RE: Organic Gardening Magazine

Hi Marilyn,
After Robert Rodale died - he was in a terrible car wreck while on a good
will mission to the organic farmers of Russia - the family hired Mike
McGrath as editor. I hated his new way of putting the mag together until I
got used to him. Then I liked him a lot, but the message was so
repetitious. Recently I saw Mike McGrath's name on some other mag, so I
assume he is no longer with OG.

McGrath got in major trouble over shooting his mouth off over something that he clearly had no clue about. (As I stated before, I got tired of bad science and lack of basic scientific testing.)

McGrath is now with Green Prints and I am tired of him there too. There is something forced about his cuteness (Pat Stone, if you are out there some where, I won't stop getting Green Prints, I just don't read his byline.)





Pretty much the same thing happened with the National Gardening Assn. mag.
It started out as an inexpensive newsletter printed on newsprint and much of
it written by the readers. Lots of good homespun advice. It changed and
became slicker and went to a regular magazine format with professional
writing. I don't know if they are still in business or not, I've lost track
of them.
I remember them, I think they were just going glossy when I found them and dropped them. I know several people that love Garden Gate and Blooms and Butterflies. Both are reader written and have no advertising. Either is for the adventurous gardener.

Another mag I enjoyed years ago was Harrowsmith - the journal of country
living. It covered a much broader base in addition to gardening and
farming. They went toes up long ago.
Right now I still take Horticulture and Fine Gardening and have lots of
plant society journals, but I'm kind of bored with all of them. I'm glad I
have my new Christmas gift books to read!
So - please share - what are you reading?
Cheryll
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Cheryl Isaak
Londonderry, NH
AHS Region 4, USDA Zone 4B/5A
growing, stitching and reading in NH

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