high-priced readers , I kick the bucket through my in - box and discovered some delectable hatred - indication ! Ready ? First , from somehow actually lease by Scotts Miracle - Gro to promote them , pasted below with comment in brackets .
Hi Susan , I ’m reach out on behalf of Scotts Miracle Grow [ SIC ! ] to see if you have 30 transactions to meet with Scotts Miracle - Gro representatives on Nov. 18 - 19 to talk about some new product offering for 2015 . We will be in New York [ sure , because I ’m only 200 miles from there ] and would bed to portion out three new products in the lawn and garden field that will be available across the nation beginning January : [ and sure , I ’ll take the time because garden bloggers are so handsomely compensated for sitting through selling spiel . ]
– [ name blue-pencil so as not to raise it ] – this new product line was produce as an solvent to the growing pursuit in edible and constitutional horticulture . All mathematical product are OMRI indorse so we can help consumers enjoy the garden to table life-style .
– [ name delete , ditto ] – This newfangled line of quick - to - plant seed pods include everything need to start a pleasant-tasting garden – and are guaranteed to grow ! [ They ] are also large for those with a deficiency of outdoor place – i.e. New Yorkers ! [ I ’m not a seed - pot substance abuser but what are the chance those claims are n’t total B vitamin ? ]
– [ delete ] — The new patented technology of [ this intersection ] automatically shuffle the correct amount of nutrients for eat – using any watering equipment – and acts as a reminder for user to feed their lawns and plant life . [ bully . Because we all do it the same amount of fertilizer is correct for every plant and every situation . Thanks for doing the thought process for us , Scotts ! ]
That ’s all specially funny to me since I ’ve bashed the fellowship , its mathematical product , its United States President and its “ sustainability officer , ” repeatedly on this blog . Here ’s my sum-up of the case against Scotts Miracle - Gro , where I first used the photo above and used again here to remind us that Scotts was found to haveknowinglysold venomous bird intellectual nourishment .
Last week I have another e-mail , this fourth dimension from Scotts ’ own “ digital selling managing director , ” though sent to me by someone else , a photo investigator .
Since 1982 , The Ortho Problem Solver from Scotts Miracle - Gro has been one of the most trusted reference point for gardening partizan and professional . With over 2,500 photos of insects , pests , animals , disease , works , hosts , and weeds , it is a comprehensive and easy to utilize resource that facilitate gardeners :
1 ) Diagnose lawn and garden problems right ;
2 ) Understand what is causing the problem ; and
3 ) Find the right resolution for the problem .
We would care to expand our use of and access to the Problem Solver substance and we would be honour to have your picture ( old contact ) be a part of our expansion plans . In addition to continuing to extend the content within the Problem Solver tool , we intend to expanddistribution of the content through the net and through various applications such as mobile apps and future developed technology , and to practice the subject in other ways to support Scotts Miracle - Gro ’s business organization activity . In addition , we are partnering with our retailers to build lawn and garden tools of their own using these resource . In conjunction with these go-ahead , we would like to call for permission to use your image in connection with Scotts Miracle - Gro ’s business plans sketch in this letter , including the development of retailer lawn and garden tools .
No , I do n’t need you to use my photo – of diseased - look thyme – but two points about the photograph postulation . beneficial that you asked for permit but seriously , you ca n’t give to compensate for photos ? And I was distressed to show how well your “ problem - solver ” is sell , and that you ’re working to spread the information therein to understaffed retailer . Though a defense of the book would surely rely on its inclusion of both “ chemical ” and constitutive product , the bottom line is – buy product . Most gardener work garden problem with saucy practices and plant choices , not by buying treatment . The email did offend my involvement in this prize imagination ( to show the glow recap ) and I observe two matter about the record on Amazon . First , it ’s 984 varlet ! Second , it costs $ 5,396.01 ( very precise ) for a unexampled copy and used I start at $ 119 . Wtf ? ?
