gardengirl72
09-25-2008, 08:23 AM
Every now and then I get hate mail, and nine times of out ten it is some one with a horticulture degree. Most of the time they are yelling and sometimes cursing me out about my lack of knowelldge in terms of my lack of Latin names, which clearly shows my lack of true horticulture skill.
So I talked to my Uncle in Law Hubert. Now he is a Brit, who is super famous, and he said:
"The first thing that Martin Luther did, when he wanted to bring the people closer to THEIR God, was translate the bible from latin."
To me that sort of says it all, so I plan on writing an article on it. I think the latin makes the art of gardening seem alienating, it makes you feel like you don't know anything and thus never actually try and garden. Our society seems to believe so strongly in specialization that many people feel like since they don't know anything about it, and they don't have a mentor, it is too hard to start doing.
Please give me reaction, I plan on turning this theory into an article or video or something some day.
So I talked to my Uncle in Law Hubert. Now he is a Brit, who is super famous, and he said:
"The first thing that Martin Luther did, when he wanted to bring the people closer to THEIR God, was translate the bible from latin."
To me that sort of says it all, so I plan on writing an article on it. I think the latin makes the art of gardening seem alienating, it makes you feel like you don't know anything and thus never actually try and garden. Our society seems to believe so strongly in specialization that many people feel like since they don't know anything about it, and they don't have a mentor, it is too hard to start doing.
Please give me reaction, I plan on turning this theory into an article or video or something some day.