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celebrating our Golden Wedding

Well done for that, there may be more than a few here would think your
wife a saint, but its a very happy acheivement by any standard,
congratulations.
--
Charlie Pridham, Gardening in Cornwall
www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of national collections of Clematis viticella cultivars and
Lapageria rosea

On 7/1/08 15:00, in article ,
"Gary Woods" wrote:

Elt wrote:

Surely there is room on here for a bit of "topical" off topic chat?? Or
am I being naive again

There is, just as surely as there are people who would argue over whether
the sun rises in the morning.

A bit of an off-topic story... with the caveat that I am NOT a world
traveler, having done most of my travel all expenses paid many years ago
courtesy of the U.S. Navy!

In 2000, my dear wife took us on a cruise to Hawaii.... lots of stuff to
see; not enough time to see it all. But I especially loved Kaua'I for its
relative lack of touristyness. Sadly, she passed away the next year.
Soooo.... a couple of years later when I felt like living again, I found a
Bed and Breakfast on that island, rented a car, and just spent a couple of
weeks bumming around, taking all the time I wanted so grok the sights.

The National Tropical Botanical Garden is just spectacular, especially so
when you've got all day to wander around, and Limahuli Gardens on the north
shore (where I stayed) specializes in native plants and a nice view of
Makana Mountain, which played a movie role as "Bali Hai" some years ago.

We went to Kauaii for ten days in 2002, Gary and we visited the McBride
Gardens, too. They are absolutely spectacular and ISTR one area where we
weren't allowed out of the little bus because the plants grown there were so
poisonous! I agree with you that Kauaii is glorious. It's so peaceful and
laidback and we had the sea about 20 yards from the door of the condo.
By contrast we had a few days on Oahu and it was astonishing for being so
cosmopolitan. The visit to the Pearl Harbour Memorial was incredibly moving
and we were extremely impressed with the way it's kept.
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--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'

Sacha wrote:


Surely there is room on here for a bit of "topical" off topic chat?? Or
am I being naive again

Elt
snip

Again? Have you been naïve here before? ;-)

I'm always naive, its the only way to learn

Ah, there's a lot to learn here - in more ways than one. Where do you
garden Elt? I don't think we've seen you here before? There's a load of
good information available from many keen gardeners at all levels.

Hi again,

I've been lurking for a while now, especially as my first post got a
barrage of abuse (I learnt about trolls from that!) for being too long.
Reading some of the board is quite amusing, although I do think that
some of the posters are really the same person.... especially some of
the more esoteric ones... (they're on my ignore rule now, thankfully)
As for where I garden, well I dont really garden, I just popped in to
seek a bit of advice etc, and got stuck here. I'm in the RAF, and as
such inherit a "new" garden everytime we move - just trying to keep it
tidy and enjoy the bits we get. I tried to start growing some of my own
veg this year but various beasties and the weather seemed to do me no
favours. I think i'll wait until we get our own place sorted before
having another go.

The garlic's doing well though!
Elt

In article
, Elt
says...
Sacha wrote:


Surely there is room on here for a bit of "topical" off topic chat?? Or
am I being naive again

Elt
snip

Again? Have you been naïve here before? ;-)

I'm always naive, its the only way to learn

Ah, there's a lot to learn here - in more ways than one. Where do you
garden Elt? I don't think we've seen you here before? There's a load of
good information available from many keen gardeners at all levels.

Hi again,

I've been lurking for a while now, especially as my first post got a
barrage of abuse (I learnt about trolls from that!) for being too long.
Reading some of the board is quite amusing, although I do think that
some of the posters are really the same person.... especially some of
the more esoteric ones... (they're on my ignore rule now, thankfully)
As for where I garden, well I dont really garden, I just popped in to
seek a bit of advice etc, and got stuck here. I'm in the RAF, and as
such inherit a "new" garden everytime we move - just trying to keep it
tidy and enjoy the bits we get. I tried to start growing some of my own
veg this year but various beasties and the weather seemed to do me no
favours. I think i'll wait until we get our own place sorted before
having another go.

The garlic's doing well though!
Elt



I've been lurking this group for several years now, with
the occasional post. It is great for garden related
questions and advice. After a while you learn who gets on
with who and who doesn't. It's a bit like a soap opera on
here some times and quite amusing to spectators. Personally
I avoid being drawn into the dialogue with the fighting
factions or when the squabbles or taunting begins.
--
David in Normandy

On 8/1/08 10:37, in article ,
"Elt" wrote:

Sacha wrote:


Surely there is room on here for a bit of "topical" off topic chat?? Or
am I being naive again

Elt
snip

Again? Have you been naïve here before? ;-)

I'm always naive, its the only way to learn

Ah, there's a lot to learn here - in more ways than one. Where do you
garden Elt? I don't think we've seen you here before? There's a load of
good information available from many keen gardeners at all levels.

Hi again,

I've been lurking for a while now, especially as my first post got a
barrage of abuse (I learnt about trolls from that!) for being too long.
Reading some of the board is quite amusing, although I do think that
some of the posters are really the same person.... especially some of
the more esoteric ones... (they're on my ignore rule now, thankfully)
As for where I garden, well I dont really garden, I just popped in to
seek a bit of advice etc, and got stuck here. I'm in the RAF, and as
such inherit a "new" garden everytime we move - just trying to keep it
tidy and enjoy the bits we get. I tried to start growing some of my own
veg this year but various beasties and the weather seemed to do me no
favours. I think i'll wait until we get our own place sorted before
having another go.

The garlic's doing well though!
Elt


You could probably grow quite a few favourites in pots and take them with
you - assuming you're based in UK, of course!
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'

"Sacha" wrote in message
. uk...

The visit to the Pearl Harbour Memorial was incredibly moving
and we were extremely impressed with the way it's kept.
snip
--
Sacha

We went there whilst on our World Cruise in 2006. Very VERY moving,
especially when you see the name of a young man who lost his life with the
same surname. Was he related? Who knows. I calculated by his rank that he
was about 18 :-((

The whole site was very well kept and cared for, but I did feel that it was
a little too 'commercial'.

A TIP FOR FUTURE VISITORS If you are taking the boat trip out to the
Memorial, sit at the front on the Starboard (right) side as you get the best
photographs from there as you approach :-))

Mike

--
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