Are they dumbing down Jeopardy?
rhizo_1 (North AL) zone 7
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Comments (1)You will get the answers you need on the Container Gardening forum - this one is more for inground soil issues, composts and mulch. FWIW, Al is one of the most helpful of all GW members - I've known him for years and he will no doubt come to your rescue himself. (personally, I have found that any lack of imprecision regarding the screening and/or rinsing is inconsequential. It all works!!)...See MoreThe Dumbing Down Of Gardening In America
Comments (37)Does it really matter how people get into gardening? If they are making an effort, more power to them. I'd much rather see that than yet more landscaping/lawn care businesses dumping chemicals on lawns and chemical-filled RED mulch around trees and shrubs and against houses!! I moved to Maryland from Texas almost 4 years ago. After having my beautiful antique roses die when I moved from San Antonio to San Angelo TX (yeah, expensive hard lesson there), I didn't do much at all with gardening, mostly because we were in a rental house and were in the middle of a drought. After we moved to MD, I waited until we knew that we would be staying in this house for longer than our military tour of three years. Last year, I decided I wanted some flowers and planted a couple of roses and a hydrangea. After moving the hydrangea to a shadier spot and moving a couple of the roses to a sunnier spot, everything did well, which encouraged me to keep digging... Our town has a freecycle group, and I got some plants from a very active member of the local garden club, who has encouraged my efforts from day one. The club's motto is basically 'your $10 membership fee should get you $300 worth of plants the first year'. The members are generous with their extras and well informed, such a great resource to a military transplant like me!. Gardenweb's Mid-Atlantic forum is a terrific group as well, they had their spring swap this past weekend and I came home with a ton of plants. They prefer that we use Latin names, but more to limit confusion than because they're snobby. Instead of railing about how horrible the situation is, how about doing something about it in your area? *Talk to the manager at HD/Lowe's/wherever about ordering plants that will actually do well in the area. *Is there a local garden club?? Is it full of stuffy snobs comparing their umpty-year gardens or is it active and welcoming to new gardeners? Is there a 'garden open house' where new gardeners can go to see local neighborhood gardens and get their questions answered? *Is there a gardenweb (or other online)forum for the area? *Are there any plant swaps in the area? Would it be possible to have a plant sale with a portion of the sales going to beautify a local building with plants that will grow well so new folks can see natives in a local setting? *Is there a freecycle group in your area? Post some plant 'offers' and get people involved! Just like with cooking or sewing or any other craft, a skill must be LEARNED. Give people a chance to learn the skill by starting with the easy stuff. You don't expect a new baker to start out with a wedding cake or a person new to sewing to start out with a double wedding quilt. Be reasonable and make the effort to HELP new gardeners, not bash them down. Lynne...See MoreDumbing down, or just natural language progression?
Comments (65)Mature women who insist on speaking in a babyish voice is another one that bugs me (since obviously I'm on a roll with being irked here). I know that we're genetically predisposed to speak at a certain timbre, but I also know women who make no effort to deliver their speech in an adult, womanly voice - insisting on pitching this squeaky little girl's voice from the back of the throat instead. Do they think that makes them "adorable"? Because it doesn't. I call that the Marilyn Monroe Syndrome and many young women have become afflicted with it as well. Don't get me wrong I think a beautiful voice is quite attractive. But when I sixty year old or a sixteen year old person uses that baby girl talk I want to spit up. ....Jane...See MoreSun Tolerant Hosta bed in jeopardy! Shade tree coming down!
Comments (13)Thanks to all of you. You have all given me great ideas…….I possibly could do a sun sail. I could attach to either side of the screen porch and stretch over to a support beam on the deck that holds some lighting. Not sure the cost of such…… Perahaps the dawn light will not be as bad as I thought…….I will admit, because my garden guy Bert seriously injured his hand in June, I did not have the garden help I usually have. And due to my limitations (many of you know about my hip 3 surgeries) no mulching got done and it was truly needed. I like the idea of some containers to help will shading that bed. It would be the easiest solution. Also some taller plants may help. I also have thought about one of those decorative standing screens, but that might make it hard to move around the bed. Kenrah, I am 69 with physical limitations, so splitting and moving the hostas would be a tremendous amount of work and really there is plenty of room in that bed for growth of those hostas. I am glad that you were able to move yours with a little bit of work. My front yard is pretty full and competes with maple tree roots, adding more there would cause more issues. debra...See Morealisande
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