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["Brungardt, Sam" <Sam.Brungardt@state.mn.us>]

Rodney, if this mulberry proves to be as hardy as it seems, Bill
McKentley of St. Lawrence Nurseries may be interested in offering it in
his catalog along with his Northrup mulberry selection. -- Sam
Brungardt, St. Paul, Minn.

-----Original Message-----
From: nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org
[mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Rodney Eveland
Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 11:14 PM
To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: [NAFEX] Hardy Mulberry?


Today I made a trip to Worland Wyoming where I picked up some seeds of a
biennial flower called Hanging Cypress (tubular red flowers that attract
hummers - blooms middle of July to middle Sept.) and some Snow on the
Mountain (grows about 2 feet high and turns mostly white in full sun).
Then I went looking for a purple flowered locust which survives their
Winters. I didn't find the locust but I met the Chief of Police who is a
tree aficionado and the GreenTurf tree care man. They both promised to
look for this tree next spring. The neighbor of the police chief has a
royal paulownia tree that is 31 years old. It dies to the ground every
winter and grows back 8-10 feet tall every summer. He also has a
mulberry that he planted many years ago that has survived the Winters in
Worland. He can't remember what year he planted it but it is over 20
years old, grows vigorously and produces a huge crop most years. The
sparse fruit it has this year is mostly white with a tinge of pink. They
tell me that the winter of 83/84 was very cold with temps well below
zero for weeks on end with lows in the -40s. So next year I will try to
root some cuttings to see if the offspring will do well for me too as we
rarely see -30F. It was also a very good shade tree although it needs
trimming every year in order to walk under it.

The other neighbor of the police chief has  a battery powered device
that detects the motion of anything that has a 2 degree F. temp. change
and turns on a an impact sprinkler head for 3 bursts of spray, waits a
bit and repeats if it again senses motion. He uses it to keep cats out
of his herbs. He says it works quite well and keeps dogs and kids away
too. He said he got it from yardiac.com. I checked it out and it is
called a scarecrow motion activated sprinkler. I am not trying to sell
these, just offering the website for info as I'm pretty sure you can
find these cheaper at other sites. If nothing else you can always use it
to keep your gardening spouse cool on hot summer
days.;-) All in all a pretty good trip.

http://www2.yardiac.com/long.asp?tgs=14500580:49934968&cart_id=&item_id=
929
is the site that has an explanation.

P.S. I also learned that North Dakota does get chinook winds (in July).

Rodney in NE Wyoming.


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