Sunday, June 20, 2010

One thing I've learnt...

...whilst studying for the RHS level 2 certificate, is that the answer to many gardening questions is "organic matter".

I'm not sure if thet holds true for the rest of life, but it may be worth considering.

4 comments:

Yolanda Elizabet Heuzen said...

LOL If the correct answer to many questions is organic matter, you're home and dry examwise, aren't you?

Plant Mad Nige said...

This is an updated version of the old Arthur Fallowfield character's stock answer on the old Radio 4's comedy Round The Horn. 'I think the answer lies in the soil,' he would say, in a preposterous 'Loamshire' accent.

Well, today that translates to 'Make sure there's plenty of organic matter!'

Love your title piccy, by the way - a glorious orange iris. Mmmmm!

Martyn Cox said...

Sadly, as a journalist, using the term organic matter in print is a cop out - readers wonder what you are talking about. Much better to say manure, garden compost etc.

landscape_gardener_oxford said...

I find people ask what type of organic matter; manure, compost, conditioners and mixes