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    Seed request

    Super pictures. Beautiful country. Sorry can't help with seeds. good luck getting what you want.
    Post by: muriel, Dec 6, 2009 in forum: Gymnosperms (incl. Conifers)
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    pear slug

    Thanks Liz and vitog. I like the "leave it alone and maybe it will go away" answer. The hawthorn is such pretty tree and is in a such prominent...
    Post by: muriel, Jul 26, 2009 in forum: HortForum
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    pear slug

    For the second year my hawthorn and pear have been attacked by what my horticulturally trained daughter tells me is "pear slug". The leaves look...
    Thread by: muriel, Jul 25, 2009, 3 replies, in forum: HortForum
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    basement invader

    MamaMac That IS the festive spirit.
    Post by: muriel, Dec 12, 2008 in forum: Plants: Identification
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    basement invader

    How sweet. Get out the Xmas pressies.
    Post by: muriel, Dec 11, 2008 in forum: Plants: Identification
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    Bumble Bee Nest Again

    itia You are so lucky, first of all you are in NS, secondly because you have BATS. They really are the sweetest things (unless they are in...
    Post by: muriel, Oct 21, 2008 in forum: Garden Pest Management and Identification
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    Bumble Bee Nest Again

    jimmya Maybe the next course you should take is one in irony and then you would not take offense so easily. Hope your day goes well also. Muriel
    Post by: muriel, Jul 27, 2008 in forum: Garden Pest Management and Identification
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    Bumble Bee Nest Again

    Dear greenmomma, I'm sorry I got amusement at your expense BUT you did get the message didn't you? My native city is Vancouver, my love of...
    Post by: muriel, Jul 27, 2008 in forum: Garden Pest Management and Identification
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    Bumble Bee Nest Again

    Paul, the certified arborist, lighten up. I guess your profession depends on people terrified of nature but it would be nice if you helped your...
    Post by: muriel, Jul 15, 2008 in forum: Garden Pest Management and Identification
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    Bumble Bee Nest Again

    I'm sorry to be unsympathetic but you provided me with so many laughs that I had to respond. First of all there was feline situation - you have...
    Post by: muriel, Jul 15, 2008 in forum: Garden Pest Management and Identification
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    Vancouver container garden -- Tree suggestions?

    RonB and Ruby I'm wondering if a broadleaf evergreen wouldn't suffer on a So. facing balcony/deck with its wind exposure? I can see why birch...
    Post by: muriel, Jul 1, 2008 in forum: Small Space Gardening
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    Deer proof planting myth busted

    At my former home in Nova Scotia we had no problem with deer till our bright border collie died. After two years we got another dog. Deer had...
    Post by: muriel, Jul 1, 2008 in forum: HortForum
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    Vancouver container garden -- Tree suggestions?

    Dear Ruby You may have surmised there is no simple answer to the situation on your balcony/deck. As any beginning gardener you may just have...
    Post by: muriel, Jun 29, 2008 in forum: Small Space Gardening
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    Vancouver container garden -- Tree suggestions?

    Artic Blue Willow, nice for tiny lights at Xmas and will take any amount of wind. i.e. Salix purpurea. My willow is in a nasty north facing...
    Post by: muriel, Jun 29, 2008 in forum: Small Space Gardening