Comments on: I would just like to rant a moment http://www.backyardgrowngardens.com/2009/12/i-would-just-like-to-rant-a-moment Your source for locally grown wedding flowers in Batesville, MS! Thu, 29 Apr 2010 14:58:02 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Jennifer Tidwell http://www.backyardgrowngardens.com/2009/12/i-would-just-like-to-rant-a-moment/comment-page-1#comment-2337 Jennifer Tidwell Tue, 29 Dec 2009 14:24:35 +0000 http://www.backyardgrowngardens.com/?p=351#comment-2337 Most people I know don't have the money to spend upwards of twenty thousand on a wedding. I've seen people put wedding expenses on plastic time and time again. Deb, I agree that starting a marriage in that much debt is no way to start a marriage! One of the biggest issues people fight about is money. Why would anyone set themselves up for difficulty out of the gate? Jim, I too purchase end of season plants and divide them up. By the time you get them they've outgrown the pot anyway. I love passing along plants to other people and have gotten many bulbs and plants that way myself. I think most average people shop and garden smartly. What these magazines cater to is fantasy. They showcase elaborately landscaped and perfectly manicured gardens that make you say "ooh" and "aah." Same with weddings. You aren't going to see the wedding that cost less than $2,000 for everything between the pages of a magazine. Thanks for the comments! Jennifer Most people I know don’t have the money to spend upwards of twenty thousand on a wedding. I’ve seen people put wedding expenses on plastic time and time again. Deb, I agree that starting a marriage in that much debt is no way to start a marriage! One of the biggest issues people fight about is money. Why would anyone set themselves up for difficulty out of the gate?

Jim, I too purchase end of season plants and divide them up. By the time you get them they’ve outgrown the pot anyway. I love passing along plants to other people and have gotten many bulbs and plants that way myself.

I think most average people shop and garden smartly. What these magazines cater to is fantasy. They showcase elaborately landscaped and perfectly manicured gardens that make you say “ooh” and “aah.” Same with weddings. You aren’t going to see the wedding that cost less than $2,000 for everything between the pages of a magazine.

Thanks for the comments!

Jennifer

]]> By: Jim Groble http://www.backyardgrowngardens.com/2009/12/i-would-just-like-to-rant-a-moment/comment-page-1#comment-2335 Jim Groble Tue, 29 Dec 2009 03:43:28 +0000 http://www.backyardgrowngardens.com/?p=351#comment-2335 Our oldest daughter got married in our back yard. Check out my blog from June and July 2008. As for low cost plants, we use perrenials we buy at the end of season and split. I can send you hosta and ligularia. jim Our oldest daughter got married in our back yard. Check out my blog from June and July 2008. As for low cost plants, we use perrenials we buy at the end of season and split. I can send you hosta and ligularia.

jim

]]> By: debsgarden http://www.backyardgrowngardens.com/2009/12/i-would-just-like-to-rant-a-moment/comment-page-1#comment-2333 debsgarden Mon, 28 Dec 2009 22:52:36 +0000 http://www.backyardgrowngardens.com/?p=351#comment-2333 My own wedding was long ago, but I am shocked when I hear young women discuss wedding costs, with ten to twenty thousand dollar budgets. These are young people with average incomes and parents who are not wealthy. How do they afford it? They don't. They go into debt, which is a terrible way to start a marriage. I became a gardener when (many years ago) I found that the average landscaper charged sixty dollars an hour. I decided to buy gardening books and do it myself. And I have enjoyed it ever since. My own wedding was long ago, but I am shocked when I hear young women discuss wedding costs, with ten to twenty thousand dollar budgets. These are young people with average incomes and parents who are not wealthy. How do they afford it? They don’t. They go into debt, which is a terrible way to start a marriage. I became a gardener when (many years ago) I found that the average landscaper charged sixty dollars an hour. I decided to buy gardening books and do it myself. And I have enjoyed it ever since.

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