Re: [gardeners] A matter of taste
Catharine Vinson (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Thu, 25 Jun 1998 12:15:49 +0000
Ma Pat wrote:
> b) Yankee bean counters have infiltrated the sacred institutions of
> the Great State of Texas, or
If this be true, it is time for your neighbor Lee to fling open his armory
and The Boys From The Alamo to get themselves back home from their revels
in Gayle's Elysian Fields. Bean counters in Texas....perish the thought.
That's as bad a 'maters and beans in the chili pot.
> c) That branch of TAMU that trains (note I did not say "educates")
> County Agenets has lost its appreciation of the fine distinction
> between Gardeners and Growers.
Where did this unfortunate habit of making a distinction between Gardeners
and Growers come about? Is it a natural progression of things? The notion
that taste goes out the window once production and consumption are
physically separated appears to simplistic to me. Chinese export
porcelein of the 18th century, to use a bizarre example, were produced in
China for the European market. The quality was exceedingly high....there
was no slippage, so to speak, once consumer and producer were two
different individuals. Did the market used to demand better? If so, why
don't we demand it (good taste) today? It seems a real cop out to say that
people have no taste today.....if people have no taste, why?
As Sadie would say, "Please tell me...."
Catharine, with greetings and salutations to Guido and Bubbles.