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Re: [GWL]: Digest for Gardenwriters@topica.com, issue 146
Hi there - I saw your message on thr GWL site and decided to write you . I
live in Peoria, and work for Green View - they have a store in Bloomington.
Your gardens sound great - I would love to come and visit sometime. I am a
writer and designer, former Herb Business owner, and an avid gardener - love
to hear from you - Jan Powers
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From: "mg1007379" <griffith@fgi.net>
To: <Gardenwriters@topica.com>
Sent: Monday, July 30, 2001 9:12 AM
Subject: RE: [GWL]: Digest for Gardenwriters@topica.com, issue 146
> How enjoyable it is to read of the variety of gardens that people have. I
> live near Bloomington, IL on 1 and 1/2 acres. My interests are "Theme
> Gardens. I have designed Victorian, Colonial, Fairy, Shakespear,
Japanese
> and Labyrinth gardens. Originally I designed the gardens for my own
> interest and enjoyment but now I have opened the gardens to groups in the
> immediate area.
> Mariellen Griffith
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <Gardenwriters@topica.com>
> To: <Gardenwriters@topica.com>
> Sent: Monday, July 30, 2001 5:42 AM
> Subject: Digest for Gardenwriters@topica.com, issue 146
>
>
> > -- Topica Digest --
> >
> > RE: Phenology help- new topic!
> > By garden@groll.plus.com
> >
> > Re: Phenology help- new topic!
> > By cabalist@gdinet.com
> >
> > Re: Speaking of GM seeds.....
> > By GIANNI-2@prodigy.net
> >
> > Re: Speaking of GM seeds.....
> > By diana@olympus.net
> >
> > Tell us about your garden(s)....here's mine
> > By evelyn_inthegarden@hotmail.com
> >
> > RE: Tell us about your garden(s)....here's mine
> > By voulezvous@fwi.com
> >
> > Re: Re: sending individual postings
> > By Cultivated@aol.com
> >
> > Double mailings
> > By sudden.elegance@home.com
> >
> > Re: Speaking of GM seeds.....
> > By GIANNI-2@prodigy.net
> >
> > RE: Tell us about your garden(s)....here's mine
> > By evelyn_inthegarden@hotmail.com
> >
> > Good Form For Postings
> > By lonrom@hevanet.com
> >
> > Re: FW: Tell us about your garden(s)....here's mine
> > By evelyn_inthegarden@hotmail.com
> >
> > Re: Tell us about your garden(s)....here's mine
> > By lonrom@hevanet.com
> >
> > Re: FW: Tell us about your garden(s)....here's mine
> > By gardenwriter@mindspring.com
> >
> > Re: Tell us about your garden(s)....here's mine
> > By jonivy@earthlink.net
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2001 09:15:08 -0400
> > Subject: RE: [GWL]: Phenology help- new topic!
> >
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> > No... it should be: Red sky at night - the shed's alight!
> >
> > Graham Rice
> >
> > >Yeah, let's get all the phenology we can!
> > >
> > >Red Sky at night! Gardener's delight. Red sky in the morning,
> > >gardener's warning......
> > >
> > >CHeers,
> > >
> > >Jeff
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> > <div>No... it should be: Red sky at night - the shed's alight!</div>
> > <div><br></div>
> > <div>Graham Rice</div>
> > <div><br></div>
> > <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1"
> > color="#0000FF">Yeah, let's get all the phenology we
> > can!</font></blockquote>
> > <blockquote type="cite" cite> </blockquote>
> > <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1"
> > color="#0000FF">Red Sky at night! Gardener's delight. Red sky in the
> > morning, gardener's warning......</font></blockquote>
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> > <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1"
> > color="#0000FF">CHeers,</font></blockquote>
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> > ------------------------------
> >
> > Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2001 09:39:29 -0500
> > From: "Carlo A. Balistrieri" <cabalist@gdinet.com>
> > Subject: Re: [GWL]: Phenology help- new topic!
> >
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> > RE: [GWL]: Phenology help- new topic!
> >
> > No... it should be: Red sky at night - the shed's alight!
> >
> >
> > Graham Rice
> >
> >
> >
> > Red sky at noon--need more coffee, real soon.
> >
> > oh, sorry...
> >
> > Carlo
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> > <DIV>No... it should be: Red sky at night - the shed's alight!</DIV>
> > <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><BR></DIV>
> > <DIV>Graham Rice</DIV>
> > <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><BR></DIV>
> > <BLOCKQUOTE cite type="cite">
> > <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
> > <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Red sky at noon--need more coffee, real
> > soon.</FONT></DIV>
> > <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
> > <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>oh, sorry...</FONT></DIV>
> > <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
> > <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Carlo</FONT></DIV>
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> > ------------------------------
> >
> > Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2001 11:28:57 -0400
> > From: "Gianni" <GIANNI-2@prodigy.net>
> > Subject: Re: [GWL]: Speaking of GM seeds.....
> >
> >
> > This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
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> > One of my employees has a degree in Plant Biology and a minor in
> Chemistry. We've discussed this a bit because she is quite knowledgable
in
> this area.
> > To be concise, the human body has been consuming amino chains in
distinct
> combinations since the beginning of mankind. We have never consumed these
> combinations of DNA before. Since it could be generations before problems
> become apparent, those in the field of science are hiding potential
> complications through the broadbased ignorance of the masses who are not
> informed of genetics and how our bodies use DNA in the manufacture of our
> own DNA.
