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Re: [SHADEGARDENS] Flowers

At 04:02 PM 3/1/98 -0500, you wrote:
>Hello Forrest,
>
>    I could not help but see the short bit in your message about dead trees
>that have to be cleared. May I please convince you to think about that one
>before doing it. Dead trees are so vital to so many parts of the whole
>system in a forest. It is a source of food for so many birds, insects and
>plants. They are vital to the nest building of woodpeckers, in particuliar
>the big boy with the red hat. Bluebirds will also use the dead standing
>trees. Use the ones on the floor to start your ferns and small creepers
>along pathways. Please leave the standing as they are. There is no life
>without what went before us and that is true of the forest as well as
>humans
>    In any case, they only appear dead. They are filled with life.
>Gene Bush     Southern Indiana    Zone 6a     Munchkin Nursery
>          around the woods - around the world
>genebush@otherside.com     http://www.munchkinnursery.com
>
>> wooded ravine. Although there are quite a few dead trees that have to
>> be cleared, it will be a haven for shade plants and shrubs once it is
>> cleared out. I see lots of possibilities. The fact that the first 1/3
>> is flat and gets full sun, gives us huge possibilities for all sorts
>> of plants. It will be nice to not be restricted specifically to shade
>> gardening, although that is what I really enjoy. Since I love the
>> shade,
>***********************
Thanks Gene
I am trying hard to get gardeners to understand , that, we are making many
mistakes, in the assumption, that all of the "slash and burn" methods
associated with gardening over the last 100 years , need to be reviewd.
The notion , that a garden must be cleaned up throughly in fall is another
one I question.  The idea that you can not water in the middle of the day
is one of the dumbest things I know of!  Rolling lawns in the spring is
surly another.  We are constantly looking for ways to kill all the slugs,
without asking if they are there for a purpose.  And so it goes with
volumes of other gardening practices.>Just because you read something in a
book ( by someone who has , no boubt never visited any garden even near
yours), does not MAKE IT TRUE !!.  Everyone who gardens, could spend some
real quality winter time, by visiting a local library and studying the
systems nature uses to acomplish "her" ends.
Ran Lydell
Cooks Nyrsery and Eagle Bay Hosta Gardens
Dunkirk,  NY  14048
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