[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 16220]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




         HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JERRY BAKER, AMERICA'S MASTER GARDENER

  (Ms. FOXX asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to salute Jerry Baker, America's 
master gardener, as he celebrates his birthday. As a former owner of a 
nursery business, I've come to appreciate the wit and wisdom that Jerry 
has given to gardeners across the country for more than three decades.
  Jerry has been offering tips for almost as long as I can remember. 
His folksy and down-to-earth advice has been helping everyone from city 
dwellers trying to master a finicky herb garden in a window box to 
longtime gardeners across rural America who produce those ubiquitous 
wheelbarrows full of zucchini.
  Thanks to Jerry, our gardens have been producing more with less. 
Today, with dozens of books full of garden advice in print and a weekly 
nationwide radio show where he solves the gardening problems of people 
across the country, Jerry is well-established as America's go-to guy on 
all things gardening.
  As he marks one more year on his calendar, I rise to wish him many 
more years of garden mastering. Happy birthday, Jerry.

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