Re: Welcome and Problem Gardener

Welcome, Craig, to the P-List!!
	This is a great bunch of people -- all with very dirty hands and, 
apparently, clean minds!  I am amazed at all the things discussed that I have 
never heard of.
I'm always especially glad to see someone on the list who is in the same zone.
	I always thought Ruth Stout's last name was Mulch!  Nice to see 
someone who is familiar with her (and her methods).

Here is a copy of the post everyone is raving about!
I hope no one is offended (esp. Susan) that I cleaned it up a bit so it would 
be easier to read.

Best Wishes --
Barb
USDA Zone 5, Rock Island, IL
"What this country needs is dirtier fingernails & cleaner minds."  Will Rogers
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Subj: FW: [oldrose] Fw: Problem Gardener 
IF YOU EVER WANTED TO UNDERSTAND ME
Date:	5/5/99 10:34:15 AM CST
From:	SSaxton@Schwabe.com (Saxton, Susan)


You Might Be a Problem Gardener If......

> >	When you see an old house being torn down, you pullover and dig out 
all the abandoned peonies and iris ... then try to get your friends to make 
room for them in their gardens.
> >	You have all the Dutch Garden catalogues back to 1979 so you can 
remember what tulips you bought.
> >	A part time job in a garden center with a discount is your life's 
goal.
> >	You go nuts when a garden center does not tell the species or 
cultivar name. Monarda what...... ?
> >	You spend the morning drive to work mentally marking roadside 
wildflowers for seed collection later in the season.
> >	You reply to "How are the kids?" with a detailed current rundown on 
the health and flowering of each of your perennials.
> >	While waiting for a bus, you find yourself deadheading the curbside 
impatiens.
> >	You can be found wandering in the garden talking to plants and trees
> >	When other folks pull out photos of their children/grandchildren, you 
pull out photos of your favorite plants and garden projects
> >	You buy another plant, even though you have no earthly idea of where 
you will find a place to plant it
> >	If you won the lottery, you're first thoughts would be about how you 
could improve your garden.
> >	It's spring and a late freeze warning comes along, you first go out 
and carefully cover your tender plants. Later you remember to turn on the 
heat in the house for the humans who live there
> >	You have permanently brown knees from kneeling in that good earth
> >	You can reel off the life history of every perennial in your garden 
and consistently forget your family's birthdays and anniversaries
> >	You go outdoors to turn on the sprinkler and get carried away looking 
at the plants and then remember that supper was cooking on the stove!!
> >	 You can walk around the block and see all the plants you've given 
the neighbors-partly to share but also because you couldn't bear to compost 
them....
> >	You're fascinated by the volunteer pumpkin growing in the compost 
pile....
> >	You go to the garden center and actually pay money for rocks-and it 
takes you half an hour to pick out the ones you want.....
> >	You make people who come to visit taste all your different varieties 
of mint....
> >	It makes your day when you discover assassin bugs in the cypress....
> >	You're considered the neighborhood authority on slime molds.....
> >	You fear you will have an accident driving one day because you're 
always looking sideways to see what people have in their yards.  You buy beer 
for slugs.
> >	You looked around the garden and patio area the other day and 
realized that the garden is neater then the house
> >	You have been known to garden after dusk, through use of flashlight 
or floodlight
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Susan Saxton, zone 6b
For mine is a little old fashioned garden where the flowers come together to 
praise the Lord and teach all who look upon them to do likewise.  Celia 
Thaxter

I AM in shape. ROUND is a shape!
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