Kiss the Earth

My thanks to everyone who came by the Inquirer/Daily News booth at the Flower Show this morning to say hi and ask gardening questions. It was fun to meet you. What an assortment of folks! Gardening sure is an eclectic draw. I met people from Lehigh County, Northwest Ohio (she voted in the primary yesterday by absentee ballot), Chester County and all points in between.

I did pretty well with most of the questions - when to prune hydrangea, good varieties of tomatoes, nothing too taxing. But I flunked voles and clematis pruning. Never had the pleasure of the former and have never figured out the latter, but I promised to get back to those folks.

Then they told ME a few things. How to do vegetables in containers, best way to grill fresh peppers, the ins and outs of composting and why you shouldn't tear out your mulberry tree. 'Cause the berries taste great in pancakes!

It was fun to meet you all, and to be reminded that you're out there. More importantly, for the future of my career and my employer, that you're out there READING!