Re: [gardeners] Great Garden Mistakes
Margaret Lauterbach (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Sun, 28 Dec 1997 12:28:46 -0700
At 11:31 AM 12/28/97 +0000, Liz Albrook wrote:
>Wow, am I glad this subject came up here because no way I could post
>this on that other list.
>
>I've only made one serious gardening mistake in my life. The reason
>is that I compulsively read and investigate everything before I do
>it, including everything about plants, soil, etc. I've made several
>minor mistakes but no biggies except this one.
>
>What was the one mistake -- I listened to that gardening guru
>Margaret Lauterbach. That's right, beware of Margaret for she can
>wreck a perfectly innocent garden and destroy the life of innocent
>gardeners. I will tell you how she does it.
>
>She recommends varieties of plants, veggies in particular, that taste
>good and grow well. So you learn to trust her. Then one day she
>talks about this variety of zucchini that you've never grown but have
>seen in a couple of catalogues -- zucchini costata romanesco. She
>tells you how wonderful the flavor is. She suggests you plant it
>because it is much better than other varieties of zucchinis. You
>plant it. By mid-summer your entire backyard is covered in green
>thighs and you find the bodies of your missing nephews who were stung
>to death by the writhing vines. You assume that you did something
>wrong like show the plants a bag of fertilizer or, heavens, actually
>tossed some in the general direction of the plants.
>
>Then you find out that Margaret didn't actually try this variety
>herself. But thanks for the information because now she knows better
>than to plant it in her garden.
>
>Beware!
>
>Liz :-p
>
Shucks, Liz, I did too grow that variety. I only planted two hills. I
think you planted 11. You kept saying, "what if we have company?" Margaret
>