tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post7507567516022854521..comments2024-03-27T07:35:21.832-07:00Comments on Plants are the Strangest People: "Master Gardeners" Don't Know Everythingmr_subjunctivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14113199755474482747noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-1769076605094247582008-08-30T06:21:00.000-07:002008-08-30T06:21:00.000-07:00For many years I wanted to go through the Master G...For many years I wanted to go through the Master Gardener program, but I was never able to fit it into my schedule. Once I really looked at the curriculum, it's not all that deep. Certainly doesn't give one any right to pull rank or anything. I have met my share of pompous Master Gardeners. I'm sure there are lots that aren't pompous, too, they just don't run around flaunting their title. (Oh, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-14847798517487277062008-08-29T22:03:00.000-07:002008-08-29T22:03:00.000-07:00Everyone has a story like this don't they? Either ...Everyone has a story like this don't they? Either from real life or from a gardening message board. So it begs the question; with such crappy ambassadors and bad PR how does the program survive and keep creating these douche bags?MrBrownThumbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11326733084344581944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-76686509311699288412008-08-29T08:47:00.000-07:002008-08-29T08:47:00.000-07:00We don't have Master Gardener's here - thank God. ...We don't have Master Gardener's here - thank God. How rude and ignorant.Hermeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00968366076064269729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-39589302738072861572008-08-29T07:51:00.000-07:002008-08-29T07:51:00.000-07:00thank you for addressing this in the open. there'...thank you for addressing this in the open. there's nothing worse than abuse of a worker. unless it's abuse at the hands of a moron.The Succulent Dishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06783424158312788428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-75099074958187464192008-08-29T05:52:00.000-07:002008-08-29T05:52:00.000-07:00Being a Master Gardener means you've sat through ...Being a Master Gardener means you've sat through 8 lectures, taken a take-home exam any moron could complete, and volunteered for 50 hours. Clearly "master" is a misused word in this situation, but explains why so many people sign up for the program - because the public seems to think it means something.<BR/>Remember "America's Master Gardener" Jerry Baker? Certified quack.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-80659155525222211602008-08-29T04:37:00.000-07:002008-08-29T04:37:00.000-07:00The recipient certainly has a talent for turning a...The recipient certainly has a talent for turning a nice gesture (a gift to them) into something ugly, don't they? Now that's a talent which should NOT be developed or even tolerated. It doesn't cost anything to be nice, and how on earth the recipient can rationalize striking out at a third party is beyond me. I guess it just goes to show that even nice lables (master gardener) can hang on very Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-55495753287523482482008-08-29T04:23:00.000-07:002008-08-29T04:23:00.000-07:00You're so right. Being a master 'anything' doesn't...You're so right. Being a master 'anything' doesn't give you the right to be a pompous a$$...Plowing Through Life (Martha)https://www.blogger.com/profile/06547318824997712369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-15710924923373368062008-08-29T04:08:00.000-07:002008-08-29T04:08:00.000-07:00It'd be different if she'd said that she found the...It'd be different if she'd said that she found the plant unattractive (instead of diseased), or if the plant had actually had something wrong with it. Ignorant and belligerent is always somehow worse than knowledgeable and belligerent.mr_subjunctivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14113199755474482747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-60449568464620718862008-08-29T03:56:00.000-07:002008-08-29T03:56:00.000-07:00Not being a master gardener myself, I wouldn't kno...Not being a master gardener myself, I wouldn't know if it means you are also the pope. But as you say, a jerk is a jerk no matter the accomplishments of community service plantings you have done. Shame on them.Frances,https://www.blogger.com/profile/03616568389165362993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-73023793782141066022008-08-29T03:02:00.000-07:002008-08-29T03:02:00.000-07:00That person doesn't really give Master Gardeners a...That person doesn't really give Master Gardeners a good name, huh? Wow.Wicked Gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01540250068640733537noreply@blogger.com