Re: Brooklyn tree/Loosestrife

In a message dated 7/18/00 11:43:54 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
Lowery@zeonchemicals.com writes:

<< you don't have to be too old to know that one!  I'm 33 and enjoyed the
 story, too. >>

Val,

Oh, to be 33 again!   And to have such a good start on a lifetime in the 
garden.  There is so much available on the net for a few minutes work.  You 
do not need to buy tons of books right away and spend hours in the library.  
A good time, I think, to be a gardener.  

I have no idea what makes lythrum thrive.  It appears in my pond from time to 
time and always dies off.  I have known lythrum in ditches and wet fields for 
many years, it is not a new phenomenon.  You can take the train from NYC 
upstate and see many miles of purple bloom along the Hudson River.  It is 
often compared to a Monet painting.

Appreciating any part of lythrum is clearly not a popular thought but it 
seems that eradication is unlikely given the cost and dedication needed.   A 
very populous state such as NY has other needs with a higher priorities.

Now if Marge could develop a spray that makes loosestrife taste like 
hydrangeas, the deer  (which get more press than the loosestrife) would eat 
it and the problem would be solved.

A note on deer, you can blame the growing herds on OPEC.  The story around 
here is that when we had an oil shortage and lines at the pumps, folks bought 
woodstoves out of fear.  Then they cut down most of the woods near housing 
for those woodstoves providing more deer habitat.    I expect the loosestrife 
is probably the fault of the WTO.

This is my last word on loosestrife!

Claire Peplowski
East Nassau, NY z4

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