Re: RE: Plant Addicts?Horticulture Helpers Anonymous

Yes, I guess if you have to suffer from an addiction, plants isn't the worst
one.

Andrea H
Beaufort, SC
Zone 8b

----- Original Message -----
From: "Lynda Young" <lyoung@grindertaber.com>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2003 8:50 AM
Subject: RE: RE: [CHAT] Plant Addicts?Horticulture Helpers Anonymous


> Works for me, Andrea (in the nicest way, of course).
>
> Lynda
> Zone 7 - West TN
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
> Behalf Of Andrea H
> Sent: Monday, June 23, 2003 8:47 PM
> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Subject: Re: RE: [CHAT] 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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> > Pam Evans
> > Kemp TX/zone 8A
> >
> >
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