Comments on: AlpineTroughs, Pie Authenticity and Snobbery https://gardern.co.za/2012/03/alpinetroughs-pie-authenticity-and/ Horticulturist Matt Mattus shares gardening expertise, research and science from his home garden and greenhouse. Thu, 13 Aug 2020 22:19:41 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 By: LINDA from Each Little World https://gardern.co.za/2012/03/alpinetroughs-pie-authenticity-and/#comment-3335 Tue, 10 Apr 2012 22:49:59 +0000 #comment-3335 I love your blog because you grow so many things I will never be able to do. I like to learn about all your unusual plants and I think your new project series is a great concept. I became interested in gardening through Elizabethan textiles so I particularly appreciate the garden history and experience you bring to every post. And I agree about Martha's mag and so many of the garden magazines today. I loved Horticulture when I barely understood what the articles were talking about, but reading them was a continuing education.

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By: Melanie J Watts https://gardern.co.za/2012/03/alpinetroughs-pie-authenticity-and/#comment-3334 Wed, 04 Apr 2012 05:42:24 +0000 #comment-3334 This is great. I'm a complete snob when it comes to pie or any food. I always use the best ingredients and make everything from scratch because to my refined taste buds nothing else will do:) I'm not so snobby when it comes to plants. I live in zone 3 and trying to grow things that are borderline hardy is just plain stupid! I do love primroses. Last year I got a Primula vialli, rated at zone 4 I guess I lost my senses because I planted it anyway. I'm still waiting for the snow to melt so I can see if it survived.

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By: Matt Mattus https://gardern.co.za/2012/03/alpinetroughs-pie-authenticity-and/#comment-3333 Mon, 02 Apr 2012 04:43:44 +0000 #comment-3333 Tom, I never ever thought they looked lik3 1960's or 70's containers, but now that you say it, I can see it. The stone ones from the turn of the century are so nice, but the cheapest one I could find was $2000. so that ended that! They were once used as horse watering sinks, or outdoor sinks. Well made hyper tufa mimic's true tufa, which is a porous rock, but there are plenty of poorly made home made ones out there that look like concrete. Look for a professionally made one – I suggest getting one from Becky Knapp in NY state ( no web site). That's where I get mine. Hers look like stone.

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By: Keith https://gardern.co.za/2012/03/alpinetroughs-pie-authenticity-and/#comment-3332 Mon, 02 Apr 2012 00:58:50 +0000 #comment-3332 Keep up with what you are doing Matt, you always have useful information and always inspire. Are any of the trough photos recent? We had thoughts to plant Alpines from places we had visited in our troughs(not collected on the trip), but plans don't always come to fruition.

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By: ivorygardens https://gardern.co.za/2012/03/alpinetroughs-pie-authenticity-and/#comment-3331 Mon, 02 Apr 2012 00:30:49 +0000 #comment-3331 I LOVE this blog, it's exceptional – a perfect storm of stunning photography, knowledgeable narrative, and uncontained passion for the minutia of nature.

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By: Kaveh Maguire https://gardern.co.za/2012/03/alpinetroughs-pie-authenticity-and/#comment-3330 Sun, 01 Apr 2012 07:21:05 +0000 #comment-3330 Three cheers for plant snobs! My favorite bit of plant snobbery is to correct the way people pronounce botanical names.

And as far as I am concerned you can be as snobby as you like since your blog is far more interesting than any of the blogs that offer step by step "how to" advice.

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By: Susan in the Pink Hat https://gardern.co.za/2012/03/alpinetroughs-pie-authenticity-and/#comment-3329 Sun, 01 Apr 2012 04:53:31 +0000 #comment-3329 That's all.

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By: Tom https://gardern.co.za/2012/03/alpinetroughs-pie-authenticity-and/#comment-3328 Sun, 01 Apr 2012 04:49:57 +0000 #comment-3328 Without reading this I never would have known that troughs HAD any sort of history beyond the 1960s (I always assumed they were some sort of product of the 1960s…there is just something so 60's seeming about containers that often look like concrete). Knowing that there IS a stories history to trough-keeping makes the desire for purity-in-planting a lot more understandable. Is it going to stop me from growing my succulents in hypertufa troughs? Probably not, but I do like to hear the back story.

The pictures in this post DO make me want to go out and get a trough to try some alpines in…though I'm not sure my landlord would appreciate it.

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By: Anonymous https://gardern.co.za/2012/03/alpinetroughs-pie-authenticity-and/#comment-3327 Sun, 01 Apr 2012 01:14:34 +0000 #comment-3327 your blog is one of the Best for serious educated gardening people. i love it!

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By: danger garden https://gardern.co.za/2012/03/alpinetroughs-pie-authenticity-and/#comment-3326 Sat, 31 Mar 2012 23:52:01 +0000 #comment-3326 I think it all comes down to this: "but I know the difference, even if it is just in my head. I've learned over the years that it's more about the process, enjoying it; it's a little mix of nostalgia, what we remember from past experiences, and sometimes about trying something new"

Well said.

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