Mar 25, 2008
A good quote can have a long life. That was demonstrated recently when the Chicago Daily Herald used a quip by UC Cooperative Extension farm advisor Chuck Ingels in a story last week that he uttered a month and a half ago in reference to Sacramento conditions.
I mentioned the Ingels' quote in this blog on Feb. 5. In the Sacramento Bee story about postponing gardening until soil dries out, Ingels was quoted: "Soggy gardening? I try not to do it."
The Chicago paper ran the story March 22 with a bit more of Ingels' comments.
"Soggy gardening? I try not to do it." Ingels continued, according to the story, "Walking on the soil, driving on it, working it -- they'll all compact the soil. It will destroy the structure of the soil."