Re: Wayside

Gosh,Clair lots of things I didnt know,thanks for the history lesson.
Connie

Claire Peplowski wrote:

> In a message dated 1/14/00 10:26:41 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> coneh@USWEST.NET writes:
>
> << Dear Listers,
>  just couldnt resist any longer to reflect on my experience with Wayside (and
>  many others of less note so will stick to Wayside).. First contact with
> WS.came
>  20+yrs.ago..
>  As a new home owner(and a newcomer to Northern gardening) with  almost an
> acre
>  to landscape,short on experience ,Wayside's catalog helped me every step of
> the
>  way.Most often I used it as a tool of reference,learning(what plant needs
>  what,etc.) >>
>
> I would write a similar kindly letter regarding Wayside.  When I first
> ventured beyond the garden center plants Wayside was in Mentor, Ohio.  You
> needed to order plants or send cash for the large and beautiful catalog.  In
> those days  libraries carried Wayside's catalog in the periodical section.
> Past year copies could be borrowed.  I could not afford most of their
> offerings,  just now and then a treat.
>
> At the same time "Horticulture" was the publication of the Massachusetts
> Horticultural Society.  That was also a library treat.  Later it became a
> national magazine widening it's readership to a national audience.  Once of
> the first articles printed as an independent was entitled "The Sex Life of a
> Spinach".  It has been up and down since.
>
> Net e-mail lists,  when good,  are better than most magazines that can be
> purchased by amateur gardeners.
>
> Claire Peplowski
> East Nassau, NY z4
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