Re: Changing the subject (was Should Australia go native ) reply
Sharon - Yes, I realise what you'd done: do it myself, sometimes, unthinkingly! Retaining the original subject field does make it a little hard to follow, as the nature of the thread changes, tho'. Best to give the current topic plus (was... )in brackets. It's sometimes a bit hard to know when to change - like I'm now going to comment obliquely on the main topic of your posting! We have about one-and-three-quarters of an acre of rather wet land, of which about a third is ornamental plus veg garden, another third uncultivated but tamed (grass cut, brambles occasionally removed, trees and shrubs periodically trimmed) and the remaining third wild (rush-dominated paddock; willows, alder and birch; brambles, nettles and bracken rampant). We also have a spring-fed stream linking a number of small ponds, so we enjoy plenty of wildlife. We don't grow all the veg that we need, but tend to buy locally from farmers we know (no-one BD, few organic, no box scheme!). The usual story - I agree with you, but should do more. Tony N-S. _ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx
Re: Changing the subject (was Should Australia go native ) reply
sorry tony about the confusion, i was relating to the last statement ,,anyone out there making preps? i personally have never been to austrailia , or even out of the country, but we do grow medicinal herbs from there. what is a nasty invasive plant to one ; is a food, medicine or thing of beauty to another . we are interested in growing as much of our own food, and medicines as possibe , much as all of our ancestors did. these days there are a lot more choices. .. i think it is a good thing, for more people to get more involved all over the world in producing their own food. so we won't be so dependent on imports or mass marketing. have you heard of the white list ? these days of global mixing, i don't think there is anymore, anywhere- totally native.. but it sure is a good starting point to go out in our neighborhoods and find out what is and is not native . see - j. l. huhson rare seeds--- ( i don't know the web site) about the white list- ... hope this doesn't confuse things even more !love sharon- Original Message - From: "Tony Nelson-Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, July 06, 2002 11:20 AM Subject: Changing the subject (was Should Australia go native) > > Sorry to appear as a whining old fogey, but could we please remember to > change the subject field when the topic changes? The latest post has > nothing at all to do with the original topic and it's very confusing if one > is trying to follow that original argument! Tony N-S. > > > > _ > Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com > > >