> >
> > Diana Politika
> > The Greenhouse Nursery
> > Port Angeles, WA
> >
> > Thanks Diana.
> > Me thinks, trouble shure is a foot in the very near future...
> > Hope they don't cancel out the race in lieu of greed as that seems the
> norm with these Agro/Petro/Pharmagloms...
> > Best of growing,
> > ~Gianni
> >
> >
> >
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> >
> >
> > <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>One of my employees has a degree in Plant
> Biology
> > and a minor in Chemistry. We've discussed this a bit because she
is
> quite
> > knowledgable in this area.</FONT></DIV>
> > <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>To be concise, the human body has been
> consuming
> > amino chains in distinct combinations since the beginning of
> mankind. We
> > have never consumed these combinations of DNA before. Since it
could
> be
> > generations before problems become apparent, those in the field of
science
> are
> > hiding potential complications through the broadbased ignorance of
> the
> > masses who are not informed of genetics and how our bodies use DNA in
the
> > manufacture of our own DNA.</FONT></DIV>
> > <DIV> </DIV>
> > <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Diana Politika</FONT></DIV>
> > <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The Greenhouse Nursery</FONT></DIV>
> > <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Port Angeles, WA</FONT></DIV>
> > <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
> > <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>Thanks Diana.</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
> > <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>Me thinks, trouble shure is a foot
in
> the
> > very near future...</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
> > <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>Hope they don't cancel out the race
> in lieu
> > of greed as that seems the norm with these
> > Agro/Petro/Pharmagloms...</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
> > <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>Best of
> growing,</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
> > <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>~Gianni</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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> >
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2001 09:00:40 -0700
> > From: <diana@olympus.net>
> > Subject: Re: [GWL]: Speaking of GM seeds.....
> >
> >
> > This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
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> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Gianni
> > To: Gardenwriters@topica.com
> > Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2001 8:28 AM
> > Subject: Re: [GWL]: Speaking of GM seeds.....
> >
> >
> > One of my employees has a degree in Plant Biology and a minor in
> Chemistry. We've discussed this a bit because she is quite knowledgable
in
> this area.
> > To be concise, the human body has been consuming amino chains in
> distinct combinations since the beginning of mankind. We have never
> consumed these combinations of DNA before. Since it could be generations
> before problems become apparent, those in the field of science are hiding
> potential complications through the broadbased ignorance of the masses who
> are not informed of genetics and how our bodies use DNA in the manufacture
> of our own DNA.
> >
> > Diana Politika
> > The Greenhouse Nursery
> > Port Angeles, WA
> >
> > Thanks Diana.
> > Me thinks, trouble shure is a foot in the very near future...
> > Hope they don't cancel out the race in lieu of greed as that seems the
> norm with these Agro/Petro/Pharmagloms...
> > Best of growing,
> > ~Gianni
> > Personally, I'm beginning to wonder if there is not a conspiracy
> brewing for the destruction of the masses.
> > The government has now determined that self breast examinations
are
> not necessary for women despite untold millions of cancers detected by
> implementation of it.
> >
> > The government has also determined that hormone replacement
therapy
> is not warranted in women despite health benefits that have been proven by
> years of study. ( Albeit HRT is not for every woman, for those who take
> things broadly literal. )
> >
> > The government has now determined that eating whole eggs is not a
> contributing factor to elevated cholesterol levels, despite years of
> contradictory studies.
> >
> > And now the government has determined that just because we've been
> able to splice genes together in never-here-to-fore combinations, that we
> can consume them into our bodies to be broken down and utilized for our
own
> genetic replication. And they came to this conclusion in the span of less
> than the several years that this type of technology has been enabled.
> >
> > It makes one suspect that perhaps the state of our Social Security
> account is indeed a foul mess in need of relief. And what better way to
> relieve the need for Social Security than to kill off those who need it.
