Re: Iris Sales
- To: i*@Rt66.com
- Subject: Re: Iris Sales
- From: I*@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 24 Apr 1996 09:19:14 -0400
In a message dated 96-04-23 23:35:41 EDT, you write:
> Everything in my garden either gets donated to the society for sales, or
>traded for other varieties or plants. I don't sell irises! This is a hobby
>for
>me - not a business. If you want an iris from my garden you'll have to give
>me
>another plant for it - I don't care what! I figure that anyone who doesn't
>have
>an "extra" of any plant of some type isn't a gardener and I don't want my
>irises
>going to non gardeners.
>
>
Bill has touched on a subject that most of us gardeners understand, but we
don't really advertise - gardeners are generous people. If I know you're
passionately interested in irises... and you're new - I'll give you some
goodies from my garden to get you going. And if you admire something in my
garden and I can divide it... I will. There is much more 'horsetrading' that
goes on in a club than sales..... keeps our costs out of the insane range -
and you'll get to try some things you might not otherwise. It's an unwritten
benefit of belonging to a club like this.
Another benefit of being the recipient of these gifts, is that you have your
friends around you .... I have many plants that were given to me by friends
now gone...and when I look at that plant, that person is in my mind.
A wonderful German lady in our club, Anna Rettig, is MOST generous this
way...but she is adament that you may NOT thank her when she gives you a
plant... German's believe a plant won't grow if you say 'thank you'. Anna
passes off her generosity as saying "when my plant dies (quite unlikely),
I'm gonna know where I can get it back
Kathy Guest
