| Decision Fatigue We were walking out of a garden center on the southwest side of Springfield a week or so ago when my Main Man commented on the extensive number and variety of plants available. "When I think about what we used to sell at the garden center where I worked during high school and college," he said, "it's amazing." "Do you think people today are better gardeners?" I wondered. "Probably not," he said. "Today an amateur gardener will attempt to grow more difficult species because they're available. They see them at the store, take them home, and plop them in the ground. They don't know that some varieties have a more difficult time thriving than others. What we sold at Barrett's would be considered just the basics now-- petunias, zinnias, and marigolds. Pretty much everyone could make them grow, so it was easier to be successful from the start. I worry that many first-time gardeners today may be discouraged with some of the plants they try and just give up." |
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