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["Ernest Plutko" <ernestplutko@wiktel.com>]

I recently e-mailed Whitman Farms to order more gooseberries.  I had
just received three gooseberries.  She sent me a puzzling e-mail
accusing me of being a spammer.  No idea what is going on???  I
e-mailed back saying I am a repeat customer but no reply????  Come on
what???


---- Original Message ----
From: mijwiz@yahoo.com
To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Neighbors
Date: Tue, 12 May 2009 14:37:08 -0700 (PDT)

>Come on, this is a neighborhood, with kids in it, not farmland. If
>there isn't a local ordinance against electric fences, there should
>be.
>
>Oh, and I got my gooseberries from Whitman Farms:
>http://www.whitmanfarms.com/
>which has the best gooseberry selection I've seen. I think the first
>shipment was lost in the mail, but she sent me a replacement as soon
>as I complained. They look nice.
>
>Melissa
>
>--- On Tue, 5/12/09, Ernest Plutko <ernestplutko@wiktel.com> wrote:
>
>From: Ernest Plutko <ernestplutko@wiktel.com>
>Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Neighbors
>To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
>Date: Tuesday, May 12, 2009, 5:26 PM
>
>Build an electric fence.
>
>---- Original Message ----
>From: mijwiz@yahoo.com
>To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
>Subject: RE: [NAFEX] Neighbors
>Date: Tue, 12 May 2009 13:48:37 -0700 (PDT)
>
>>My husband and I are ripping our lawn up to plant all sorts of good
>>things. Our next door neighbor, who has a pretty big lawn, is
>>allergic to grass, so he can't mow his own lawn, and he's
>practically
>>under house arrest when others mow their lawns. One wonders why he
>>has a lawn himself. Anyway, his wife said their ambition is to plant
>>a 4 x 8 foot garden in their lawn this year. I wish them luck.
>>
>>I should be out planting gooseberries, which finally arrived today.
>>You NAFEXers advised me that the deer won't bother them. I hope
>>you're right. The deer ate my tomato plants to the ground last year
>>before we built a better deer fence. Then something got into the
>deer
>>fence and ate a hot pepper plant, peppers and all. We're building a
>>better fence this year.
>>
>>Melissa
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