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"Murielle" wrote in message
news:st0di.30441$nx3.11634@edtnps89... "me" wrote in message ... Isn't that truly sad.. I can remember picking wild "black-eyed susans" for my mother when I was a child in California.. They grew everywhere in vast fields before southern California became so built-up. (Now having visions of little children being locked up for picking flowers... *SHUDDER* ) me It is sad, but understandable in urban areas where community parks and natural spaces must be protected. In our city, if picking flowers in provincial and municipal parks were allowed the parks would be stripped and the average person (or child) would never see one. Besides, not to be too cynical, but you just know someone's going to be out there picking the flowers from the park and selling them at a kiosk at the park gate. The world has changed since we were children ... I guess we have to take the bad with the good. Murielle That is true, sadly! I'm glad that I live in a very small town surrounded by farmland, with a bicycle/walking trail where the old railroad tracks used to be when I was little. I used to go picking wild raspberries amongst the trees just off the path a few years back, but once the West Nile Virus scare came into effect strongly (and there are LOADS of mosquitoes amongst the trees), I stopped going to gather the raspberries. / *hugs* Gemini |
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... And it's far nicer to leave the wild flowers where they are so others can enjoy them Very true! Plus, if we don't leave them to go to seed, next year there will be fewer, and the following year, even less, until there are no more at all! -- Joanne stitches @ singerlady.reno.nv.us.earth.milky-way.com http://members.tripod.com/~bernardschopen/ Just for the record... I don't pick the wildflowers. It was only a suggestion... and some wildflowers grow in an overabundance, at least they do around here. Gemini |
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"Not Likely" notinthislifetime@yougottabejoking wrote in message
... Oh I know! Here in Ontario you cannot pick Trilliums, they are the Provencial flower. They had almost died off years ago, but thankfully are back growing in abundance in amongst the forests now. So pretty, but I wouldn't pick them. I actually did call the Police department here last summer to ask if it was still in effect that they cannot be picked, considering how many are growing now (the forest floor had a carpet of trilliums covering it), and I was told that they hadn't been told anything different from the environment branch of the government yet, so they assume they are still protected. ) Just a follow-up to my own post.... I called to ask about the Trilliums because if it wasn't still in effect about picking them, I would have loved to transplant (not pick) a few for my own flowerbed. ) You can buy cultivated ones to plant in your garden... I just haven't gotten around to doing so yet. *hugs* Gemini |
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Well you Could buy a tiny pot every week , or some herb with a nice
smell ,,, Every tin y present counts !!!! mirjam Mirjam Bruck-Cohen wrote: Well this teaches you to bring flowers all the time ,,,,, let`s say every sunday !!!! mirjam Nice idea but our local shop rarely has cut flowers for sale. I suppose I could buy a small pot plant instead but it isn't really the same is it? -- Bruce Fletcher Stronsay, Orkney www.stronsay.co.uk/claremont (Remove teeth to reply) |
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Here we SAVED the flowers when it was FORBIDDEN to pick them ,,,, i
started taking PHOTOS of flowers ,,and i plant waht i can ... mirjam Isn't that truly sad.. I can remember picking wild "black-eyed susans" for my mother when I was a child in California.. They grew everywhere in vast fields before southern California became so built-up. (Now having visions of little children being locked up for picking flowers... *SHUDDER* ) me On Sat, 16 Jun 2007 15:08:23 -0700, Pogonip wrote: In some places, it is illegal to pick wildflowers. Don't get caught picking California poppies, for instance. The fines are a lot higher than buying a bouquet at the supermarket. |
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Not Likely wrote:
"Pogonip" wrote in message ... And it's far nicer to leave the wild flowers where they are so others can enjoy them Very true! Plus, if we don't leave them to go to seed, next year there will be fewer, and the following year, even less, until there are no more at all! -- Joanne stitches @ singerlady.reno.nv.us.earth.milky-way.com http://members.tripod.com/~bernardschopen/ Just for the record... I don't pick the wildflowers. It was only a suggestion... and some wildflowers grow in an overabundance, at least they do around here. Gemini I pick them, too. We grow them in our yard. We started out with one of those "Wildflower Meadow in a Can" that was a father's day gift, I think. Some of the flowers did well and self-seed now. Others didn't last the first year. Real Darwinian Natural Selection at work in our yard. -- Joanne stitches @ singerlady.reno.nv.us.earth.milky-way.com http://members.tripod.com/~bernardschopen/ |
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Yes, West Nile!
I tell you, if it's not one thing it's another. ;-)) Murielle "Not Likely" notinthislifetime@yougottabejoking wrote in message ... "Murielle" wrote in message news:st0di.30441$nx3.11634@edtnps89... "me" wrote in message ... Isn't that truly sad.. I can remember picking wild "black-eyed susans" for my mother when I was a child in California.. They grew everywhere in vast fields before southern California became so built-up. (Now having visions of little children being locked up for picking flowers... *SHUDDER* ) me It is sad, but understandable in urban areas where community parks and natural spaces must be protected. In our city, if picking flowers in provincial and municipal parks were allowed the parks would be stripped and the average person (or child) would never see one. Besides, not to be too cynical, but you just know someone's going to be out there picking the flowers from the park and selling them at a kiosk at the park gate. The world has changed since we were children ... I guess we have to take the bad with the good. Murielle That is true, sadly! I'm glad that I live in a very small town surrounded by farmland, with a bicycle/walking trail where the old railroad tracks used to be when I was little. I used to go picking wild raspberries amongst the trees just off the path a few years back, but once the West Nile Virus scare came into effect strongly (and there are LOADS of mosquitoes amongst the trees), I stopped going to gather the raspberries. / *hugs* Gemini |
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On Jun 15, 1:11 pm, Donna wrote:
Olwyn Mary wrote in news:46706a8f$0$10194$88260bb3 @free.teranews.com: I have to behave myself, stay in bed Olwyn Mary, I do hope you are following orders to take it easy!! Hope you feel better soon. Take care. just me, Cathy from KY in CA |
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Bruce wrote: Nice idea but our local shop rarely has cut flowers for sale. I suppose I could buy a small pot plant instead but it isn't really the same is it? ROTFL!!!!! Bruce, you might want to stick with *potted* plants....they're not illegal! Sorry, I couldn't resist and I'm surprised no one else picked up on this before me! Joan |
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Joan E. wrote:
Bruce wrote: Nice idea but our local shop rarely has cut flowers for sale. I suppose I could buy a small pot plant instead but it isn't really the same is it? ROTFL!!!!! Bruce, you might want to stick with *potted* plants....they're not illegal! Sorry, I couldn't resist and I'm surprised no one else picked up on this before me! It must be a local idiom - people tend to say "pot plant" rather than "potted plant". But there have been several cases, including one not too far from here, where people have grown illegal plants - purely for medicinal purposes of course. -- Bruce Fletcher Stronsay, Orkney www.stronsay.co.uk/claremont (Remove teeth to reply) |
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