On Mon, 16 Aug 1999, Jeff Owens wrote:
> A few years ago i quit subscribing to OG because it
> was focusing on the typical urban gardener and began
> to look like all the other gardening magazines. It
> was increasingly oriented towards consumption and
> topics which would not offend anyone.
>
> This month OG gave me a jolt by actually covering some
> interesting topics. Here are some summaries:
>
> The Real Reason We Should All Be Scared of Y2K, by M Rodale
>
> The real problem our society faces is loss of self
> reliance and that makes us less secure. Y2K only
> scares those who can't provide for themselves.
>
I thought Maria Rodale's Y2K article was one of the best I have seen on
the topic. I still found the rest of the magazine to be too superficial.
I'd rather see far, far less cooking and recipes, and far more gardening
information. I would not be prepared to resubscribe at this stage of
things, although I'll keep picking it up locally for awhile longer to see
where it is going.
sph
Sandra P. Hoffman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.flora.org/sandra/
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The one small garden of a free gardener was all his need and due,
not a garden swollen to a realm;
his own hands to use,
not the hands of others to command. --Sam Gamgee
