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[Bill Jones <billj AT harborside.com>]

VAN DELL JORDAN wrote:

> I would like to add a question to that.  Where in the
> world did anyone get the idea that looking pretty is
> not useful.
> I also fail to understand the idea that a plant has
> value only when as it applies to humankind and our
> limited values based on physical and commercial wants.
> Van Dell 
>
>  
When I lived in California I had a big collection of succulents.  Now, I 
feel that there's little time left in which to gather all the most 
useful plants and evaluate their potential for growing here.  
Homesteading, for me, is not primarily about making plants happy, but 
us.   When our retirement income falls short of what we were hoping for, 
I won't care about daisies much.  We already live in such a naturally 
pretty place.

Bill
S. Oregon coast