Re: OT: Master Gardeners

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From: "Hensler" <hensler@povn.com>
Reply-To: iris-talk@yahoogroups.com
Date:  Mon, 29 Jul 2002 18:31:49 -0700

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>From: "Caroline Hudnall" <dogskater@attbi.com><BR>
>> Now on the Master Gardeners.   I'm a very proud one.<BR>
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>Caroline (and everyone else who thinks this was an insult to MGs),<BR>
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>I'm not adverse to Master Gardeners. Some of my best friends are MGs and if<BR>
>you happen to live in an area with a good program involving good gardeners,<BR>
>good for you.<BR>
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>I *do* have a conflict with any organization which puts more emphasis on<BR>
>hours logged (yes, there is some requirement for paying back the program<BR>
>with hours served tho it's not always well enforced), having legal butts<BR>
>covered, and paying homage to whichever large corporation is underwriting<BR>
>the project than in actually promoting what it was intended to promote..<BR>
>namely good gardening practices and information.<BR>
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>I walked out because our local program would have had me spouting<BR>
>misinformation or horribly dated information rather than draw on any of my<BR>
>personal experience. In exchange for the MG designation, I would have had to<BR>
>promote chemical controls over organic and learn to placate questioning<BR>
>gardeners with "I'll have to check on that and get back to you" rather than<BR>
>give them a good simple answer they could use immediately.<BR>
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>Enough said.<BR>
>Christy Hensler<BR>
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