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-----Original Message-----
From: KTCopsey@aol.com
To: gardenwriters@lists.ibiblio.org
Sent: Sat, Mar 13, 2010 6:22 pm
Subject: Re: [GWL] Fwd:  is gardening too complicated?

The thing that occurred to me when this thread started was that there are  
some area where gardeners become hesitant to move because of the rules that 
we  promote. Pruning is one prime example - you should prune some shrubs in 
spring,  some in fall and roses you prune very precisely (the 5th bud, 
outward  facing???). No one actually says that if the arbor rose is making the 
whole  thing impassible in July, that you really can go ahead a prune it in 
July (or  better yet in June). For all the pruning rules out there - bad 
pruning rarely  kills a shrub . You can make it ugly, you can delay flowering, 
but you do not  kill them - otherwise the utility companies would really be in 
trouble!
So I sometimes feel that we set ourselves up as experts and that makes  
beginners think there is only one way to do things. Yes, there are good ways,  
and not so good - but plants do have a great desire to live regardless, so  
perhaps The cooking idea is correct - you can make a chilli one way or a 
dozen  other ways - it still generally tastes decent.

Kate  Copsey
Garden Writer
_www.katecopsey.com_ (http://www.katecopsey.com/) 
_www.radiosandysprings.com_ (http://www.radiosandysprings.com/) 
blog:  _www.katesgardenjournal.com  

In a message dated 3/13/2010 4:56:03 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
szerlag@earthlink.net writes:

I  think gardening is alot like cooking. Beginning cooks open cans  
and  dump. Beginning gardeners dig holes and dump. If they are   
successful, they move on. If not, they  quit.

_ (http://www.katesgardenblog.com/) 
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