> >
> > Diana Politika
> > The Greenhouse Nursery
> > Port Angeles, WA
> >
> >
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> > <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
> > <DIV
> > style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color:
> black"><B>From:</B>
> > <A title=GIANNI-2@prodigy.net
> href="G*@prodigy.net">Gianni</A>
> > </DIV>
> > <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
> title=Gardenwriters@topica.com
> > href="G*@topica.com">Gardenwriters@topica.com</A>
> </DIV>
> > <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, July 29, 2001 8:28
> AM</DIV>
> > <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [GWL]: Speaking of
GM
> > seeds.....</DIV>
> > <DIV><BR></DIV>
> > <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>One of my employees has a degree in Plant
> Biology
> > and a minor in Chemistry. We've discussed this a bit because she
> is
> > quite knowledgable in this area.</FONT></DIV>
> > <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>To be concise, the human body has been
> consuming
> > amino chains in distinct combinations since the beginning of
> mankind. We
> > have never consumed these combinations of DNA before. Since it
> could be
> > generations before problems become apparent, those in the field of
> science are
> > hiding potential complications through the broadbased ignorance
of
> the
> > masses who are not informed of genetics and how our bodies use DNA in
> the
> > manufacture of our own DNA.</FONT></DIV>
> > <DIV> </DIV>
> > <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Diana Politika</FONT></DIV>
> > <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The Greenhouse Nursery</FONT></DIV>
> > <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Port Angeles, WA</FONT></DIV>
> > <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
> > <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>Thanks
Diana.</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
> > <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>Me thinks, trouble shure is a
foot
> in the
> > very near future...</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
> > <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>Hope they don't cancel out the
race
> in
> > lieu of greed as that seems the norm with these
> > Agro/Petro/Pharmagloms...</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
> > <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>Best of
> growing,</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
> > <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>~Gianni</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
> > <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr
> > style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px;
> BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">
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> BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">
> > <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">
> > <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Personally, I'm beginning to wonder
if
> there
> > is not a conspiracy brewing for the destruction of the
> > masses.</FONT></DIV>
> > <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The government has now determined
that
> self
> > breast examinations are not necessary for women despite untold
> millions of
> > cancers detected by implementation of it.</FONT></DIV>
> > <DIV> </DIV>
> > <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The government has also determined
that
> > hormone replacement therapy is not warranted in women despite
health
> > benefits that have been proven by years of study. ( Albeit HRT is
> not for
> > every woman, for those who take things broadly
> literal. )</FONT></DIV>
> > <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
> > <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The government has now determined
that
> eating
> > whole eggs is not a contributing factor to elevated cholesterol
> levels,
> > despite years of contradictory studies.</FONT></DIV>
> > <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
> > <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>And now the government has determined
> that
> > just because we've been able to splice genes together in
> > never-here-to-fore combinations, that we can consume them into our
> bodies
> > to be broken down and utilized for our own genetic
> replication. And
> > they came to this conclusion in the span of less than the several
> years
> > that this type of technology has been enabled.</FONT></DIV>
> > <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
> > <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>It makes one suspect that perhaps the
> state
> > of our Social Security account is indeed a foul mess in need of
> > relief. And what better way to relieve the need for Social
> Security
> > than to kill off those who need it.</FONT></DIV>
> > <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
> > <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Diana Politika</FONT></DIV>
> > <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The Greenhouse Nursery</FONT></DIV>
> > <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Port Angeles,
> > WA</FONT></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE>
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> >
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2001 14:40:05 -0700
> > From: "Evelyn Bishop" <evelyn_inthegarden@hotmail.com>
> > Subject: Tell us about your garden(s)....here's mine
> >
> >
> > <html>
> >
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> > <P><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" size=5></FONT> </P>
> > <P>Hello, all!</P>
> > <P>I am fairly new to this group. Since (most) of you are garden
writers,
> let's find out about each others gardens. I'll share with you what I have
> going on for now. I live in the Sierra foothills in a semi-rural area in
> Northern California about 3500' in elevation. It snows here every winter,
> though it doesn't usually get below 15 degrees. Sometimes the snow stays
on
> the ground for weeks at a time and sometimes it is gone the next day, with
> either rain or warm weather to melt it. The summers here are long, hot and
> very dry. Autumn and Spring are usually of short duration, with changeable
> weather, alternating hot and cold spells. There are plenty of deer,
gophers,
> moles, voles, squirrels, wild turkeys, and mosquitoes and other various
> flying annoyances. On occasion one would see a fox, rabbit, mountain lion,
> or hear a coyote. Lots of birds. I am learning the kinds that there are. I
> could not name them all.</P>
> > <P>(Please excuse the mixed nominclature, some common names, and others
> scientific)</P>
> > <P>The Gardens- </P>
> > <P>White Daisy Garden - Shastas (tall, med., short, single,
semi-doubles),
> Ox-eye daisy, Boltonia asteroides "Snowbank",white coneflower, various
> named varieties of white asters including A. divaricatus, Erigeron,
Bellis,
> Chamomile, Anthemis "E.C. Buxton", Daisy "mums", Tancetum "Jackpot",
> Leucanthemella serotina.</P>
> > <P>"Peach of a Garden" - Achillea "Peach Blossom, daylilies, Diascia,
> Dianthus "Zing Salmon, D. "Helen", , Alcea "Peaches and Dreams", Verbascum
> "Southern Charm and V. "Jackie", Berberis wilsoniae, Chaenomeles "Cameo",
> Helianthemum "Double Peach" , H. "Eat a Peach", daisy mums, Chysanthemum
> "Mary Stoker", Phygelius rectus "Tommy Knockers", Lychnis cognata, gerbera
> daisy, Iceland poppies, Lily "Spirit", Gladiolus "Praha"...I am
> looking for additions to this garden, any suggestions??</P>
> > <P>White Flower Garden - Peonies, Tree Peonies, White Sweet Violets,
> Galium odoratum, Liatris, Oenothera "Woodside White", white Lilac,
> creeping phlox, Bearded Iris, Dutch Iris, Agastache foeniculum "Alba",
> ribbon grass, Nierembergia rivularis, Nepeta "Snowflake", white rosemary,
> white lavender, dianthus, various bulbs in spring ( various white
narcissis,
> tulips, snowdrops, snowflakes, crocus, anemones, allium, hyacinths,
> muscari). More items will be added to this garden when the fence goes up.
