Is it legal? (plant acquisition)

On Fri, 11 Jul 2003 22:04:31 GMT, "LN \(remove NOSPAM\)"
wrote:

Ok. Rephrase that as, a lot of different answers meaning not the same thing
said over and over. Lots of info as in... thanks for the flood of
information.

Here's another bottom line:

Even if it's okay, once you get down there, where the plants are living,
you might have 2nd thoughts of how much is your work worth?

In my 2nd year of ponding (or maybe the 1st) I saw yellow flag iris in a
local pond. I parked the car and walked to where I could see that getting
to the area to dig meant wearing something better than flipflops, and a BIG
shovel that could manage digging thru even BIGGER rocks. Than take into
account the mud, the sweat, the sterilizing and I gladly shelled out the $$
and got exactly what I wanted. ~ jan

See my ponds and filter design:
http://users.owt.com/jjspond/

~Keep 'em Wet!~
Tri-Cities WA Zone 7a
To e-mail see website

Actually, the plants I'd be after are the pickerel weed and there are some
in very shallow water and would be easy to get to. What do you mean by
sterizilizing?

I loved your pond pictures. Wish I had the room for that size. Mine is a bit
smaller.

http://photos.yahoo.com/lns_obsessed (look under Garden folder - there are
two pages)


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LN in NH (new gardener/ponder in zone 5)

"~ jan JJsPond.us" wrote in message
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On Fri, 11 Jul 2003 22:04:31 GMT, "LN \(remove NOSPAM\)"
wrote:

Ok. Rephrase that as, a lot of different answers meaning not the same
thing
said over and over. Lots of info as in... thanks for the flood of
information.

Here's another bottom line:

Even if it's okay, once you get down there, where the plants are living,
you might have 2nd thoughts of how much is your work worth?

In my 2nd year of ponding (or maybe the 1st) I saw yellow flag iris in a
local pond. I parked the car and walked to where I could see that getting
to the area to dig meant wearing something better than flipflops, and a
BIG
shovel that could manage digging thru even BIGGER rocks. Than take into
account the mud, the sweat, the sterilizing and I gladly shelled out the
$$
and got exactly what I wanted. ~ jan

See my ponds and filter design:
http://users.owt.com/jjspond/

~Keep 'em Wet!~
Tri-Cities WA Zone 7a
To e-mail see website

On Sat, 12 Jul 2003 01:25:32 GMT, "LN \(remove NOSPAM\)" wrote:

Actually, the plants I'd be after are the pickerel weed and there are some
in very shallow water and would be easy to get to. What do you mean by
sterizilizing?

I use PP (potassium permanganate) to soak my plants in so I don't transmit
any diseases or other pests (doesn't always work on snails) to my ponds,
this is regardless of where they are coming from.

I loved your pond pictures. Wish I had the room for that size. Mine is a bit
smaller.

http://photos.yahoo.com/lns_obsessed (look under Garden folder - there are
two pages)

Thank you for visiting my webpage. Considering size, pickerel gets quite
large, I don't even keep it in my ponds. Had it once, wasn't impressed.
~ jan

See my ponds and filter design:
http://users.owt.com/jjspond/

~Keep 'em Wet!~
Tri-Cities WA Zone 7a
To e-mail see website

"LN \(remove NOSPAM\)" wrote in message ...

Something odd tho, last year by this time we had about 6-7 frogs. By the end
of the season, we had 9. This year, none. What's up with that, do you
think? We had a very cold, wet spring. Ya think that would affect things?

Lots of things affect frog populations. Some imponderable. We have had
a pond for 20 odd years, and every year we have different numbers of
frogs, and different kinds. For a couple of years we had none, or only
one, and combined with newspaper reports of world wide amphibian
scarcity we were fearful of never having another one. Then the next
year we had a bumper crop of 3 different species at once. I think frog
populations naturally go up and down on a local scale.

I'm sure that's it, but I really miss them! I used to enjoy going out and
counting them and having a chat. My fish won't stay and chat. They watch me
weed/deadhead the flowers nearby, but if I glance their way, they will hide
or look the other way pretending they weren't watching me.


--
LN in NH (new gardener in zone 5)

"bern" wrote in message
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"LN \(remove NOSPAM\)" wrote in message
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Something odd tho, last year by this time we had about 6-7 frogs. By the
end
of the season, we had 9. This year, none. What's up with that, do you
think? We had a very cold, wet spring. Ya think that would affect
things?

Lots of things affect frog populations. Some imponderable. We have had
a pond for 20 odd years, and every year we have different numbers of
frogs, and different kinds. For a couple of years we had none, or only
one, and combined with newspaper reports of world wide amphibian
scarcity we were fearful of never having another one. Then the next
year we had a bumper crop of 3 different species at once. I think frog
populations naturally go up and down on a local scale.

It's actually a quote, from Rear Admiral Grace Murray Hopper. One of the
first female computer scientists, and one of the few women to earn the rank
of Admiral.
"It's easier to ask forgiveness than it is to get permission."

http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/p...-h/g-hoppr.htm

Same lady that coined the term computer bug, and debugging a computer
program.

Sameer

"Wendy Kelly Budd" wrote in message
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What's that old saying? "It's easier to receive forgiveness, than seek
permission."

--
Wendy* in N. California,

Cool! Thanks.
--
Wendy* in N. California,

"Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in
school." - Albert Einstein


"Snooze" wrote in message
thlink.net...
It's actually a quote, from Rear Admiral Grace Murray Hopper. One of the
first female computer scientists, and one of the few women to earn the
rank
of Admiral.
"It's easier to ask forgiveness than it is to get permission."

http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/p...-h/g-hoppr.htm

Same lady that coined the term computer bug, and debugging a computer
program.

Sameer

"Wendy Kelly Budd" wrote in message
...
What's that old saying? "It's easier to receive forgiveness, than seek
permission."

--
Wendy* in N. California,