Rambling again

**D* W* <d*@earthlink.net>**

Sadly it's too damn hot to do anything but water in the early or late

hours and ramble on.

It seems like people come to think about gardening for a variety of

reasons. Some of them have hit 40 and realize that they would like to

do something that's not complete BS. Some have decided that the

corporations don't have our dietary interests at heart and need to

grow their own food. Some like pretty flowers and want to grow them

successfully. Some need to landscape their new home after all the

builder's plants died. Some love to breed roses or dahlias or mums.

Some have fallen in love with the natural world and want to start

with butterflies. Some just love African violets because their Aunt

did. Some want to be Martha.

This is a second career for me. I have learned "plant-name Latin"

because I want to know more about the plants and buy specific ones.

Have taken classes and read all of your books and keep learning as

fast as I can. And I want to succeed - not because Miracle Gro puts

fertilizer in the potting soil but because having a plant, landscape,

meadow, woodland, fern do well and thrive because it was well chosen

and well planted in the right environment is important to me. I love

it. It is endlessly fascinating. I want other people to love it. For

that they need to have some success. They don't need 35 echinaceas.

They need to know that the few well-bred varieties of echinacea need

to be planted early in the season and how a tree grows.

This weather better break soon or I will start blithering. To much

time with my BFF, the hose.

Donna

Donna Williamson

The Virginia Gardener's Companion: An Insider's Guide to Low-

Maintenance Gardening in Virginia

dwfinegardening.com
540-877-2002

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