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Re: Re: gardenwriters Digest, Vol 8, Issue 30

I guarantee you that writing that gardeners should "plant a Drosipholus up to the petioles" is not going to turn beginning gardeners into gardeners. They need information they can use, and if one refers to their own experiences (anecdotes, not ancetedotes), that gives beginners more confidence. I have always stressed the need for botanical names, but accompany them with common names too. Good luck with your science sessions. It would be helpful if you were taught a way to communicate and explain that science to non-scientists. Or, you could just write for the cognoscenti, and trust they won't be fickle when another more "knowledgeable" writer comes along. Margaret Lauterbach

Someone noted the obvious: most garden writing is crap. It sure is when it
comes to Newspapers and Magazines, that is for sure. .IMHO it is far too
often a mixture of "Old wives' tales "(is that term PC?) and ancetedotal
experiences. This is in part because so many of us garden writers are simply
folks who like to garden and fancy that we can write. That doesn't mean we
KNOW anything. It is also because many of us write about the "spirit" or
"the essence of nature and gardening." Toss in the editor's need for cute
headlines and the need for beautiful and tasteful, color pictures. Almost
every single newspaper in North America has a garden column/section that is
a cliché.--i.e. crap.

IMHO we need more science sessions at our GWA meets.

Cheers,

Jeff (L)

P.S. Peat Moss is sterile. Why would anyone want to garden in something
sterile?

And, while the Canadian Peat folks may reuse peat bogs and harvest them
every 10 or so years, I think the concern is their creation in the first
place. Lots of wetland destroyed in making the original extraction....am I
wrong on that?


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