Master Gardeners
totototo@telus.net (Sat, 01 Aug 2009 13:13:58 PDT)
On 31 Jul 2009, at 18:53, Leo A. Martin wrote:
But not everybody can learn everything, especially in a two-year program!
The professionally trained horticulturists I referred to in an earlier message
underwent several years of full-time training, with lots of hands-on
experience. Perhaps that's the most fundamental objection to the MG programs:
it's book learning (or so it appears), not practical knowledge. As we all know,
there's a wide gulf between what the books say and what the plants do!
--
Rodger Whitlock
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Maritime Zone 8, a cool Mediterranean climate
on beautiful Vancouver Island