Thursday, February 9, 2012

Best Tip on How to Plant: Don't Read the Newspaper!


Here is a problem I didn’t know we  San Antonio gardeners had until yesterday. 

I attended a gardening workshop put on by the Gardening Volunteers of South Texas.  It was a class on gardening year-round.  The speaker was Dr. Jerry Parsons and he was one of those gems of a speaker who keeps you laughing while providing valuable, but what can often be very dry, material.  He has a thick Tennessee accent, self-depreciating demeanor and smart as a whip. 

PROBLEM:
One of the participants asked where is the best nursery to find all the plants highlighted in the Saturday gardening section of the San Antonio Express. 

Dr. Parsons said that the section we read here in San Antonio comes from the Houston branch of the newspaper and does not apply to our area. He further said that the big box stores get their plants from some place far away with no idea what is best for our area.

Say What!?!? 

Every Saturday I am devouring what best to plant . . . . in Houston?

SOLUTION:
He advised it is best to visit the local nurseries and ask the staff there what they recommend.  

Every Saturday morning, one of my joyful routines was sitting with my cup of coffee and devouring the gardening section of the newspaper for ideas and inspiration. 

I guess I'll just have to replace it with jaunts to Milbergers and Rainbow Garden instead!  Not a bad trade.


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