Re: OT:Cooperative Extension Service

I'm sorry so many have had bad experiences with their extension services.  Just last week I took a branch of a tree that grew from a bird planting that I could not identify though I suspected it might be some sort of pistachio.  A master gardener immediately confirmed, Chinese Pistachio.  I was pleased.

Francelle Edwards,  Glendale,  AZ    Zone hot!
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: William Wells 
  To: iris-talk@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 10:11 AM
  Subject: Re: [iris-talk] OT:Cooperative Extension Service




  wmoores wrote:

  >   Bill, I promise to me gentle!  

  I wasn't really worried about you, Walta.. :-)

  >  
  > I am glad that the Extension service works in your state.

  Well, a careful reading of my post reveals I didn't exactly say that ;-)  
  I said, "Many Extension services now provide useful services to all 
  farmers/gardeners, . . .
  I was actually just trying to be diplomatic in light of my other 
  criticism .....the onslaught I feared was from *defenders* of the 
  Extension services. My own personal experiences with them have been less 
  than productive, but I have come to expect nothing more from any 
  government-associated bureaucracy.

  > on-site inspection, which occurred
  > in my driveway only because it was too muddy to get off the
  > concrete because  the inspectors would muddy up their new boots
  > and the new, shiny pick-up if they ventured into the field.

  This would be funny if it weren't so sad.....

  >   I had a strange (to me) tree growing on my
  > property.  .....  It was labeled Common
  > Green Ash, which it really and truly is.

  Now this really is hysterical! I took one graduate level course in 
  Dendrology 26 years ago, and *I* can identify a green ash! Too 
  funny...(though I can see why you were not amused)

  > I have no faith in the Extension service and its satellite offices.

  Small wonder.....

  Bill Wells


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