{"id":5702,"date":"2020-08-29T10:27:38","date_gmt":"2020-08-29T17:27:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/?post_type=book&p=5702"},"modified":"2022-12-27T10:37:39","modified_gmt":"2022-12-27T18:37:39","slug":"legacy-of-a-passionate-gardener","status":"publish","type":"book","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/book\/legacy-of-a-passionate-gardener\/","title":{"rendered":"Legacy of a Passionate Gardener"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Pat Roome has been a gardener for almost all of her 87 years, has lived and gardened at the same Bellevue home for 56 years, and has been a Master Gardener for 45 years.\u00a0 That\u2019s a lot of experience, and she decided it was time to share her accumulated knowledge in a self-published book, \u201cLegacy of a Passionate Gardener.\u201d\u00a0 We are all the beneficiaries.<\/p>\n

This is an informal book, with many charts and how-to sheets that I could imagine as handouts for a Master Gardener clinic.\u00a0 Examples include \u201cHow to Grow Tomatoes Easily\u201d (in the Seattle area) and a homemade \u201cSoil Composition Test.\u201d\u00a0 The chapters cover a comprehensive list of topics relevant to the home gardener with many examples, all helpful and many amusing.<\/p>\n

\u201cDon\u2019t even think of digging out a full-sized Juniper by pulling it out tied to the bumper of a pickup.\u00a0 I have seen this done with disastrous results.\u201d\u00a0 This illustrate one of Roome\u2019s common themes: don\u2019t try to do everything yourself – money to bring in a pro is well spent.\u00a0 I found her chapter on tips for the older gardener to be especially good, with advice relevant to the physical well-being of gardeners of any age.<\/p>\n

She freely admits her mistakes and encourages continual learning to make a garden that gives one pleasure without a lot of stress.\u00a0 She takes this advice to heart in concluding \u201cmy garden continues to give me a lot of happiness and satisfaction.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Excerpted from the Fall 2020 issue of the Arboretum Bulletin<\/em><\/p>\n

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Pat Roome has been a gardener for almost all of her 87 years, has lived and gardened at the same Bellevue home for 56 years, and has been a Master Gardener for 45 years.\u00a0 That\u2019s a lot of experience, and she decided it was time to share her accumulated knowledge in a self-published book, \u201cLegacy of a Passionate Gardener.\u201d\u00a0 We are all the beneficiaries. This is an informal book, with many charts and how-to sheets that I could imagine as…<\/p>\n

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