I felt no quivers from the quake on Tuesday. Others said they did feel something here in Gloucester. Presently, I am more worried about the upcoming Hurricane Irene. Our local sheriff office have sent out computer warning calls to go…
Month: August 2011
Red Hill Osage Orange
Hi, Awhile back there was some discussion of the Patrick Henry Osage Orange at Red Hill in Charlotte County VA. Last month the tree lost it's claim of being in the big tree registry as the largest Osage Orange in…
Virginia
I do hope our daffodil friends in Virginia are okay. We saw some damaged buildings on the News report here in NZ. For the record I looked up the force of the quakes we have had over the last year…
daffodilly
Calvert and Brodie
Hi, I’ve been scanning old Calvert catalogs from the ADS files and wondered about all the Brodie cultivars that have Cornish names. Was there a family relationship between Calvert and Brodie? Or just a business relationship where Calvert bought Brodie…
Plant related but off topic – Deer Guard
I wanted to pass along to those of you who use the Deer Guard/Tree Guard product to repel deer, that EPA labeling regulations and the recession have forced the small company making it out of business. United Spray Systems “bugpage.com”…