> The deer have forced the removal of several shrubs (Hibiscus "Diana",
> Buddleia and others..</P>
> > <P>"Dark Side" garden - Euphorbia dulcis "Chameleon", Physocarpus
> opulifolius "Diablo", Acer palmatum "Atropurpurem", Berberis thungergii
> "Rose Glow" B. t."Royal Burgundy"B.t. "Crimson Pigmy", Betula "Crimson
> Frost", Cotinus coggyria "Velvet Cloak", C. "Royal Purple", Prunus x
> cistena, Sambucus nigra "Guincho Purple", Canna "Intrigue", Aster
latiflorus
> "Lady in Black", A.l. "prince", Anthriscus sylvestris "Ravenswing", bronze
> fennel, Aquilegia atrata, A. "Black Barlow", A. "Chocolate Soldier", Ajuga
> "Chocolate Chip", Calla "Black Forest", Chocolate Cosmos, Colocasia "Black
> Magic",Cytisus scoparius (dark red flowers, lost name), Oxalis
> (regnelli)triangularis, Sedum "Vera Jameson", Sedum "Dragon's Blood",
> Geranium phaeum, G.p. "Samobor", Heuchera "Cathedral Windows", H.
"Plum
> Pudding", H. "Velvet Knight", Phormium tenax( bronze), P.t. "Tom Thumb",
> Black mondo grass, Lysimachia ciliata "Atropurpurea", Plantago major
rubens,
> Viola "Bowles Black". For a few annuals, I have Celosia "New Look", Basil
> "Purple Ruffles" , red fountain grass, and some dark red snapdragons.</P>
> > <P>Well these are my features...some other gardens...a shade garden on
the
> north side, another garden in front of the house, a newer planting of
mixed
> shrubs and perennials by the driveway turnaround, another driveway garden
up
> front by the road, as well as turning and facing the road(the "hot"
garden,
> with some blue added for contrast). A new addition to that one down
the
> road is in progress...whites and blues...in the shade some ground covers
and
> bulbs, in the sun some ceanothus and bulbs. Also I plant to add some
> Matilija poppies and white perennial pea (Lathyrus). Another area there is
a
> "Silver" garden. Well I had better get out there, so PLEASE tell us about
> YOUR gardens...</P>
> > <P>Evelyn Bishop</P>
> > <P>from Grizzly Flats</P>
> > <P> </P>
> > <P> </P></DIV></div><br clear=all><hr>Get your FREE download of MSN
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> >
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2001 18:35:31 -0500
> > From: "Sheri Ann Richerson" <voulezvous@fwi.com>
> > Subject: RE: [GWL]: Tell us about your garden(s)....here's mine
> >
> >
> > This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
> >
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> >
> > Hi. I live in Indiana (zone 5). In my garden we grow Bananas,
> > Bird-Of-Paradise, Ginger, Angel Trumpets, Elephant Ears, Cannas, Luffa,
> Rain
> > Tree, Red Sandlewood, Bombax Ceiba, Cocoa Tree, Philodendrons, Clivia,
> > Worseyla Rayneri, Amaryllis, Roses, Plumeria, Palm Trees, Amorphophallus
> as
> > well as many other tropicals.
> > I love to watch the hummingbirds sitting on the palm tree limbs or on
the
> > wood trellis that hubby made.
> > We also have a red fox and a very annoying racoon along with a few stray
> > cats.
> > I grow the majority of our plants from seed. Many of the plants are
from
> > various rain forests. It's quite the jungle here!
> >
> > Sheri
> >
> >
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> >
> >
> > <DIV><SPAN class=360152923-29072001><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
> > size=2>Hi. I live in Indiana (zone 5). In my garden we grow
> Bananas,
> > Bird-Of-Paradise, Ginger, Angel Trumpets, Elephant Ears, Cannas, Luffa,
> Rain
> > Tree, Red Sandlewood, Bombax Ceiba, Cocoa Tree, Philodendrons, Clivia,
> Worseyla
> > Rayneri, Amaryllis, Roses, Plumeria, Palm Trees, Amorphophallus as
> well as
> > many other tropicals.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
> > <DIV><SPAN class=360152923-29072001><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
> size=2>I love
> > to watch the hummingbirds sitting on the palm tree limbs or on the wood
> trellis
> > that hubby made.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
> > <DIV><SPAN class=360152923-29072001><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
> size=2>We
> > also have a red fox and a very annoying racoon along with a few stray
> > cats.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
> > <DIV><SPAN class=360152923-29072001><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
> size=2>I grow
> > the majority of our plants from seed. Many of the plants are from
> various
> > rain forests. It's quite the jungle here!</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
> > <DIV><SPAN class=360152923-29072001><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
> > size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
> > <DIV><SPAN class=360152923-29072001><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
> > size=2>Sheri</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
> >
> >
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> >
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2001 19:56:22 EDT
> > From: Cultivated@aol.com
> > Subject: Re: Re: [GWL]: sending individual postings
> >
> >
> > i too am interested in the folklore that jeff digs up, and when the
> picture
> > side gets going, how about a photo of those alaskan delphiniums! carolyn
> > ulrich
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2001 20:58:47 -0400
> > From: Jill Ann Williams <sudden.elegance@home.com>
> > Subject: Double mailings
> >
> >
> > Hello,
> > I am Jill Ann Williams- sudden.elegance@home.com
> > 1. I have been receiving the Garden Writers e-mails for a number of
> > weeks.
> > 2. Recently, I tried to send a message.
> > 3. I was told that I was not a member of the Garden Writers and could
> > not, therefore, send a message.
> > 4. I went through, again, the 'join the Garden Writers' process.
> > 5. Now, I am receiving 2 of each Garden Writers e-mails.
