Re: RE: Plant Addicts?Horticulture Helpers Anonymous

This is probably inappropriate for the list, but my friend Liz has referred
to us in the past as "plant whores." LOL!

Andrea H
Beaufort, SC
Zone 8b

----- Original Message -----
From: "Pamela J. Evans" <gardenqueen@gbronline.com>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Monday, June 23, 2003 6:10 PM
Subject: Re: RE: [CHAT] Plant Addicts?Horticulture Helpers Anonymous


> You're right about that - I'm there. Jesse and I used to joke about
> forming a chapter of Gardeners Anonymous. Well - we were partially
> joking anyway!
>
>
> LOL
> ;-)
>
> ---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
> From: "Donna" <justme@prairieinet.net>
> Reply-To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Date:  Mon, 23 Jun 2003 12:48:02 -0500
>
> >I think the real question is-- Anyone on the list it DOESN'T apply to?
> >
> >Donna
> >
> >> Perfect, just perfect!  I am not alone!!!   If I weren't laughing so
> >> hard, I'd be almost embarrassed that it describes me so well.  Thanks,
> >> Daryl.
> >>
> >> Lynda
> >> Chortling in West TN - Zone 7
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
> >> Behalf Of Jesse Bell
> >> Sent: Monday, June 23, 2003 10:48 AM
> >> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> >> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Plant Addicts?Horticulture Helpers Anonymous
> >>
> >>
> >> OHMYGOSH...that sounds like ME!!
> >>
> >> Jesse Rene' Bell
> >> Claremore, OK
> >> Zone 6
> >>
> >>
> >> >From: "Daryl" <pulis@mindspring.com>
> >> >Reply-To: gardenchat@hort.net
> >> >To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> >> >Subject: [CHAT] Plant Addicts?Horticulture Helpers Anonymous
> >> >Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2003 10:21:07 -0400
> >> >
> >> >Lynda,
> >> >
> >> >You might be interested in the following.
> >> >
> >> >Summary: Ever feel like you're the only gardener who is totally
> >> >obsessed by the need to own every plant and/or seed known to man,
> >> >whether it will grow in your area or not? Read (and memorize) the HHA
> >> >Creed so that you know that you are not alone!
> >> >
> >> >The Horticultural Helpers Anonymous (HHA) Creed.
> >> >
> >> >   1. I want it.
> >> >
> >> >   2. I want it all.
> >> >
> >> >   3. I want it now.
> >> >
> >> >   4. If it will not grow in my zone or is prohibitively expensive, I
> >> >want it most of all.
> >> >
> >> >   5. I am perfectly willing to forego any necessities of life such as
> >> >food for my children in order to have it.
> >> >
> >> >   6. I recognize my horticultural dependency.
> >> >
> >> >   7. I recognize your horticultural dependency.
> >> >
> >> >   8. I will willingly aid and abet your dependency, as you will mine.
> >> >
> >> >   9. This makes us infinitely happy.
> >> >
> >> >  10. Any money not spent by virtue of comparison shopping equals
found
> >>
> >> >money and therefore is not counted as spending.
> >> >
> >> >  11. More is more!
> >> >
> >> >  12. Regardless of my previous desire for, planning for, or need of
> >> >any plant, if all the others have it, I must have one, too.
> >> >
> >> >  13. If I have planted all that I have already purchased, I must
> >> >immediately purchase additional plants.
> >> >
> >> >  14. We believe in owning all plants, we believe in sowing all seeds,
> >> >and owning all catalogs and books related to feeding our needs. If
> >> >there be any plant that is virtuous, lovely, or of good report or
> >> >praiseworthy, we seek after these.
> >> >
> >> >At this point, it is customary to recite one's VISA card number, from
> >> >memory only, please.
> >> >-----------------------------------
> >> >This creed began life around 1994 in the Gardening Roundtable of
GEnie.
> >>
> >> >It was refined and condensed by Denise Beck, a CompuServe Garden Forum
> >> >member.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >Daryl
> >> >  "A garden, where one may enter in and forget the whole world, cannot
> >> >be made in a week, nor a month, nor a year; it must be planned for,
> >> >waited for and
> >> >loved into being."    Chinese Proverb
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >----- Original Message -----
> >> >From: "Lynda Young" <lyoung@grindertaber.com>
> >> >To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> >> >Sent: Monday, June 23, 2003 9:39 AM
> >> >Subject: RE: [CHAT] For those in my area
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > > Donna - my sympathies on the loss of an obviously cherished plant
> >> > > source.  Have I told you about the group I'm trying to organize -
> >> > > PARS - Plant Addicts Recovery and Support?  I hope that with hard
> >> > > work and the encouragement of fellow sufferers to someday be able
to
> >>
> >> > > drive past a nursery without stopping, to browse a catalogue
without
> >>
> >> > > feeling compelled to complete the order form, to pick up a plant
> >> > > magazine without turning to the back to see how many sources offer
> >> > > on-line ordering, to rid myself of that notebook and it's thirty
> >> > > pages of jotted names of must-have plants still to be located.
> >> > > Honestly, my husband and I are GOOD people - it's just this shared
> >> > > compulsion that's turned our lives inside out.  ;)
> >> > >
> >> > > Lynda
> >> > > Zone 7 - West TN
> >
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> Kemp TX/zone 8A
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