tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post6038646631534037673..comments2024-03-14T02:18:13.285-05:00Comments on T h e | D e e p | M i d d l e: Pollan's Nativism Needs a Major RefreshBenjamin Vogthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10661489036836711335noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-9681817647564665112015-08-02T14:34:03.535-05:002015-08-02T14:34:03.535-05:00today we met lots of our new neighbours. I started...today we met lots of our new neighbours. I started planting with our hell strip and front garden - and they've obviously been observing with interest. <br /><br />'Mostly indigenous?' Yes.<br /><br />The lady who said 'can't garden in beach sand'<br />Deep breath Diana, and tactfully say - but you can SEE, my indigenous plants are flourishing!!<br /><br />I came home to Diana Studerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12286066768376135880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-37018988571587449742015-08-02T14:05:24.389-05:002015-08-02T14:05:24.389-05:00Yeah, that's a good read. I have great, deep r...Yeah, that's a good read. I have great, deep respect for Pollan, and did like his book Second Nature. I suppose by biggest quibble about any subject is that we (including myself) can sometimes too easily focus on subject without seeing how it's linked to everything else, and how the problems with that subject come from the same roots of others. For example, I think there's a very Benjamin Vogthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10661489036836711335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-69751863860042651022015-08-02T13:43:57.320-05:002015-08-02T13:43:57.320-05:00I've never been impressed with the sophisticat...I've never been impressed with the sophistication of Pollan's thinking on gardening. His book, Second Nature: A Gardener's Education, demonstrated that he needed a lot more of the subtitle. However, my opinion of him improved after reading his interesting 2013 article in The New Yorker on plant intelligence (http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/12/23/the-intelligent-plant), though Brian Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09560741754020000075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-25878127043972194452015-08-02T11:26:29.805-05:002015-08-02T11:26:29.805-05:00Well, in 2008 he still agreed with what he said in...Well, in 2008 he still agreed with what he said in that piece: http://gardenrant.com/2008/03/exclusive-garde.html<br /><br />Benjamin Vogthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10661489036836711335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-39646424175070101632015-08-02T11:19:10.259-05:002015-08-02T11:19:10.259-05:00Pollan is pretty centrist which is probably why he...Pollan is pretty centrist which is probably why he lasted at the New York Times for as long as he did. He seems to hit a wall that just stops him from seeing that major changes need to be made. Granted that essay is pretty old, but it kind of sounds like he wanted an insta-garden and had no patience for allowing his mini-meadow to mature or present any form of change. A meadow by definition is Debrahttp://mylandrestorationproject.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.com