> > 6. What's a girl to do???
> > Thanks,
> > Jill Ann Williams
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2001 22:24:08 -0400
> > From: "Gianni" <GIANNI-2@prodigy.net>
> > Subject: Re: [GWL]: Speaking of GM seeds.....
> >
> >
> > This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
> >
> > ------=_NextPart_000_011C_01C1187D.2F47D560
> > Content-Type: text/plain;
> > charset="iso-8859-1"
> > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
> >
> > Personally, I'm beginning to wonder if there is not a conspiracy brewing
> for the destruction of the masses.
> >
> > It makes one suspect that perhaps the state of our Social Security
account
> is indeed a foul mess in need of relief. And what better way to relieve
the
> need for Social Security than to kill off those who need it.
> > Diana Politika
> > The Greenhouse Nursery
> > Port Angeles, WA
> > From what you purport and the evidence that straggles in, I wonder if
> there really is any
> > credence to the whole conspiracy theory?
> > Then again if they kill all of us off who will fill the federal tax
> coffers?
> > I wonder what's on the menu at dinner time of the ceo's of these Co's,
> knowing what they know
> > and what they are actually willing to consume. Plant the seed at the
> enquirer and watch them
> > go through the rubbish should be very telling?
> > Best of growing,
> > ~Gianni
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> > <META content="MSHTML 5.50.4134.100" name=GENERATOR>
> > <STYLE></STYLE>
> > </HEAD>
> > <BODY bgColor=#ffffff>
> >
> >
> > <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Personally, I'm beginning to wonder if
there
> is not
> > a conspiracy brewing for the destruction of the masses.</FONT></DIV>
> > <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
> > <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>It makes one suspect that perhaps the state
> of our
> > Social Security account is indeed a foul mess in need of relief.
And
> what
> > better way to relieve the need for Social Security than to kill off
those
> who
> > need it.</FONT></DIV>
> > <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Diana Politika</FONT></DIV>
> > <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The Greenhouse Nursery</FONT></DIV>
> > <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Port Angeles, WA</FONT></DIV><PRE>From what
> you purport and the evidence that straggles in, I wonder if there really
is
> any</PRE><PRE>credence to the whole conspiracy theory?</PRE><PRE>Then
again
> if they kill all of us off who will fill the federal tax
> coffers?</PRE><PRE>I wonder what's on the menu at dinner time of the ceo's
> of these Co's, knowing what they know </PRE><PRE>and what they are
actually
> willing to consume. Plant the seed at the enquirer and watch them
> </PRE><PRE>go through the rubbish should be very telling?</PRE><PRE>Best
of
> growing,</PRE><PRE>~Gianni</PRE><PRE> </PRE>
> >
> >
> >
> > </BODY></HTML>
> >
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> >
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2001 21:28:22 -0700
> > From: "Evelyn Bishop" <evelyn_inthegarden@hotmail.com>
> > Subject: RE: [GWL]: Tell us about your garden(s)....here's mine
> >
> >
> > <html>
> >
> > <div style='background-color:'><DIV>
> > <P>Hi, Sheri!</P>
> > <P>How do you protect all these tropicals from the winter? Did you say
> zone 5?? Or do you have an "Orangerie", or glass house??</P>
> > <P>Evelyn</P></DIV>
> > <DIV></DIV>
> > <DIV></DIV>>From: Sheri Grimm <VOULEZVOUS@FWI.COM>
> > <DIV></DIV>>Reply-To: Gardenwriters@topica.com
> > <DIV></DIV>>To: Gardenwriters@topica.com
> > <DIV></DIV>>Subject: RE: [GWL]: Tell us about your
garden(s)....here's
> mine
> > <DIV></DIV>>Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2001 18:35:31 -0500
> > <DIV></DIV>>
> > <DIV></DIV>>Hi. I live in Indiana (zone 5). In my garden we grow
> Bananas,
> > <DIV></DIV>>Bird-Of-Paradise, Ginger, Angel Trumpets, Elephant Ears,
> Cannas, Luffa, Rain
> > <DIV></DIV>>Tree, Red Sandlewood, Bombax Ceiba, Cocoa Tree,
> Philodendrons, Clivia,
> > <DIV></DIV>>Worseyla Rayneri, Amaryllis, Roses, Plumeria, Palm Trees,
> Amorphophallus as
> > <DIV></DIV>>well as many other tropicals.
> > <DIV></DIV>>I love to watch the hummingbirds sitting on the palm tree
> limbs or on the
> > <DIV></DIV>>wood trellis that hubby made.
> > <DIV></DIV>>We also have a red fox and a very annoying racoon along
> with a few stray
> > <DIV></DIV>>cats.
> > <DIV></DIV>>I grow the majority of our plants from seed. Many of the
> plants are from
> > <DIV></DIV>>various rain forests. It's quite the jungle here!
> > <DIV></DIV>>
> > <DIV></DIV>>Sheri
> > <DIV></DIV>>
> >
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> >
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2001 21:45:34 -0700
> > From: "Lon J. Rombough" <lonrom@hevanet.com>
> > Subject: Good Form For Postings
> >
> >
> > A while back Douglas Green posted a letter that I thought was very good
> > advice for this or any list. Good enough that I want to re-post part of
> it
> > from time to time just as a gentle reminder. This is NOT a criticism,
> just
> > a way of helping the list keep in tone - firm and tight.
