Scourge of the gophers
(Feb. 22, 2007) Welcome to the second in a series of interviews with Humboldt County gardeners. Today’s chatty gardener is Janet Sclar. She’s been gardening in Hydesville for six years, and she works as a farmer’s market vendor and does customer service and web design for her husband’s mail-order nursery business, Amity Heritage Roses.
What’s the best thing about gardening in Humboldt County?
Thanks to the high humidity, things take a long time to really dry out. I’ve been thankful for that over and over again as I forget to water seedlings and new transplants.
What’s the worst thing?
Thanks to the high humidity, we have every garden fungal disease known!
Why do you garden?
It draws me back to my roots in the Garden of Eden, brings me peace of mind, stretches my creative side, reconnects me to the pleasures of the simple goodness of a real tomato and helps me appreciate the beauty that hard work and patience can achieve with the miraculous help from above of growing something amazing from a tiny seed.
Who taught you how to garden?
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