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April 30, 2008

HAVE YOU VISITED OUR Urgent Garden Question Forums? And if not, why not? (I felt I had to ask.) Read what they’re about…or just go. And while you’re there, upload photos of your sick/beautiful/unknown plant and get it promptly healed/admired/identified. You get the idea: Got a gem/problem? We praise you/fix it. All of life should work like this.

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GardenGuyKenn says:

May 1, 2008 at 5:46 am

There are great exchanges going on in the UGQ forums. People… people helping people… (sorry, felt like a Streisand moment)
margaret says:

May 1, 2008 at 6:57 am

Kenn,
You got me laughing with that one. Fine to have a Streisand musical moment (but those fingernails wouldn’t work in the garden for one minute).
Andrew Ritchie says:

May 1, 2008 at 10:37 am

I’ve got questions, but I think the “urgent” adjective has stopped me in the past. I’ve hesitated to ask things because I wouldn’t classify them as ‘urgent’ and don’t want to waste anyone’s time… but maybe I’m just being overly analytical and neurotic about this. (Speaking of Streisand…)

-Andrew
margaret says:

May 1, 2008 at 11:59 am

This is a perfect example of my somewhat-demented sense of humor not “reading” online. It’s kind of a joke–nothing’s ever urgent but I always feel such urgency when I am out there and don’t know what to do. And the phrase has a special significance for because my sister invented it to help us get back together after some hard times years ago. Read about how it came to be part of our family language. So every question, large or small, is welcome…urgent or just urgent-feeling or not-so-urgent. ;-)
Andrew Ritchie says:

May 1, 2008 at 3:03 pm

I sort of figured it was hyperbole: “The Daffodils are coming! The Daffodils are coming!” I don’t know, Margaret. We may have a great b-movie script on our hands…
Brent says:

May 2, 2008 at 6:32 am

Oh, no
You’ve just opened yourself up to a flood of questions from us. Despite the better advice of both you and Andrew B, we went ahead and installed 50 raised beds for the vegetable garden. Stay tuned. Hilarity will ensue.

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