gardenfish said:Ok, I will settle this in this manner. I don't always think it's necessary to be so forceful, but this case this calls for plain language, verifiable facts and not personal opinion. The expert to whom I referred to is Tierea Curry, a senior scientist at the Center for Biological Diversity. Please take note this is not some "gardener." This is her quote verbatim. " Monarchs are too important for us to just plant flowers on roadsides and hope for the best". There is more that she said, but this is exactly the point I was making.
RE the many so called gardening experts, I do believe that to determine who is a real garden expert one needs to establish their credentials as to whether they have any degrees in horticulture and whether they have worked many hours in their chosen fields of study. With the availability of the Internet and the onset of You Tube, anyone can produce videos on gardening techniques and call themselves an expert; discerning gardeners will pick right up on these imposters, and speedily reject their crack pot advice.If people accept the advice coming from them as advice from an expert, the onus is on them for being so gullible.
It is insulting to compare Ms Curry to these kind of experts or to deny her credibility in the very specific field she has chosen to be her life's work, and not only that, in her real efforts not only to save the Monarch but all the native pollinators who share the Monarchs place in our ecosystem and who's fate is entwined with the Monarchs fate.
If the previous statements haven't clarified the Follow the science.
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