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Re: [GWL]: garden writing

I think most people do not read very much any more. HGTV is where it's at if
they are getting information or ideas, not the written word. Reading is too
much work and the format is just so limited in comparison to video and audio
combined on tv. Sad but I fear true.

Barbara M. Martin
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Gerri Bauer" <gerri.bauer@news-jrnl.com>
To: <Gardenwriters@topica.com>
Sent: Monday, December 17, 2001 6:15 PM
Subject: [GWL]: garden writing


>   Yes, yes, yes, let's hear from others on this. That sameness is blunting
a
> lot of us. And, yes, the lack of controversy -- or, let's say, even the
lack
> of differing opinions, doesn't have to be controversial at all -- is
> obvious. Maybe we have become boring. The quality of the writing is good
in
> general, but many of the overall products seem to suffer from the same
> homogeneity that makes travelers wonder what U.S. city they're in.
>    The closest I've come to writing controversially, recently, was about
> lawns. It's very PC right now to trash Americans' love affair with lawns.
> Well, if someone wants to spend hours perfecting their lawn, so be it.
> That's their choice. Lawns aren't the problems; incorrect cultural
practices
> are, and by incorrect I mean wrong amounts and wrong timing, not wrong
> products. But that was a column, so my opinion was allowed. For a story
> format, the person being interviewed would have to feel that way and say
so.
>      I like the idea of letting, say, a land-grant university
horticulturist
> pen his/her opinions on the same page as a environmental purist, and will
> approach higher-ups with the idea. We'll see what level of controversy
> they'll allow. I'll report back on the reaction.
>      Does anyone think readers are saturated with the basics? Here, so
many
> people move to Florida every day that we are constantly asked for such
info.
> That leaves out the  more experienced gardeners. What if everyone on this
> list does an informal survey of gardening friends, relatives and neighbors
> and asks what type of garden literature they are reading, what they want
to
> read and what they don't want to read. The results might be interesting.
(Am
> going to ask if I can pose these questions in the master gardener
> newsletter.)
> Gerri Bauer
>
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