Re: up market

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On 4th Jan Anthony wrote: "I have learnt the hard way that the more glossy and upmarket the journal, the fewer the sales that will result, - the readers don't like getting muck up their finger nails".

 As a reader of some glossies as well as any other source of gardening lore [including this one !] I think this is a bit mean, and nothing to do with muck up fingernails. [Does he mean that  readers of the"downmarket" mags have dirty fingernails?]  Could it be that we are not so easily swayed by what journalists tell us . Perhaps we have a "Master Plan", or ideas of our own, or read some of the respected writers of gardening books and spend time reflecting etc etc ?  Maybe all our spare cash has gone on same glossies and there is none left for spontaneous plant buying. [That's not very convincing is it ?]

Nonetheless well done for the rant. Good stuff. Happy New Year.

Jennifer.