Re: Was Boltonia now good sense / two gardeners

Hello Claire,
    JoAn is the sun gardener around here. We both physically put here raised
beds into place after she drew up the plans, but she is the one who plants,
sows, transplants and harvests. Totally her territory. I do not even have
opinions on her beds. If I do I keep them to myself unless it is
complementary in nature. When gardeners make appointments to come visit the
nursery and gardens the first think they see when parking is JoAn's raised
beds. Now we go straight to her area and she has to come out and talk about
her garden.
    I am the shade gardener and my territory is up on the hill. She does
help me a lot with weeding, mulching, maintenance. But she always checks in
if she is not 100% sure of a plants ID. She is quite sensitive to how
everything looks so will get to weeding long before I will. I will wait for
the soil to be just right, can dig them out one by one... she will shear
them off at the ground so visitors can not see them. But it is free and
willing labor, so I keep my mouth shut, say thank you very much for the
help.
    We do get into discussion when it comes to planting in common territory
such as landscaping around the house, or in our wildlife habitat areas. Most
of the time I see the wisdom of her suggestions;-)
    Gene E. Bush
Munchkin Nursery & Gardens, llc
www.munchkinnursery.com
genebush@munchkinnursery.com
Zone 6/5  Southern Indiana

----- Original Message -----
 snip,snip...
> I think you very wise to have two separate divisions on the estate. I
don't
> think it can work any other way.  I don't like help in the gardens with
the
> plants,  I like to do it myself.  He never reads the plant postings so I
> think I am quite safe with this one.
>
> Claire Peplowski
> NYS z4

---------------------------------------------------------------------
To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@hort.net with the
message text UNSUBSCRIBE PERENNIALS
Other Mailing lists | Author Index | Date Index | Subject Index | Thread Index