Re: Good news on an old topic

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Interesting, I too, am at the Boise Flower Show, and we seem busy talking about and selling seeds. I will say these folks are more interested in advice about which variety to grow and why than most other groups. It's apparent they want to feed their children well and interest them in eating vegetables while they are young. What I haven't much heard until this weekend is roughly  "I've got to change my own eating habits because I'm getting older, I like vegetables and salads but somehow got out of the habit of growing them". This is a short synthesis of what I've heard but the comments are there. 
Maybe people in this area are a bit chattier, they want tips, and more tips not just on how to grow, but what varieties do I like best, and how to cook with them. It's pretty interesting. Of course they have nice live music in the evening, a bar and wine tasting turns the garden show into an indoor street fair. 

Rose Marie Nichols McGee
Nichols Garden Nursery
http://nicholsgardennursery.wordpress.com/   (The Gardener's Pantry)
www.nicholsgardennursery.com
 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Kathryn Marsh <kmarsh@iol.ie>
> Our first Farmers Market of the season today and I headed off to give  
> my first gardener's seasonal chat of the year to find  that instead  
> of the usual 20 or so experienced gardeners who just wanted a few  
> answers to seasonal questions there were over a hundred - all  
> beginner aspirant veg growers, mostly young parents who had the kids  
> with them. Had to divide them into groups and grab help who could  
> take them for show and tell walks round the garden. Job one for  
> tomorrow is to lay on parent and child gardening classes over the  
> summer weekends - already fully subscribed.
> 
> Yes, the pendulum is swinging
> 
> Kathryn
> 
> 
> 
> On 30 Mar 2008, at 15:18, Mary Ann Newcomer wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I heard this at the San Francisco garden show from some of the  
> > other garden writers in attendance:
> >
> > The younger generation is coming to vegetable gardening, through  
> > the back garden gate, so to speak.
> > They were raised by well-traveled "foodie" parents and now that  
> > they are raising their first
> > children, they will stop at nothing to make sure the food is safe  
> > and nutritious.
> >
> > I spoke this weekend at the Boise Flower Show.  I had lots of  
> > younger people come up and ask "how to
> > get started," questions.
> >
> > This will be fun......and good for everyone.
> >
> > Mary Ann
> > www.idahogardener.com
> >

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