tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post8110362104928782837..comments2023-11-03T08:59:11.561-04:00Comments on May Dreams Gardens: I pledge to help new gardeners...Carol Michelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07796344366326535406noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-86005938063067851832012-05-29T21:48:44.513-04:002012-05-29T21:48:44.513-04:00Great points to remember, we were all once green. ...Great points to remember, we were all once green. (pun intended).Janet, The Queen of Seafordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07876204203323750245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-29183758833340256812012-05-29T08:36:57.686-04:002012-05-29T08:36:57.686-04:00As a fairly new gardener, I appreciate your pledge...As a fairly new gardener, I appreciate your pledge and I pledge to be teachable and follow directions. :-)IN Woodland Gardenernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-53511776452862011172012-05-29T08:28:32.512-04:002012-05-29T08:28:32.512-04:00:) Me too!:) Me too!Helen Malandrakisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-23157652032944757712012-05-29T08:24:00.212-04:002012-05-29T08:24:00.212-04:00I'm in. I pledge.~~DeeI'm in. I pledge.~~DeeDee/reddirtramblingshttp://www.reddirtramblings.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-33608591596113484072012-05-29T06:06:11.022-04:002012-05-29T06:06:11.022-04:00Excellent post, thanks very much. I'll try to...Excellent post, thanks very much. I'll try to keep these pledges myself. I had my own garden mentors who were gracious to me when I was young; I need to do likewise. And when I hear someone say "peOHny", instead of "PEEony", I'll allow for that. Heck, just this year I was corrected by Jodi DeLong's book (Plants for Atlantic Gardens) about Weigela (having said &Jeff Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13372002775466431975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-24884023762956023702012-05-28T22:21:48.003-04:002012-05-28T22:21:48.003-04:00I think we've all been helped by patient, gene...I think we've all been helped by patient, generous, more experienced gardeners in our time. I also find this kindly attitude in blogs like yours, Carol. So it's only right that we pass on the kindness we've been shown to newer gardeners. But I admit the point about thuggish plants was one I hadn't thought about before. It makes a lot of sense, though, and I'll remember it.Lynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11627975259420138572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-38182874564874555902012-05-28T22:18:24.852-04:002012-05-28T22:18:24.852-04:00Carol, Every part of your pledge is so absolutely ...Carol, Every part of your pledge is so absolutely true. I apply these principles every day in my dealings with new customers at my nursery. It is so amazing that I would have written the ame list. Very fun meeting you at the fling after participating in GBBD for so long. It was such a fun time. CarolynCarolyn @ Carolyn's Shade Gardenshttp://carolynsshadegardens.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-26252642435309420912012-05-28T20:57:49.208-04:002012-05-28T20:57:49.208-04:00Love it and will do my best to follow it. Althoug...Love it and will do my best to follow it. Although I still have issues with those Latin names but I strive to learn them right. But I will help those who seek it.Melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13474253355383687056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-88969070466042088732012-05-28T20:34:18.839-04:002012-05-28T20:34:18.839-04:00Lovely sentiment, Carol. Well done, and yes, we m...Lovely sentiment, Carol. Well done, and yes, we must do our part, AND remember that we don't know everything.<br /><br />FrancesFairegardenhttp://fairegarden.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-50045706085182080742012-05-28T18:09:23.378-04:002012-05-28T18:09:23.378-04:00The Flâneur Husband desperately wants to have the ...The Flâneur Husband desperately wants to have the same instinctive knowledge of gardening that I gained through growing up with gardening parents and grandparents, and I pledge to be as supportive and encouraging as I can be.<br /><br />I like this entry a lot.Sørenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05498022011073557015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-12187286401241082842012-05-28T11:28:59.759-04:002012-05-28T11:28:59.759-04:00I love being a part of the Bridge of Flowers commi...I love being a part of the Bridge of Flowers committee and the Greenfield Garden Club because both organizations are devoted to helping new gardeners - along with everything else we do. No one gets hung up on Latin names - or even the pronounciation of clematis.Commonweederhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10913336590036045901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-4046561217248332032012-05-28T11:18:12.237-04:002012-05-28T11:18:12.237-04:00Loved this post. I enjoy gardening and always have...Loved this post. I enjoy gardening and always have new things to learn. It is so nice when there are kind people out there to share their knowledge.Karen (Back Road Journal)http://backroadjournal.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-31613669062765464852012-05-28T09:07:21.525-04:002012-05-28T09:07:21.525-04:00One of my favorite things about being a part of ou...One of my favorite things about being a part of our gardening community in Austin is everyones willingness to help each other. There are so many intricacies to gardening and I have no doubt there is easily a lifetime of knowledge to absorb. This is a nice reminder of the value of helping each other along on this wonderful, sometimes thrilling, sometimes frustrating journey.Cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03872899189875117518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-23724270684310939752012-05-28T08:22:51.585-04:002012-05-28T08:22:51.585-04:00As a relatively new gardener, I do appreciate that...As a relatively new gardener, I do appreciate that (though if we are not in public, I do really want to learn the right way to pronounce that!) Actually, I usually end my sentences with 'how-do-you-pronounce-that?' anyway. <br /><br />And I still will probably mispronounce Clematis, since around here, if I said CLEMatis, nobody would know what I was talking about. (Indeed I can hardly Indiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14004102653896371835noreply@blogger.com