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Re: [SHADEGARDENS] intro

At 09:26 AM 1/20/98 +1300, you wrote:
>Hi all
>
>This was a surprise!  I subscribed to a list and got a welcome inviting
>me to introduce myself plus a box full of mail.
>Intro: Tony Flynn retired mechanical fitter living by the beach in the
>Bay of Plenty. New Zealand.
>I do not have the large garden some of you seem to have. One in England
>and one in Normandy. Phew!!
>1/4 acre of the usual Kiwi garden. My interest in shade is an area
>approx 8 x 4 metres at the back (south) side of the house. That's the
>shady side for those in the Northern hemisphere. It get the afternoon
>sun. It was very uninteresting , so I built a framework over it and
>covered it with shade cloth. 50% I think.
>The idea was to have a place to grow something different.  We have a few
>ferns which are ok 2 Hostas  very slow. Impatiens which runs rampant.
>Herbs parsley and mint which are flourishing. Polyanthus coming on
>slowly. A Nikau palm that will probably grow through the roof in a few
>years.
>Any suggestion welcome. The El Nino has given us the longest, hottest,
>driest
>and windiest  summer for years. Scarcely any rain since November and
>none in sight.
>One last thing. Why do you people have so much trouble with deer? Here
>the wild deer keep well back in the bush as every Kiwi bloke has an old
>303 rifle.
>They would be in the pot almost as soon as they pocked their nose out.
>
>Cheers
>
>Tony Flynn Grandad. Retired at the beach. Bay of Plenty New Zealand.
>*******************
Tony:
Really nice to hear from a New Zealand gardener!  In most states , we can't
just go out and let the pests "have it"  It takes a special license -------
and than there are the Bambi lovers, who seem to think an overpopulation of
the darn things is cute!
Ran Lydell
Eagle Bay Hosta Gardens
10749  Bennett Rd.
Dunkirk,   NY  14048
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