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Garden Master
On another forum, a regional one, there was a gardener.
Of course, he was more than that. For one thing, he lived in the foothills of the Rockies and liked to fish for trout. David was also the son of a college professor and married to one, also. He was a dad and we all learned about his kids growing up, their food preferences ... that sort of thing.
David really should have been a college professor but he had MS. The illness must have been a continuing problem for him. I remember him saying that he would attach a long staff under a belt and over his waders to help support his body while he stood on a river to fish.
He had an in-ground garden but his real emphasis was on two plants: clematis vines and peppers, that he had in pots. He smoked some of his peppers and also grew heirloom tomatoes. Cooked for his family ... made hot sauce.
He had been, of all things, a fish farmer as a young man. Apparently, trained in it and helped establish some of those farms. Knowledge, articulate, witty ... David was a daily presence on the forum. For years and years ...
He sent me some climbing bean seed from his neighbor. His family name is fairly common and I have a neighbor with the same name. I gave him some of those beans. Ken likes house plants and has lots but also has a well-tended lawn. Those beans have been the only vegetables that he has grown the last few years. Oh, he also grows sunflowers for the birds.
David died the day before Christmas, three years ago. I think that about half of the threads I start on that forum, David is referenced at some point. It's not so much planned that way, it's just a natural thing because he made such a contribution. What he did and said were like blocks in a foundation. We are still moving blocks around, building new structures, new projects ... growing new plants, new gardens.
Thank you Rob and Sumi for allowing me to write about my friend David ... and, a different forum! In time, I will get around to another person, another loss. It should be so. It will help.
Steve
Of course, he was more than that. For one thing, he lived in the foothills of the Rockies and liked to fish for trout. David was also the son of a college professor and married to one, also. He was a dad and we all learned about his kids growing up, their food preferences ... that sort of thing.
David really should have been a college professor but he had MS. The illness must have been a continuing problem for him. I remember him saying that he would attach a long staff under a belt and over his waders to help support his body while he stood on a river to fish.
He had an in-ground garden but his real emphasis was on two plants: clematis vines and peppers, that he had in pots. He smoked some of his peppers and also grew heirloom tomatoes. Cooked for his family ... made hot sauce.
He had been, of all things, a fish farmer as a young man. Apparently, trained in it and helped establish some of those farms. Knowledge, articulate, witty ... David was a daily presence on the forum. For years and years ...
He sent me some climbing bean seed from his neighbor. His family name is fairly common and I have a neighbor with the same name. I gave him some of those beans. Ken likes house plants and has lots but also has a well-tended lawn. Those beans have been the only vegetables that he has grown the last few years. Oh, he also grows sunflowers for the birds.
David died the day before Christmas, three years ago. I think that about half of the threads I start on that forum, David is referenced at some point. It's not so much planned that way, it's just a natural thing because he made such a contribution. What he did and said were like blocks in a foundation. We are still moving blocks around, building new structures, new projects ... growing new plants, new gardens.
Thank you Rob and Sumi for allowing me to write about my friend David ... and, a different forum! In time, I will get around to another person, another loss. It should be so. It will help.
Steve
