Re: nostalgia is overrated
- To: s*@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
- Subject: Re: [SG] nostalgia is overrated
- From: D* B* T*
- Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 08:31:43 -0600
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Maybe they're struggling young artists trying to get a foothold?? Or people
like us who'd rather garden but need to make a living, in this case
scratching by as they can? I'll doubt they're rascal scions. As you note,
there is a lot of competition in the gardening magazine world, which may be
why most of them are so "Betty Homemaker": cute without much substance. So
hey, Gene, take a compliment, have yo'self a smile, and bow; whatever else
gives you pleasure is up to you. :-)
My favorite popular magazine is Fine Gardening. Anyone have one they like
better (...leaving out dedicated journals like the Hosta Journal)? Or, what
are some excellent journals we might be interested in?
Diann
-----Original Message-----
From: PRIMROSES [s*@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU]On Behalf Of
GeneBush
Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2001 6:14 AM
To: shadegardens@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
Subject: Re: [SG] nostalgia is overrated
Hello Bobbi,
I received a free copy of the Weedpatch Gazette a while back. It is,
indeed,
very localized, but a fairly decent newsletter. At least there is a few
people
left in the publishing world with a sense of humor. I think the newsletter
is
worth a read. I already subscribe to too many magazines, so I passed on
subscribing.
Also they wanted me to contribute an article I had written and they
liked for
publication. Wanted me to purchase advertising space, to subscribe... but
wanted
the article for free. That part was not particularly professional and a bit
insulting to any resemblance of intelligence I may have remaining.
Gene Bush Southern Indiana Zone 6a Munchkin Nursery
around the woods - around the world
genebush@otherside.com http://www.munchkinnursery.com
----- Original Message -----
From: Bobbi Diehl <diehlr@INDIANA.EDU>
Subject: Re: [SG] nostalgia is overrated
> Claire--
snip...
> While searching, I came upon the website for Rommy Lopat's fun newsletter
> THE WEEDPATCH GAZETTE. It is based in northern IL, and has lots of info
> not only for the upper Midwest, but for anyone who does not garden in the
> tropics. At the website, one thing I like is the "Catalog of Favorite
> Plants" which is really long lists of shrubs, trees, water plants,
> grasses, etc. By Latin name and then cultivar, and then where they can be
> had. Looking through, say, the Ilex listings, you get a pretty good idea
> of the two or three nurseries that carry the unusual ones. And can make a
> decision to drive up in spring and check some of them out. Of course she
> only mentions nurseries that advertise with her, but they are a fairly
> classy group.
>
> The URL is www.weedpatch.com
>
> Does anyone subscribe to the newsletter? I'm seriously considering it.
>
> Bobbi Diehl
