Re: [gardeners] Great Garden Mistakes
drusus@golden.net (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Sun, 28 Dec 1997 14:52:13 -0500
At 12:28 PM 28-12-97 -0700, Margaret Lauterbach wrote:
>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
That's right, Liz, that's what you said last spring. I think some people
told you not to do it. But you did it anyway.
BTW want to get even?? Send me some seeds if you got any left over. I am
not having much luck with zucchini these past 3 years.
Lucinda