Re: Was: chili terror; Now: Aging Gardeners

**"* Z* <b*@gmail.com>**

I for one am glad it was posted. Working for a web company some hoe I missed
it. Unbelievable. I will have to fire my crack Research Staff. Come to think
of it they always said they were on Crack. LOL
Bruce
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Doreen Howard" <gardendiva@charter.net>
To: "Garden Writers -- GWL -- The Garden Writers Forum" 
<gardenwriters@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2007 5:15 PM
Subject: [GWL] Was: chili terror; Now: Aging Gardeners


> Rose Marie's advice to get a mammogram regularly is appreciated, 
> especially
> by the female members of this list.  It gives you piece of mind, if 
> nothing
> else and most insurance companies cover the cost fully, as it's 
> preventative
> medicine.
>
> Many of us garden writers are getting older and our bodies show the signs 
> of
> time and gardening.  Demographic studies show that avid gardeners are 
> older.
> Brian Minter presented an excellent workshop in OKC on connecting with Gen 
> X
> & Y that bore out the premise that true gardeners are mostly over 42 
> years.
> I sense there are a more than a few opportunities to sell articles to
> gardening publications on the aging gardener, plus plenty of fodder for
> podcasts, blogs and radio.
>
> Adding information to any article on how to reduce body stress and strain 
> is
> timely, in my humble opinion.  And, gardening certainly brings joy to 
> those
> who have health issues.  Several recent studies show that healing is 
> faster,
> stress levels drop and fuller recoveries are made when patients are 
> exposed
> to plants and gardens.
> Doreen Howard
>
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