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 Dave (on the right) is treasurer of our club |
Shade Gardening - Dave
Barnett
Greetings! I am David Barnett, Horticulturist, Treasurer of the Arlington
Organic Garden Club and home gardener. The club begged and beseeched
and finally I broke down and volunteered to write this page. I believe
in Darwin's theory, only the fittest survive in my yard. Monthly I will
let you know what some of the best shade plants are for the North Texas
area.
The plants I will be listing are grown and tested in my own yard. I
live on a spacious corner lot with several mature oak trees and of course
all of the other trees I just had to plant. Growing anything in the
shade is not a simple task. There can be too much water or NO water
at all and the insect infestation is totally different than plants growing
in the sun. We all make mistakes and that is what gardening is all about:
trial and error. A good gardener will often try new plants in different
areas. Gardening includes much experimentation and sharing of knowledge.