Subject: Re: Ants
From: cangemi@ulster.net (Steven Cangemi)
Organization: Newsguy News Service [http://www.newsguy.com]
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 98 15:24:11
Message-ID: <MOD$980714.29394@rec.gardens.ecosystems>
References: <MOD$980709.25392@rec.gardens.ecosystems>
In article <MOD$980709.25392@rec.gardens.ecosystems>, "Bill says...
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> Lloyd was not advocating
>indifference or denial, he was making the point that gardens are products of
>nature and , as such, this means that they will show the occassional
>presence of some pest or disease damage. He was making the point that
>gardeners should not over-react to
>the sight of a few bugs or a few crinkled leaves and that he should learn to
>accept that these things happen and that it is O.K.; i.e., that gardeners
>should learn to overlook those things that are of no
>real consequence; i.e., that gardeners need to learn
>how to look and to articulate what is and what isn't
>a problem.and to go on from there.
This seems to be a difficult lesson to learn. From my time on
the internet, I've learned that many gardeners have this notion
that they always need to be doing something. The idea is reinforced
by experienced gardeners who adhere to this notion. These folks
become regarded as the experts. A rigorous perscription of busy
work has a way of sounding more authoritative than "ignore it; it'll
go away".
"Keep looking down"
Steven in the Mid-Hudson Valley, New York