Is gardening too complicated?

**"* M* <r*@springmeadownursery.com>**

Tim Wood recently posted this on the Plant Hunter blog...

"The big problem, in my opinion, is that there are way too many expert
horticulturists out there telling you how complicated it is to garden. They
would have you believe you need to match your flower colors using a color
wheel. They say you have to sequence the bloom time of your flowers and to
use grey as a foil between red and orange. They'll tell you to double dig
your flower beds, do a soil test and to adjust your pH. (I've never done any
of these things). And of course they'll tell you to "buy my book" to know
how to garden.

This is all phooey.

You do not need the help of garden experts to garden. You just have to dig a
hole and put a plant in it and water it a bit. Get over the idea that every
plant you plant has to live 100 years. Plants are living by definition so of
course they die. Just plant it - and don't take it so personally if it dies.
I've got a master degree in horticulture and I've killed hundreds of plants.
I'm ok with that. That's how you learn!"

(See more here:
http://plant-quest.blogspot.com/2010/03/felder-rushing-simple-dirt-gardener.
html) 

Thoughts on these ideas? 

At your service, 

Ryan McGrath
Marketing & PR Specialist
Spring Meadow Nursery, Inc. 
12601 120th Ave, Grand Haven, MI 49417
616.223.3368
www.springmeadownursery.com 

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