Re: News

(laughing) like the bumper sticker:  "My other car is a BROOM".
(Don't make me
release the flying monkeys.....)


----- Original Message ----
From: james
singer <islandjim1@comcast.net>
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Sent: Monday, June 2,
2008 7:09:55 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] News

I always thought it was a flying
machine.

On Jun 2, 2008, at 4:47 PM, Zemuly Sanders wrote:

> I always
thought Witches Broom was a virus.
> zem
> ----- Original Message ----- From:
"Kitty" <kmrsy@comcast.net>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Monday, June
02, 2008 5:39 PM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] News
>
>
>> Witches broom of what
plant?  Or is that a cultivar name?
>>
>> Kitty
>> neIN, Zone 5
>> -----
Original Message ----- From: "Donna" <gossiper@sbcglobal.net>
>> To:
<gardenchat@hort.net>
>> Sent: Monday, June 02, 2008 8:51 AM
>> Subject: Re:
[CHAT] News
>>
>>
>>> Congrats on the promo... hopefully they don't work you
to hard. So  
>>> did
>>> you bring the cats there or did they find out you
were working  
>>> there and
>>> decided they would be welcome with the cat
lady LOL!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I stopped into our local HD yesterday. They need
you! Lotsa  
>>> plants, too
>>> bad no one watered them. Seems they expanded
on how many plants  
>>> they are
>>> carrying this year.
>>>
>>>
>>> witches
broom. Interesting plant when blooming, but the skids of  
>>> them
>>> that
weren't looked kinda weedy but it might have been thru neglect.
>>> Anyone
grow this? Loved the ONE that was blooming. Sorry, that is  
>>> the
>>> only
name on the tag I remember....
>>>
>>>
>>> Donna
>>>
>>>
>>> Zemuly Sanders
<zemuly@comcast.net> wrote:
>>> I gave that (the collar idea) a lot of
thought. I did get Alphonse a
>>> collar, but it's black with reflective
silver trim. He is a long- 
>>> haired
>>> kitty -- white with black spots and
a huge black tail. He  
>>> sometimes lays on
>>> the checkstand and plays
with the customers while they are  
>>> attemptingn to
>>> take merchandise
out of their baskets. We have had only one  
>>> complaint since
>>> the cats
moved in last fall.
>>> zem
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kitty"
>>>
To:
>>> Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2008 2:08 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] News
>>>
>>>
>>>> Congrats! That's wonderful about the promotion.
>>>> The HD near my
house is closing, but we have another across town.
>>>>
>>>> Great about the
cats. Do they wear orange collars?
>>>>
>>>> Kitty
>>>> neIN, Zone 5
>>>>
----- Original Message ----- From: "Zemuly Sanders"
>>>> To: "gardenchat"
>>>>
Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2008 1:42 PM
>>>> Subject: [CHAT] News
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
My good friend and sometimes supervisor at The Home Depot has been
>>>>>
transferred
>>>>> to Lompoc, CA. Actually, her husband has been transferred,
and  
>>>>> she is
>>>>> going
>>>>> with him. The result is that I will be
the new livegoods manager  
>>>>> for the
>>>>> store. I know from experience
that the paperwork part of the job  
>>>>> will
>>>>> only
>>>>> involve
following a predetermined protocol. The really fun part is
>>>>> working
>>>>>
with all those plants and the customers who come to buy them.  
>>>>> For the
>>>>> past
>>>>> two years we have gotten all our annuals from a Tennessee 
>>>>> grower, and
>>>>> this
>>>>> year a lot of them were grown at the
greenhouses of my good  
>>>>> friend, and
>>>>> former
>>>>> employer, here
in LaGrange. In fact, I met Lynda Young at  
>>>>> Sunnycreek.
>>>>> It's
>>>>> owner is also the regional salesmanager for Pope's, which is in
>>>>>
Merryville,
>>>>> TN. I know my new position will be a good fit because I
already  
>>>>> know all
>>>>> the
>>>>> vendors, and I've met the growers,
too. I'm looking forward to  
>>>>> having a
>>>>> very
>>>>> good time. I
think I told you all about the cats that had come  
>>>>> to live
>>>>> at the
>>>>> HD garden center. Well, one in particular has become a real  
>>>>>
celebrity.
>>>>> He
>>>>> greets all our customers, and they have donated lots
of food.  
>>>>> Everybody
>>>>> at
>>>>> the store likes the cats, and the
employees donated enough money  
>>>>> to get
>>>>> the
>>>>> male neutered .
This Wednesday the little female, who was a lot  
>>>>> shyer,
>>>>> and
>>>>>
harder to tame, than her littermate, is getting spayed thanks to  
>>>>> more
>>>>> employee
>>>>> contributions. The Animal Protection Association in
Memphis only  
>>>>> charged
>>>>> $40
>>>>> to neuter Alphonse and give him
his basic shots. Hermione will  
>>>>> only cost
>>>>> $45.
>>>>> I am very
grateful. The cats saved the store several thousand  
>>>>> dollars in
>>>>>
mouse and bird damage over the winter.
>>>>> zem
>>>>> zone 7
>>>>> West TN
>>>>>
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