon as I moved here and got a computer in the summer of 1997. I found it on the AHS website.
zem
----- Original Message ----- From: "Donna" <gossiper@sbcglobal.net>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2006 6:02 AM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Plant ID?


Interesting thread on where everyone thinks gardening
is heading.

So when did everyone start here?

In my own life, I have been an on and off gardener.
Depended on where I was living and other issues in my
life.

I will say, if it was not for this list, I wouldn't
have half of the knowledge I do now.

Donna

--- Pam Evans <gardenqueen@gmail.com> wrote:


Well I do have friends that garden but not to the
extent I do.  But no one
has the kind of time to do it every day like I do
either.  But the beginning
of next month though, everyone at work will come to
see the garden queen.
I've already got lamb's ears and white sage
seedlings coming up under the
lights in flats at work.  Our wire shop
superintendant loves to come and
peek at the seedlings every day.  And yes, I do give
away the extras.
People love it.

On 2/14/06, Kitty <kmrsy@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> 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


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