Re: gardenwriters Digest, Vol 119, Issue 4

**J* L* <j*@gardener.com>**

best thread,ever...so good, even I am including all,of it in this reply!!

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On Dec 7, 2012, at 10:34 PM, gardenwriters-request@lists.ibiblio.org wrote:

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>   1. A Little Night Gardening (Mary-Kate Mackey)
>   2. Re: A Little Night Gardening (Doreen Howard)
>   3. Re: A Little Night Gardening (Rose Marie McGee)
>   4. Re: A Little Night Gardening (Duane Campbell)
>   5. Re: A Little Night Gardening (C.L. Fornari)
>   6. Re: A Little Night Gardening (AldieOaks@aol.com)
>   7. Re: A Little Night Gardening (AldieOaks@aol.com)
>   8. Re: A Little Night Gardening (Lawrence F. London, Jr.)
>   9. Re: A Little Night Gardening (Doreen Howard)
>  10. Re: A Little Night Gardening (Rose Marie McGee)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2012 13:42:17 -0800
> From: Mary-Kate Mackey <marykatemackey@gmail.com>
> Subject: [GWL] A Little Night Gardening
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> I have a friend who gardens at night so her husband doesn't find out
> how many new plants she buys. She purchases her treasures at a local
> Fred Meyer at the same time she buys her groceries so the expense is
> hidden. Then she plants them in the dark. Worked great until one time
> her next door neighbors reported a burglar skulking in the adjacent
> garden. Busted.
> Mary-Kate
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> Message: 2
> Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2012 15:50:14 -0600
> From: "Doreen Howard" <gardendiva@charter.net>
> Subject: Re: [GWL] A Little Night Gardening
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> Great story, Mary Kate.  Good material for a gardening anthology.
> Doreen Howard
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> Message: 3
> Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2012 15:13:14 -0800
> From: Rose Marie McGee <rmnicholsmcgee@comcast.net>
> Subject: Re: [GWL] A Little Night Gardening
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> The things women have had to do, I had a friend, no longer alive, whose husband was difficult and rather bullying . He never knew she had secretly acquired a Ph.D in Botany from Berkeley where he himself was a professor.
> 
> Rose Marie NIchols McGee
> On Dec 7, 2012, at 1:42 PM, Mary-Kate Mackey wrote:
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>> I have a friend who gardens at night so her husband doesn't find out
>> how many new plants she buys. She purchases her treasures at a local
> 
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> Message: 4
> Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2012 18:25:11 -0500
> From: "Duane Campbell" <dcamp911@gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [GWL] A Little Night Gardening
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> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Rose Marie McGee
> Subject: Re: [GWL] A Little Night Gardening
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>> The things women have had to do,
> 
> Hey, wait a minute, Rose Marie.  I have to sneak new plants past my wife. 
> She has a masters in botany, which means she hates plants unless they are 
> dead and glued to a file card.
> 
> D 
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> Message: 5
> Date: Fri, 07 Dec 2012 19:17:24 -0500
> From: "C.L. Fornari" <clfornari@mail.com>
> Subject: Re: [GWL] A Little Night Gardening
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> Here's the downside of a listserv as opposed to a facebook group: I really,  /really/ want to click "like" for Duane's comment.
> 
> "Hey, wait a minute, Rose Marie. I have to sneak new plants past my wife. She has a masters in botany, which means she hates plants unless they are dead and glued to a file card." D
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> Message: 6
> Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2012 19:42:37 -0500 (EST)
> From: AldieOaks@aol.com
> Subject: Re: [GWL] A Little Night Gardening
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> Mary-Kate,
> 
> That is just too funny!  Reminds me of an old friend who used to buy  
> antiques and have them delivered -- to her attic while her husband was at  work.  
> After a few months she'd bring the new piece downstairs and when her  
> husband asked her where it came from she'd reply "This old thing?  It's  been in 
> the attic forever!"
> 
> Lina Burton
> 
> 
> 
> In a message dated 12/7/2012 4:42:24 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
> marykatemackey@gmail.com writes:
> 
> I have a  friend who gardens at night so her husband doesn't find out
> how many new  plants she buys. She purchases her treasures at a local
> Fred Meyer at the  same time she buys her groceries so the expense is
