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[Rondi <nafex@mokalive.com>]

I think for myself it is getting over the hurdle of introducing myself like I did meeting Joe and Jim a couple of orchard, vinyard, pecan growing guys. It happened there was a garden club meeting at Joe's place and me being much more curious about fruit then all the flowers we usually had at our meetings I had to ask lots of questions and ended up getting on my hands and knees checking to their T-bud grafts. Then I took their offer to help prune grapes seriously and now we're all buds. 

So now why is it so hard to go to my bud Joe about the figs Jim mentioned Joe knows growing east of his place. These figs are suppose to be tree size and been in the ground since the family moved here from Italy. Aug! I am such a chicken! And yes, these trees are in zone 6 and they aren't freezing back! 

It's like we are programmed to be afraid to talk to someone new or something. 

I know! I know! I'll call him tomorrow.

Rondi
On Mar 19, 2006, at 11:00 AM, nafex-request@lists.ibiblio.org wrote:

> Hello,
>
> It is my experience that anybody interested in fruit, that I run into, is  
> more than willing to share their fruit resources.  Either free or at a  
> nominal cost  It is not a matter of sharing, but building public interest.
>
> I can list a number of our local nurseries that don't even offer fruit of  
> any kind.  People either do not have time, or interest in the growing  
> fruit.
>
> I find that local gardening clubs, or horticultural societies do not offer  
> anything for those interested in fruit.  Hence, long distance NAFEX.
>
> Not long ago, at a home and garden show, I asked at the local  
> horticultural group's booth if they offered grafting classes.  They looked  
> at me as if I had two heads, and told me grafting was as art akin to  
> magic.  I think these clubs like to lug and plug (buy beautiful plants,  
> plant them, puff out their chest's and say "Look what I did").  All they  
> did was dig a hole.  I know, I know.  Very cynical and hard hearted of me  
> to say, but annual lugging and plugging does not appeal to my practical  
> gardner side.
>
> If you cannot complete the gardening in an hour today, very few are  
> interested.
>
> How can we change that?
>
> Later,
> Tom
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