scurvyelephants

Scurvy Elephants in the Garden?

Headed over to the Mouse and Trowel Awards voting area today to vote for my new friend Heather Gorringe's company Wiggly Wigglers. (That's Heather left, winning another award.)

Her team are up for Best Gardening Podcast - and so, so deserve it. Check it out here.  Actually, Heather is a total Scurvy Elephant - must tell her to join us here...

anyway... came across a site called the Renegade Gardener... I reckon that's another Scurvy Elephant right there in Don Engebretson, an award-winning Minnesota garden writer and designer - you absolutely must read his story...

Are you a Scurvy Elephant? Join us here and let us share your Scurvy Story with the world.

Announcing the official Scurvy Elephant Society Mantra

Back in November, new SES member Dug Black from Comboyne, NSW, Australia emailed the SES Yahoo Group to introduce himself.  In his message, Dug included an inspired poem he wrote in celebration of 'scurvy elephantness'.  Adrian and I loved it so much that, with Dug's permission, we are declaring it the official Scurvy Elephant Society Mantra. (Apologies Dug that it's taken me so long to post it here on the blog - a house move, the usual festive shenanigans and BT leaving me 'phonelineless' for over a month got the better of me!)  Anyway, without further delay... we present... the official SES Mantra by Dug Black:

Let us not go silently into the night
Let us not vanish without a fight
We shall go scurvily on
We shall be firm
Uphold the us the pachyderm…

Genius - thank you Dug!  I'm sure everyone is looking forward to more of your brilliant writing.  :o)

On changing the world

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.”

Margaret Mead (American anthropologist) 1901 - 1978