Site of the Day for Monday, April 5, 2004 Duh, Plants: Getting Started With Gardening for the Black Thumbed Today's light-hearted website is designed to provide basic, useful advice for the truly hopeless gardener. Gentle Subscribers who have admitted to being in this group will find an amusingly written guide to quell the terrors of even those who have thrown in the trowel. I know you think you can't grow anything, that plants and people do not mix, and that any plant entrusted to you has been given a death sentence. Many people feel this way. ... I am here to help. ... I would like to say that it isn't your fault. I really would like to make you feel better. Unfortunately, it is your fault in most cases. You know this. That is why you are here. ... Yes, it is time to learn a few simple things that will help you help your plants live long and prosper. You can relax, this isn't going to be technical. I know how you are about those things. We won't mention any plants by name, or assume you know much of anything. This is for the botanically-challenged." - from the website The site covers such the basics of water, dirt and light along with ample reassurance for the apprehensive gardener. Additional articles highlight more advanced issues such as bugs and diseases, experiments and rescues, while the concluding columns offer the consoling "It Wasn't Really Your Fault" and the happy tale of the four year old basil plant. Flounder to the site for indispensable advice for the gardening-challenged at: http://www.gardenerspath.com/articles/blackthumb/ A.M. Holm <admin-sotd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Manage your subscription and view the List archives on the web at: <//www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/webpage?webpage_id=sotd> and <//www.freelists.org/archives/sotd> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UNSUBSCRIBE by sending a blank email to sotd-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with unsubscribe in the Subject field.