Comments on: Come Saturday Morning: How Does Your Garden Grow?

By: Marion in Savannah

Marion in Savannah — Sat, 17 May 2008 19:06:35 +0000

I’ll bet you do take special pride in your classroom garden. (I’ll confess that I’ve been known to hit the odd weed with a stick myself!) I’ve worked a bit with adults with Down syndrome and the sense of pride and accomplishment they have in their achievements is a delight to see. My sadness was in that too few people realized how much these folks could do, and do very well. 3 cheers for you, your gardens and your gardeners from Savannah.

By: LS

LS — Sat, 17 May 2008 19:06:16 +0000

That is really wonderful!

By: Marion in Savannah

Marion in Savannah — Sat, 17 May 2008 18:59:59 +0000

Dr. Goldsmith and Dr. Graham started ICOT (the International Center for Otologic Training) in 1995 and the only continent we’ve never had a student from is Antarctica. They spend 2 intense weeks of temporal bone work and lectures, and most go home to spread that knowledge by teaching in their countries. Chip Goldsmith is also working on a new cochlear implant that may lower the cost by 3/4. As I said, I’m so proud to work for him that I could squeal.

By: whomever1

whomever1 — Sat, 17 May 2008 18:55:01 +0000

I’m working on three gardens right now. Around the house we pretty much let everything grow wild–volunteer passion fruit vines are working on engulfing the garage and bottlebrush trees, our cactii are doing nicely–especially the San Pedro. Our roses have all lost their petals, though, and working on rose hips. My wife spends more time than I at one of the Long Beach community gardens–but it’s too damn hot to do anything today. But I’m most proud of my classroom garden. I’m a special ed teacher at a special school, and we just reopened our garden space after a couple of years of neglect. Right now my plot has tomatoes, cucumbers, bell peppers, peas and sorrel. My watermelon seedlings all died though, so I just planted beet seeds. Still, the main thing is that some of my students enjoy hitting weeds with sticks, watering randomly, and digging holes in other people’s plots. And we’ve gotten some community assistance–one of our staff has asked his church group to come by and dig weeds, and we’ve gotten plants and money to by supplies from Descanso Gardens and from the Network for a Healthy California.

By: kirk murphy

kirk murphy — Sat, 17 May 2008 18:54:38 +0000

Wow, Marion – good on your docs!

By: wangdangdoodle

wangdangdoodle — Sat, 17 May 2008 18:53:06 +0000

Someone’s hungry, better go feed him….

By: wangdangdoodle

wangdangdoodle — Sat, 17 May 2008 18:52:30 +0000

Genovese salad, mmmmmmm. Don’t forget the balsamic vinegar!

By: Marion in Savannah

Marion in Savannah — Sat, 17 May 2008 18:51:48 +0000

I’m so proud of my docs I could just about burst. As an example of what they’ve been doing, here’s an example of what they’re working to bring about. ICOT is going on now, for 2 weeks.

By: Marion in Savannah

Marion in Savannah — Sat, 17 May 2008 18:47:50 +0000

Yep, and that oh-so-simple but oh-so-delicious salad of sliced tomatoes, slice mozzarella, a chiffonade of basil, sea salt and the best olive oil you can get your hands on. I’m drooling already!

By: kirk murphy

kirk murphy — Sat, 17 May 2008 18:46:33 +0000

Marion, thanks for your kindness - and bless you and the docs you work with for simply knowing what the administrators have taken so long to catch up with….

Sounds like the patients you serve are lucky to have you.