Re: OT: disappearing or trashed rhizomes
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- Subject: Re: OT: disappearing or trashed rhizomes
- From: I* S* <i*@ucla.edu>
- Date: Wed, 17 Sep 1997 22:29:24 -0600 (MDT)
The snoopy reply was marvelous, I'm thrilled to see that those of us that
garden still have a sense of humor!
Ida
At 07:33 PM 9/16/97 -0600, you wrote:
> My sister just sent me a post that might be relevant to holes where
> irises 'used' to be or 'wildlife' eating or trashing them.
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> I sent my sister 12 bearded rhizomes, from MDBs to TBs, in July.
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> Things were going fine until Gus, their Australian Shepherd dog,
> did his deed.
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>> Bad News - Gus apparently isn't too happy with my new schedule and he
>>trashed my irises. I came home from work the other night and he had dug
>>them all up, broke all the new growth off of the rhizomes and completely
>>destroyed the spot. He has never done anything like that before.
>>Definitely ticked me off.
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> Me, too, Nancy..... but there is always next year. :))
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> Cheers,
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> Ellen
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