> > ----------------
> > ** The poster's address is on the header that gets into your letter. At
> > the top it should say TO:GardenWriters@topica.com and under that From:
> > XXXXX@ XXXXX.com The xxxx's mark the spot - that's the address of the
> > person sending the note.
> >
> > ** If you want to thank the person who answered - reply directly to that
> > person using the xxxxx address. We'll all assume you are grateful - you
> > don't have to thank each of us in a post to the group. If you want to
> make
> > a personal statement of some kind to the sender - use the xxxx address -
> not
> > the list.
> >
> > ** If you want to ask a question - do this. That's why we're all here -
to
> > ask, answer and find out what's happening with this great group of
people.
> >
> > ** Don't fill our mailboxes with "me-too" statements. It's too easy to
> get
> > out of hand with this. One person says "there's a problem here" and
> > everybody else says "me too." Somebody says "too many mails" and a host
> of
> > "me-toos echo from the electronic halls. If we eliminated all the
> > "me-too's" we would not have problems.
> >
> > ** There are two parts to any list. Content and Noise. (these are
> technical
> > e-list publication terms) Ask yourself before you post - "Is this post
> > going to help somebody?" If the post is helpful to somebody it is
> content.
> > Just like your magazine and newspaper articles. Newspapers and
magazines
> > don't print too many "me-too statements." :-)
> >
> > ** If you are simply venting - a "me-too" then it doesn't help anybody
but
> > you and on lists we call this "noise".
> >
> > ** I've been around the Net on lists for some time and I write about
such
> > things. Understand that the usefullness of any list is the ratio of
> > helpful content to noise. The more content = the better the list. The
> more
> > noise - the fewer people will stay around. In other professional lists
> I'm
> > on - if the noise level rises, the pro's start to leave. They don't
have
> > the time to listen to noise but they do make the time to listen to
> content.
> > The quality of this list is high, but if even one member leaves because
of
> > excess noise, the loss diminishes us.
> >
> > ** ** Your choice is to add content or add noise. ** **
> >
> > ** Naturally, we want to do this nicely and without flames etc. So, as
a
> > general rule of thumb in most lists - content gets on (from individuals
> and
> > companies in the case of this list) but personal statements are taken
off
> > list and sent directly to the individual involved. You can cc the
comment
> > to the moderator if you feel strongly that he should know about your
> > feelings or see your thanks.
> >
> > ** You can ignore this advice if you want. That's your choice and the
> > delight of the Net. But if you do - understand that people who write
for
> a
> > living don't need their mailbox filled with noise. If those folks
leave -
> > we're all the poorer for it.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2001 22:01:38 -0700
> > From: "Evelyn Bishop" <evelyn_inthegarden@hotmail.com>
> > Subject: Re: FW: [GWL]: Tell us about your garden(s)....here's mine
> >
> >
> > <html>
> >
> > <div style='background-color:'><DIV>
> > <P>Hi, Sheri!</P>
> > <P>I am so impressed! A tropical garden in zone 5! I grow a few
borderline
> plants for me here in zone 8, a couple of cannas, which, so far, have not
> grown very large yet, and chocolate cosmos, colocasia "Black Magic", and
> Calls "Black Forest". The ornamental sweet potato "Blackie" did not
> come back. I mulch this garden with pine needles and don't dig any
> "temporennials" up. I have a full time job, so I try to keep my work as
> simple as I can. I cannot imagine having to dig the whole garden up at the
> end of every summer. That must be a LOT of work. Just keeping the gardens
> weeded is enough work for me, thank you! (I don't do "lasagna".)</P>
> > <P>I have been thinking of having a (small) tropical enclosed garden in
> the future, with some borderline hardy plants. I think that there is a
> society somewhere that specializes in growing tropicals in colder zones.
> Does anyone know its name? </P>
> > <P>Evelyn<BR><BR></P></DIV>
> > <DIV></DIV>
> > <DIV></DIV>>From: "Sheri Ann Richerson" <VOULEZVOUS@FWI.COM>
> > <DIV></DIV>>To: <EVELYN_INTHEGARDEN@HOTMAIL.COM>
> > <DIV></DIV>>Subject: FW: [GWL]: Tell us about your
garden(s)....here's
> mine
> > <DIV></DIV>>Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2001 23:37:50 -0500
> > <DIV></DIV>>
> > <DIV></DIV>>Evelyn,
> > <DIV></DIV>>
> > <DIV></DIV>>Hi. I did have a greenhouse until I got married. I now
> overwinter them
> > <DIV></DIV>>indoors. I do plant them in the ground during the summer
> months.
> > <DIV></DIV>>I am thinking of trying to mulch and overwinter some of
> them outside this
> > <DIV></DIV>>year. I have a book that says it can be done and tells
the
> details. I
> > <DIV></DIV>>haven't quite decided yet.
> > <DIV></DIV>>Yes, I am in zone 5.
> > <DIV></DIV>>
> > <DIV></DIV>>Sheri
> > <DIV></DIV>>
> > <DIV></DIV>>
> > <DIV></DIV>>
> > <DIV></DIV>>-----Original Message-----
> > <DIV></DIV>>From: Evelyn [e*@hotmail.com]
> > <DIV></DIV>>Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2001 11:28 PM
> > <DIV></DIV>>To: Gardenwriters@topica.com
> > <DIV></DIV>>Subject: RE: [GWL]: Tell us about your
garden(s)....here's
> mine
> > <DIV></DIV>>
> > <DIV></DIV>>
> > <DIV></DIV>>Hi, Sheri!
