Re: [SG] softhearted gardener
- To: s*@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
- Subject: Re: [SG] softhearted gardener
- From: C* C* <C*@AOL.COM>
- Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1999 18:49:10 EDT
In a message dated 4/15/1999 9:33:15 AM Central Daylight Time,
campanin@NTX1.CSO.UIUC.EDU writes:
<< We want to learn (after sooo many years of gardening that
it's embarrassing) to do garden maintenance.
So: How do you manage to do it? Please send advice to a
softhearted gardener. Thanks! >>
I got a kick out of your message. For many years I simply could not rid my
garden of anything. Mine consists of a large number of hostas which, as you
know, self-seed like all get out.
My solution: Give many of these plants to gardening friends.(OR if you have
enemies, give them some of the lysimachias and Northern Sea Oats.:>) )
But there is something else you might consider: DO NOTHING at all and let
nature take its course. Record everything that sprouts up; keep a diary; take
pictures; and, write and publish a book, "The Soft-Hearted Garden" with a
sub-title---'How Really To Enjoy The Crowded Garden.' You will be rich and
famous!
Clyde Crockett z5 Indpls IN <ccredux@aol.com>
