Re: What do gardeners think?
- Subject: Re: What do gardeners think?
- From: nick & laura c*@earthlink.net
- Date: Sun, 07 Sep 2003 21:29:04 -0700
Dear Medit-folks,
It has been pointed out to me that my comment may be inflammatory, so let me
clarify:
In my quick read of California, I thought I saw Southern California. In my
specific area (urban LA) we are not a desert, or a tropical climate, but
very close to a dry mediterranean. That's why this list is so interesting to
me, and why I encourage planting in a "climate-appropriate" manner,
including native plants and plants from similar climates.
My comment (that LA is not a desert) was not a comment on the incredibly
diverse climate types throughout California, which include deserts, or in
any way a support or endorsement or comment in anyway upon the appropriation
by Southern Californa of the precious resource of imported water.
I wholeheartedly agree that the concrete lined LA River is a shame, ripe for
rescue and revival, which is (I thought!) another, lengthy discussion. There
are a lot of interesting proposals out there along the lines of restoring
the LA River, sans concrete.
Laura
> I hear people say we are a desert (also not true, that is at least not in
> urban Los Angeles)
>
> -Laura
>
> on 9/7/03 7:43 PM, Nan Sterman at nsterman@plantsoup.com wrote:
>
>> I have a question about perceptions and misperceptions of the
>> "common" gardener in California.
>>
>> When you interact with folks who are "common" gardeners (please
>> forgive the terminology but you know what I mean), what kind of
>> climate zone do they think we are in? i.e. I often meet people who
>> think California, especially So Cal, has a tropical climate. What do
>> you hear most often?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Nan
>>
>