> > <DIV></DIV>>
> > <DIV></DIV>>How do you protect all these tropicals from the winter?
Did
> you say zone 5??
> > <DIV></DIV>>Or do you have an "Orangerie", or glass house??
> > <DIV></DIV>>
> > <DIV></DIV>>Evelyn
> > <DIV></DIV>>
> > <DIV></DIV>> >From: Sheri Grimm
> > <DIV></DIV>> >Reply-To: Gardenwriters@topica.com
> > <DIV></DIV>> >To: Gardenwriters@topica.com
> > <DIV></DIV>> >Subject: RE: [GWL]: Tell us about your
> garden(s)....here's mine
> > <DIV></DIV>> >Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2001 18:35:31 -0500
> > <DIV></DIV>> >
> > <DIV></DIV>> >Hi. I live in Indiana (zone 5). In my garden we grow
> Bananas,
> > <DIV></DIV>> >Bird-Of-Paradise, Ginger, Angel Trumpets, Elephant
> Ears, Cannas, Luffa,
> > <DIV></DIV>>Rain
> > <DIV></DIV>> >Tree, Red Sandlewood, Bombax Ceiba, Cocoa Tree,
> Philodendrons, Clivia,
> > <DIV></DIV>> >Worseyla Rayneri, Amaryllis, Roses, Plumeria, Palm
> Trees, Amorphophallus as
> > <DIV></DIV>> >well as many other tropicals.
> > <DIV></DIV>> >I love to watch the hummingbirds sitting on the palm
> tree limbs or on the
> > <DIV></DIV>> >wood trellis that hubby made.
> > <DIV></DIV>> >We also have a red fox and a very annoying racoon
> along with a few stray
> > <DIV></DIV>> >cats.
> > <DIV></DIV>> >I grow the majority of our plants from seed. Many of
> the plants are from
> > <DIV></DIV>> >various rain forests. It's quite the jungle here!
> > <DIV></DIV>> >
> > <DIV></DIV>> >Sheri
> > <DIV></DIV>> >
> > <DIV></DIV>>
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> >
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2001 22:11:13 -0700
> > From: "Lon J. Rombough" <lonrom@hevanet.com>
> > Subject: Re: [GWL]: Tell us about your garden(s)....here's mine
> >
> >
> > > THIS MESSAGE IS IN MIME FORMAT. Since your mail reader does not
> understand
> > this format, some or all of this message may not be legible.
> >
> > --MS_Mac_OE_3079289475_1096121_MIME_Part
> > Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII"
> > Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit
> >
> > This thread is taking a turn I'm not sure about. It's starting to sound
> > more like a gardening list than a garden writers list. There are a
LOT
> of
> > the former, but only one of the latter (that I know of). I'd like to
hear
> > from members OFF LIST about how you feel about this kind of thread.
> > -Lon
> > ----------
> > From: Evelyn <evelyn_inthegarden@hotmail.com>
> > To: Gardenwriters@topica.com
> > Subject: Re: FW: [GWL]: Tell us about your garden(s)....here's mine
> > Date: Sun, Jul 29, 2001, 10:01 PM
> >
> >
> > Hi, Sheri!
> >
> > I am so impressed! A tropical garden in zone 5! I grow a few borderline
> > plants for me here in zone 8, a couple of cannas, which, so far, have
not
> > grown very large yet, and chocolate cosmos, colocasia "Black Magic", and
> > Calls "Black Forest". The ornamental sweet potato "Blackie" did not
come
> > back. I mulch this garden with pine needles and don't dig any
> > "temporennials" up. I have a full time job, so I try to keep my work as
> > simple as I can. I cannot imagine having to dig the whole garden up at
the
> > end of every summer. That must be a LOT of work. Just keeping the
gardens
> > weeded is enough work for me, thank you! (I don't do "lasagna".)
> >
> >
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> > This thread is taking a turn I'm not sure about. It's starting to
> sound more like a gardening list than a garden writers list.
> There are a LOT of the former, but only one of the
latter
> (that I know of). I'd like to hear from members OFF LIST about how
you
> feel about this kind of thread.<BR>
> > -Lon<BR>
> > ----------<BR>
> > From: Evelyn <evelyn_inthegarden@hotmail.com><BR>
> > To: Gardenwriters@topica.com<BR>
> > Subject: Re: FW: [GWL]: Tell us about your garden(s)....here's mine<BR>
> > Date: Sun, Jul 29, 2001, 10:01 PM<BR>
> > <BR>
> > <BR>
> > <BLOCKQUOTE>Hi, Sheri! <BR>
> > <BR>
> > I am so impressed! A tropical garden in zone 5! I grow a few borderline
> plants for me here in zone 8, a couple of cannas, which, so far, have not
> grown very large yet, and chocolate cosmos, colocasia "Black
> Magic", and Calls "Black Forest". The ornamental
sweet
> potato "Blackie" did not come back. I mulch this garden with
pine
> needles and don't dig any "temporennials" up. I have a full time
> job, so I try to keep my work as simple as I can. I cannot imagine having
to
> dig the whole garden up at the end of every summer. That must be a LOT of
> work. Just keeping the gardens weeded is enough work for me, thank you! (I
> don't do "lasagna".) <BR>
> > <BR>
> > </BLOCKQUOTE>
> >
> >
> >
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> >
> >
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2001 01:12:46 -0400
> > From: Carol Wallace <gardenwriter@mindspring.com>
> > Subject: Re: FW: [GWL]: Tell us about your garden(s)....here's mine
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Evelyn wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > I am so impressed! A tropical garden in zone 5! I grow a few
> > > borderline plants for me here in zone 8, a couple of cannas, which, so
> > > far, have not grown very large yet, and chocolate cosmos, colocasia
> > > "Black Magic", and Calls "Black Forest".