> hidden. Then she plants  them in the dark. Worked great until one time
> her next door neighbors  reported a burglar skulking in the adjacent
> garden.  Busted.
> Mary-Kate
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> Message: 7
> Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2012 19:46:09 -0500 (EST)
> From: AldieOaks@aol.com
> Subject: Re: [GWL] A Little Night Gardening
> To: gardenwriters@lists.ibiblio.org
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> It helps if your spouse has an expensive hobby, like golf!  One  Callaway 
> driver and a Scotty Cameron putter equal lots of  plants!  :))
> 
> Lina
> 
> 
> 
> In a message dated 12/7/2012 6:25:21 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
> dcamp911@gmail.com writes:
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> 
> 
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Rose Marie  McGee
> Subject: Re: [GWL] A Little Night Gardening
> 
>> The things  women have had to do,
> 
> Hey, wait a minute, Rose Marie.  I have to  sneak new plants past my wife. 
> She has a masters in botany, which means  she hates plants unless they are 
> dead and glued to a file card.
> 
> D  
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> Message: 8
> Date: Fri, 07 Dec 2012 19:59:24 -0500
> From: "Lawrence F. London, Jr." <lflj@bellsouth.net>
> Subject: Re: [GWL] A Little Night Gardening
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> 
> Probably preaching to the choir but anyway, a reminder:
> 
> If you are gardening at night in the warmer states, where there are 
> poisonous snakes, i.e. copperheads which hunt at night, I'd advise a 
> quality high output LED flashlight from Surefire. Here's a 500 lumen
> variable output headlamp:
> 
> SureFire Maximus?
> Rechargeable Variable-Output LED Headlamp
> http://www.surefire.com/illumination/headlamps/maximushs3-a-bk.html
> 
> Other flashlight models I recommend are described here:
> http://www.surefire.com/illumination/flashlights.html
> Perfectly good affordable models include:
> G2X? Pro  Dual-Output LED
> http://www.surefire.com/illumination/flashlights/g2x-pro.html
> 320.0 lumens Max Output
> 15.0 lumens Low Output
> 2.0 hours Tactical Runtime
> 1.25 inches Bezel Dia.
> 5.20 inches Length
> $95.00
> P2X Fury?  Dual-Output LED
> http://www.surefire.com/illumination/flashlights/p2x-fury-dual-output.html
> 500.0 lumens Max Output
> 15.0 lumens Low Output
> 1.5 hours Tactical Runtime
> 1.37 inches Bezel Dia.
> 5.40 inches Length
> $155.00
> Surefire offers a nice set of rechargeable batteries (lithium phosphate 
> 123A batteries with 10-year shelf life) with charger, affordable.
> 
> I am obsessed with snake risk in season when outside having encountered 
> nine since I moved to my farm; one very large one in my front yard last 
> summer, in a pile of brush. Copperheads respond to vibrations carried 
> through the ground so a heavy walking stick (persimmon is great wood for 
> this) would be useful, a very bright flashlight with extra batteries, 
> mandatory. Surefire offers a nice set of rechargeable batteries (lithium 
> phosphate 123A batteries with 10-year shelf life) with charger, affordable.
> 
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> Message: 9
> Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2012 19:36:38 -0600
> From: "Doreen Howard" <gardendiva@charter.net>
> Subject: Re: [GWL] A Little Night Gardening
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> LIKE
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> -----Original Message----- 
> From: C.L. Fornari
> Sent: Friday, December 07, 2012 6:17 PM
> To: Garden Writers -- GWL -- The Garden Writers Forum
> Subject: Re: [GWL] A Little Night Gardening
> 
> Here's the downside of a listserv as opposed to a facebook group: I really, 
> /really/ want to click "like" for Duane's comment.
> 
> "Hey, wait a minute, Rose Marie. I have to sneak new plants past my wife. 
> She has a masters in botany, which means she hates plants unless they are 
> dead and glued to a file card." D
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> Message: 10
> Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2012 22:34:29 -0800
> From: Rose Marie McGee <rmnicholsmcgee@comcast.net>
> Subject: Re: [GWL] A Little Night Gardening
> To: Garden Writers -- GWL -- The Garden Writers Forum
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> Duane ...  This is very very funny.
> 
> Rose Marie
> On Dec 7, 2012, at 3:25 PM, Duane Campbell wrote:
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>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message----- 
>> From: Rose Marie McGee
>> Subject: Re: [GWL] A Little Night Gardening
>> 
>>> The things women have had to do,
>> 
>> Hey, wait a minute, Rose Marie.  I have to sneak new plants past my wife.
> 
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