Re: cluck-cluck!!!
Louise Parsons wrote:
>
> Charles, I especially like your sig block :-)
>
> Digressions from the topic of a list usually right themselves pretty
> quickly and the discussion turns back naturally to the focus of the list.
> A private medical list that I manage got into a brief "off-topic"
> discussion about bird-sound clocks recently. This quickly turned to some
> welcome humor when one person suggested that a physician might not want a
> clock that ~quacked in the reception area!
>
> I tend to be a stream-of-consciousness type anyway and to see my garden as
> part of the generous totality of nature.
>
> One of the things that I especially cherish about Medit-Plants is the
> overall spirit and mood of the list. It is such a joy to share so much
> enthusiasm as well as the trials and tribulations of our gardens. If this
> unfettered --eek, bad birdie pun :) --sharing occasionally leads us to
> digression, no harm is done. It is well worth it to keep the spirit of
> openness and sense of community of the list.
> Medit-Plants does a fantastic job of maintaining that sense of community.
>
> I am very grateful and feel a great fondness for this list.
I'd just like to endorse what Louise has said. The fresh enthusiasm and
pleasent interchanges on this list are a real joy and at the same time
one can learn a lot too - a perfect blend of fact and fun.
Oh and while I have your attention, a short word for Dave Poole.
When discussing Cordylines a while ago I mentioned C. pumilio "Red
Fountain" .
I have now discovered this is actually a hybrid with C banksii and may
slowly develop a trunk.
The information came from a very new book:-
The Gardener' Encyclopaedia of New Zealand Native Plants (Cave and
Patterson, -Godwit).
It seems very good and complete, but has one drawback. The numerous and
very good photos are in a group at the front instead of being
incorporated in the text.
Moira
--
Tony & Moira Ryan <theryans@xtra.co.nz>
Wainuiomata,
New Zealand (astride the "Ring of Fire" in the SW Pacific).
