RE: was plant sale now trees

HA!  You have long legs woman - good thing!!

LOL

---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: "Jesse Bell" <jesserenebell@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: gardenchat@hort.net
Date:  Wed, 08 Oct 2003 15:19:15 -0500

>It's true.  Animals (not the human kind) learn faster than we do.  Don't 
>even get me started.  People are a cancer to the planet.  Use, use, use 
>until there is nothing left or until it gets to a desperate point.  So 
>unnecessary.  Gardeners take care of and nuture the earth...that is why I 
>garden.  But so many out there that do not.  This soapbox is pretty 
>tall..l.better get a ladder to get off.  *sigh*
>
>
>
>
>>From: "Pamela J. Evans" <gardenqueen@gbronline.com>
>>Reply-To: gardenchat@hort.net
>>To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
>>Subject: RE: [CHAT]  was plant sale now trees
>>Date: Wed,  8 Oct 2003 14:32:51 -0500
>>
>>Oh - so we're back to Jesse Rene's original thesis - people are stupid?
>>Most fast growing trees are so brittle they'll never hold up to any kind
>>of punishment. Amazing.
>>
>>
>>---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
>>From: kmrsy@comcast.net
>>Reply-To: gardenchat@hort.net
>>Date:  Wed, 08 Oct 2003 14:51:45 +0000
>>
>> >Softwoods are probably easier to digest than hardwoods.
>> >
>> >Kitty
>> >> OOOH, oooh, I know that answer to this one!!  They grow fast, have 
>>pretty
>> >> flowers, and most people have no idea of one tree from another (much 
>>less
>> >> problems they might have).  I will never forget asking someone what 
>>kind of
>> >> tree they had in their yard and they looked at me dumbfounded and said 
>>"what
>> >> do you mean- it's a tree".  It always amazes me that people also don't
>> >> realize that there are different kinds of tomatos, peaches, etc.  Small
>> >> wonder that people's eating habits in this country are so lousy.
>> >>
>> >> Theresa
>> >>
>> >> -----Original Message-----
>> >> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net]On
>> >> Behalf Of Pamela J. Evans
>> >> Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2003 6:48 PM
>> >> To: gardenchat@hort.net
>> >> Subject: Re: [CHAT] was plant sale now trees
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Daryl - maybe you can answer a question I have asked many times. Why do
>> >> people plant those Bradford pears? Short-lived, brittle, disease and
>> >> insect prone - why?? I don't get it.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> maybe I'm just dense....
>> >>
>> >> one of my prize treasures is this 150-200 year old pecan tree of mine
>> >> that cuts my cooling bills in half shading the South side of my house 
>>in
>> >> summer and it's just magnificent. It's one of the reasons I bought this
>> >> place!
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Pam
>> >>
>> >> ---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
>> >> From: "Daryl" <pulis@mindspring.com>
>> >> Reply-To: gardenchat@hort.net
>> >> Date:  Tue, 7 Oct 2003 07:49:15 -0400
>> >>
>> >> >Cathy,
>> >> >
>> >> >When I design for folks, I always try to include a few "legacy trees". 
>>So
>> >> >often, a homeowner with a bare lot only wants something fast growing 
>>like a
>> >> >Maple, or (shudder) a Bradford Pear. It's hard, sometimes, to convince 
>>them
>> >> >of the value of planting for the future. Sad.
>> >> >
>> >> >Daryl
>> >> >
>> >> >----- Original Message -----
>> >> >From: "cathy carpenter" <cathyc@rnet.com>
>> >> >To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
>> >> >Sent: Monday, October 06, 2003 7:40 PM
>> >> >Subject: Re: [CHAT] HGTV show now plant sale
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >> As far as I'm concerned, we plant for the future - my white oaks are
>> >> >> saplings that I will never see grow beyond middle age, but I 
>>wouldn't
>> >> >> have it any other way. As a retired military person, I have planted
>> >> >> many perennials and woodies around government quarters and rental
>> >> >> units, and figured I was contributing to my community and my
>> >> >> environment.
>> >> >> Cathy
>> >> >
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>> >> Kemp TX/zone 8A
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