Re: Yardeners

**"* L* <s*@comcast.net>**

Thank you CL for bringing some compassion to this thread.  Perhaps I have
not been writing/presenting long enough to perfect the level of cynicism
I've read in this forum.

Stephen
The Lazy Gardener
Robinson Newspaper Group
Seattle, WA

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "C.L. Fornari" <clfornari@mail.com>
To: "Garden Writers -- GWL -- The Garden Writers Forum"
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Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2004 6:42 PM
Subject: RE: [GWL] Yardeners

> I describe most of my radio audience as being "home-landscapers" not
gardeners.  They want to be successful in their yards, but
> are not particularly entranced by the process or by plants in general.  I
think my job as a garden communicator is to help these
> home-landscapers to be successful, so that some day they might become
gardeners.  I aim, at the very least, to get them to "do
> no harm."  At best, I want them to be able to see the miracles that are
happening in their landscape.   Be they gardeners or
> home-landscapers, my listeners/readers/audiences respond to concise
information, good humor and common sense.
>
> Most of their questions boil down to:" what went wrong" and "how can I be
successful with ___________ (fill in the blank)." Once in
> awhile someone will ask a question that stems not from their own
garden/landscape experiences, but from intellectual curiosity.
> I love these infrequent queries because I usually learn something too.
> C.L. Fornari
> www.gardenlady.com
>
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