[pbs] plant regulation-Trivial-and OT
Tony Avent
tony at plantdelights.com
Tue Jul 28 15:33:27 EDT 2009
Linda:
As follow up to the comment about Master Gardeners...if they are to be
utilized as I suggest, they would require training from good ecologists
to know how to monitor for real invasive plant problems, as opposed to
weeds. My suggestion to utilize Master Gardeners had a two fold
purpose. Extension funding has been in jeopardy for several years and
this would be a good reason to maintain extension funding, while
reducing the need to create and fund a new beaurocracy within the
Federal Government to oversee an invasive screening program.
Ooops...forgot that they already created the National Invasive Species
Council http://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/council/main.shtml We
just need to be very cautious so that the cure isn't worse than the problem.
Tony Avent
Plant Delights Nursery @
Juniper Level Botanic Garden
9241 Sauls Road
Raleigh, North Carolina 27603 USA
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Linda Foulis wrote:
> Good one Kenneth,
> I never get involved in these discussions even though some of them irk me to my very core, but loved what Kenneth said -
>
> "If the Nature Conservancy is to achieve its' goal, man and his crops will have to be eradicated."
>
> Thank you, I needed the laugh! I was thinking a cleansing of the herd was long overdue - worldwide! Oops, I did say that out loud!
>
> And I have to agree on this last comment as well, all of the MG's that I know, well, yes, disappointing.
>
> "One last thought--at least in my area, Master Gardeners--some are good,
> but my experience has been that I know far more than they do, and that
> is not meant as a brag on my part--I'm disappointed."
>
> Linda Foulis
> Red Deer, AB Canada
>
> Steady rain today, we need it.
>
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