Re: [SG] Paris in the spring
Nancy Stedman wrote:
> Carrie: Great link! I could spend all day searching through that catalogue.
> I was drifting off looking at all the hepaticas.
> I got my Paris from Heronswood. I've often found his cultural descriptions
> don't work well for me because I have clay soil (Dan Hinkley doesn't) and
> because in the climate in Washington State is so different from that in New
> York.
> Nancy S.
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> Nancy;
> I've lived in two places in this county, the first was pure sand, and now we
> have nearly pure clay. I'm sure you've heard of McCoy pottery? That place was
> just down the road from us. Near Zanesville Ohio. Clay makes wonderful pottery
> and bricks, but it forces the gardener to work for every square inch of decent
> friable soil we can eck out a inhospitable landscape.
Guess that's what makes the challenge of gardening so much "fun"!
Carrie H.
Coshocton; Ohio
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