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RE: [GWL]: Gardening Info In Big Boxes



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From: Doreen Howard [d*@ticon.net]
Sent: Friday, September 21, 2001 1:00 PM
To: Gardenwriters@topica.com
Subject: Re: [GWL]: Gardening Info In Big Boxes


Jeff,
I know you detailed once exactly what a yardener is, but would you do it
again for the brain dead like me.

A yardener is a non-gardening homeowner who owns property with at least a
lawn and some trees or shrubs.  There are about 65 million homeowners in the
U.S. with such a property.  About 15 million have someone else take care of
the property.  I figure that there are about 12 to 15 million real
gardeners, leaving almost 40 million yardeners.  Yard care and taking care
of plants is not fun for the yarderner; it is part of the job of owning a
house just like putting up the storm windows and cleaning the gutters.  Most
yardeners don't know what roots do and have no clue as to how fertilizer
really works; remember biology and botany has not been taught in high school
in many generations.  The gardener designs the beds, the yardener decorates
his/her yard with flowers.  Gardening takes time and the yardener has the
feeling of having little extra time for anything.   On the other hand the
yardener is more likely to spend money on plants than is the gardener; the
gardener knows about propagation and gets many plants from other gardeners.
The yardener wants his/her property to look nice and be attractive but gives
that task no more or less concern that decorating the inside of the house.
The male yardener may very well want to have the best looking lawn in the
neighborhood; guys are like that, but he doesn't have a clue about how grass
really grows and how the soil is related to the process.  I figure that
gardeners on average spend about $400 to $500 a year in caring for their
yard and gardens.  The yardener spends something between $200 and $400 a
year on average.  I believe the yardeners would spend more if they just knew
what to do and when to do it.  Gardening books don't work for yardeners
because most gardening books assume you love being out in your garden and
also assume you know a little bit about how plants grow.  Yardeners are not
stupid, just ignorant.
Jeff

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