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Re: Gardeners vs consumers
Certainly one should be conscious of the audience in all situations, but when
does simplification, become omission of necessary info? I'm thinking of a
large circulation New England newspaper whose garden writer recently advised
readers to add three inches of fresh mulch around plants when necessary.
She implied that there was an existing layer of shredded bark and it would be
appropriate to place 3 more inches atop what was already present. She also
wrote about her own efforts to renew a forsythia in her yard. She had had as
much difficulty with the project as I would with dinners a la facon de Careme
of 200 yrs ago. Is it reasonable to tell readers that a forsythia is not
salvageable when the only apparent problem was lack of attention and
unrestrained growth for many years.
If garden writers simplify so that dabblers do not get sufficient info to
succeed, are they shooting themselves in the foot?
Barbara
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