Gardening

Those of us who are sticklers for accuracy, the carrying on of the real histories of varieties, etc end up running hard into those who want to or need to make money at it - so they fabricate stories for varieties to make them stand out - then of course you have two histories going forward, and the truth ends up as a potential casualty. That's why the book I just wrote - and ones to come - are important to me - telling the stories of varieties and the families and how they were developed, passed on, and all.

so in a way, what happens in gardening isn't much different than what happens in politics, or any other pursuit (my wife tells me quilting/fabric arts are just as bad!).