> > >
> > > I have been thinking of having a (small) tropical enclosed garden in
> > > the future, with some borderline hardy plants.
> > >
> > One of the wonders of the Internet to me has been comparing notes with
> > gardeners in different zones and learning that some plants may be
> > hardier than we ever imagined. For instance. I have sauromatum growing
> > in my garden - this is their fifth year and they not only survive but
> > have multiplied. I'm zone 5b/6a. I didn't set out to test their
> > hardiness - I forgot to dig them up one fall and they came back for
> > more.
> >
> > I have zephyranthes that are volunteers in my garden - and self-seeding
> > into more clumps every year. Allegedly too tender for my yard.
> >
> > Calla lilies planted near my large pond have also come back for several
> > years. And they claim black bamboo - Phyllostachys nigra - isn't hardy
> > here - but apparently forgot to tell mine. Helleborus argutifolius is
> > another - one of the more tender hellebores, but planted somewhat close
> > to my house they thrive.
> >
> > I am willing to bet that there are many examples of plants being hardier
> > than we suspect - and we now have the means to compare notes with others
> > to discover what plants we thought we couldn't grow that we may in fact
> > be able to grow. Including a few of those things that we think of as
> > tropical.
> > Carol
> > --
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> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2001 23:38:07 -0700
> > From: "John MacGregor" <jonivy@earthlink.net>
> > Subject: Re: [GWL]: Tell us about your garden(s)....here's mine
> >
> >
> > > THIS MESSAGE IS IN MIME FORMAT. Since your mail reader does not
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> >
> > Sheri,
> >
> > What happens to all that tender jungle herbage in the wintertime? Do
you
> > have a heated greenhouse?
> >
> > John MacGregor
> > South Pasadena, CA 91030
> > USDA zone 9 Sunset zones 21/23
> >
> > ----------
> > From: Sheri Grimm <voulezvous@fwi.com>
> > To: Gardenwriters@topica.com
> > Subject: RE: [GWL]: Tell us about your garden(s)....here's mine
> > Date: Sun, Jul 29, 2001, 4:35 PM
> >
> >
> > Hi. I live in Indiana (zone 5). In my garden we grow Bananas,
> > Bird-Of-Paradise, Ginger, Angel Trumpets, Elephant Ears, Cannas, Luffa,
> Rain
> > Tree, Red Sandlewood, Bombax Ceiba, Cocoa Tree, Philodendrons, Clivia,
> > Worseyla Rayneri, Amaryllis, Roses, Plumeria, Palm Trees, Amorphophallus
> as
> > well as many other tropicals.
> > I love to watch the hummingbirds sitting on the palm tree limbs or on
the
> > wood trellis that hubby made.
> > We also have a red fox and a very annoying racoon along with a few stray
> > cats.
> > I grow the majority of our plants from seed. Many of the plants are
from
> > various rain forests. It's quite the jungle here!
> >
> > Sheri
> >
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> >
> > Sheri,<BR>
> > <BR>
> > What happens to all that tender jungle herbage in the wintertime?
Do
> you have a heated greenhouse?<BR>
> > <BR>
> > John MacGregor<BR>
> > South Pasadena, CA 91030<BR>
> > USDA zone 9 Sunset zones 21/23<BR>
> > <BR>
> > ----------<BR>
> > From: Sheri Grimm <voulezvous@fwi.com><BR>
> > To: Gardenwriters@topica.com<BR>
> > Subject: RE: [GWL]: Tell us about your garden(s)....here's mine<BR>
> > Date: Sun, Jul 29, 2001, 4:35 PM<BR>
> > <BR>
> > <BR>
> > <BLOCKQUOTE><FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><FONT SIZE="2"><FONT FACE="Arial">Hi.
> I live in Indiana (zone 5). In my garden we grow Bananas,
> Bird-Of-Paradise, Ginger, Angel Trumpets, Elephant Ears, Cannas, Luffa,
Rain
> Tree, Red Sandlewood, Bombax Ceiba, Cocoa Tree, Philodendrons, Clivia,
> Worseyla Rayneri, Amaryllis, Roses, Plumeria, Palm Trees, Amorphophallus
as
> well as many other tropicals.<BR>
> > I love to watch the hummingbirds sitting on the palm tree limbs or on
the
> wood trellis that hubby made.<BR>
> > We also have a red fox and a very annoying racoon along with a few stray
> cats.<BR>
> > I grow the majority of our plants from seed. Many of the plants
are
> from various rain forests. It's quite the jungle here!<BR>
> > </FONT></FONT></FONT> <BR>
> > <FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><FONT SIZE="2"><FONT FACE="Arial">Sheri<BR>
> > </FONT></FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
> >
> >
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