Hello, Trumbull County.
Gardeners are naturally inquisitive and are always on the search for new practices or methods to adopt. Researching these new practices used to require several trips to the library, accumulating a stack of gardening magazines and other physical resources. The nature of these publications ensured that at least one person vetted the information before it was released to the public.
Sure, there are plenty of examples of incorrect information distributed this way, but the spread of incorrect information was much slower.
Today, the first stop for gathering information is an internet search, or more frequently, a targeted ad on social media.
I am often bombarded with short gardening-related videos that promote one practice or another. In these videos, each person spea