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[Peter Chrisbacher <pxbacher@gmail.com>]

Hi Waite

I'm in the western suburbs of Philadelphia PA. More like the northern
suburbs of Wilmington DE actually, but Wilmington isn't as well known, and
I do live in PA, not DE.

I am a backyard fruit grower, with several heavily grafted apple trees, a
pear tree, 5 or 6 potted figs, several native plums including maritima from
the DE coast, many Ribes, several Elderberry including some of the newer
selections, and a selection of blueberries. Oh, also some seedling American
Persimmon and pawpaw, and some nut seedlings including Hickory, Northern
pecan, black Walnut, and some hicans. Think that's about it. Sounds like a
lot but most are in pots as we've only been at our current location for a
couple of years.

-Pete

On Sun, Apr 7, 2019, 11:51 AM C Waite MACLIN via nafex <
nafex@lists.ibiblio.org> wrote:

> Thank you, Pete. I am one of the ones who has fallen off. This is not
> because of any lack of interest and my belief in the good networking of
> NAFEX. Too much demanding of my time elsewhere. But hope to “re-up” and
> your email spurs me on.
>
> Where are you located?
>
> I am in Cushing, Maine on the midcoast. Have a modest apple and fruit
> orchard.
>
> Onward. Waite
>
> C. Waite Maclin
> Pastor Chuck Orchards
> Cushing, Maine
> “One Taste and You Will
> Know the Difference Between
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>
> > On Apr 7, 2019, at 10:59 AM, Peter Chrisbacher <pxbacher@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > I like the list.
> >
> > That said, as Ginda notes, there's been low activity for the past 6
> months
> > or longer, and some months I don't think I received a single email.  Is
> > this because of lack of interest in this format?  Is it lack of awareness
> > of this forum?  Is it both?  Is it something else?
> >
> > I don't remember how I found out about this group - how would others who
> > are interested discover it?  While I've seen a few new names here, it
> seems
> > like we are losing more participants than we are gaining.
> >
> > -Pete
> >
> > Pete Chrisbacher
> >
> >
> > On Sun, Apr 7, 2019 at 10:14 AM Ginda Fisher <list@ginda.us> wrote:
> >
> >> 1)  I thought that NAFEX and Lawrence had some falling out, and went
> their
> >> separate ways, but I may be misremembering.
> >>
> >> 2)  I manage some other mailing lists, and I'm willing to help manage
> this
> >> one.
> >>
> >> 3) My opinion is that lists like this work better with enough traffic,
> >> which is driven by enough members. Recently, traffic has been well below
> >> the optimal level, so I'm in favor of keeping the list open to anyone
> who
> >> isn't harmful. (Obviously, too much traffic can be a problem, but that's
> >> not where we are.)
> >> --
> >> Ginda
> >> typed with Swype, who knows what I intended.
> >>
> >>
> >> On April 7, 2019 9:57:28 AM EDT, Road's End Farm <
> >> organic87@frontiernet.net> wrote:
> >>> I agree that keeping the email list as an email list is preferable.
> >>>
> >>> It was my impression that NAFEX didn't want to do so, and that this was
> >>> why the list wound up being separate from NAFEX. I'm concerned that if
> >>> we tried to turn the list over to NAFEX now, even if they accepted it,
> >>> they wouldn't keep it up in the long run.
> >>>
> >>> The problem with keeping it up in this fashion, which I think is
> >>> preferable, is that as Lawrence says it would be better if there were
> >>> several people sharing or lined up ready to take over whatever's
> >>> needed; it shouldn't all be on one person. I don't, however, know
> >>> what's involved in doing that work.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> -- Rivka; Finger Lakes NY, Zone 6A now I think
> >>> Fresh-market organic produce, small scale
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
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