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Index of Subjects ------=_Part_12297_27696074.1193083337260 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline I am NOT ridiculing you, Randy! I just could not imagine earthworms being bad -- having grown up to love them and not being a scientist -- but the really funny thing that made me laugh was the image of trying to get rid of them!!! On 10/22/07, Randy Lauff <randy.lauff@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > On 22/10/2007, Suzanne Townsend <suzanne.townsend@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Ladybugs have invaded Boutiliers Pt today. > > > > & excuse me but getting rid of earthworms is the funniest thing I've > > heard of since that dancing cockatoo! Is there really such a thing as too > > many? in a garden? in the dirt outside I mean? > > > > > It is sad that you found my statement amusing. I have been ridiculed > before in this forum and others, including garden club meetings. > > Earthworms are not native, like the ladybugs of the earlier message. I > respect the natural order of things as much as possible. My garden is where > I grow non-native species, but they stay in my garden. Earthworms, praying > mantises, non-native ladybugs, free-roaming cats all disturb the ecology. > Just because something may be good for me as an individual (worms in my > garden for instance), doesn't mean it's good in the overall picture. I try > not to be so selfish, so I'm doing what I can. > > And yes I know of the emmissions from my car, the foot print of my house, > etc. These are not easily avoidable, but we know how to reduce the effects. > > From D Webster: "If you wish to let nature win in your garden should you > not just leave it alone and let Spruce trees and Alder bushes take over?" > > I didn't say I wanted to let nature win there. > > "Introduced plants and animals are also part of nature." > > Sadly, that is true. > > > Randy > _________________________________ > RF Lauff > Antigonish County, NS. > ------=_Part_12297_27696074.1193083337260 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline <div>I am NOT ridiculing you, Randy! I just could not imagine earthworms being bad -- having grown up to love them and not being a scientist -- but the really funny thing that made me laugh was the image of trying to get rid of them!!! </div> <div> </div> <div><br><br> </div> <div><span class="gmail_quote">On 10/22/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Randy Lauff</b> <randy.lauff@gmail.com> wrote:</span> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"><span class="q"><br><br> <div><span class="gmail_quote">On 22/10/2007, <b class="gmail_sendername">Suzanne Townsend</b> <<a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:suzanne.townsend@gmail.com" target="_blank">suzanne.townsend@gmail.com </a>> wrote:</span></div></span> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"><span class="q"> <div>Ladybugs have invaded Boutiliers Pt today.</div> <div> </div></span> <div><span class="q"> <div> <div> <div>& excuse me but getting rid of earthworms is the funniest thing I've heard of since that dancing cockatoo! Is there really such a thing as too many? in a garden? in the dirt outside I mean?</div></div> </div> </span></div></blockquote> <div>It is sad that you found my statement amusing. I have been ridiculed before in this forum and others, including garden club meetings.</div> <div> </div> <div>Earthworms are not native, like the ladybugs of the earlier message. I respect the natural order of things as much as possible. My garden is where I grow non-native species, but they stay in my garden. Earthworms, praying mantises, non-native ladybugs, free-roaming cats all disturb the ecology. Just because something may be good for me as an individual (worms in my garden for instance), doesn't mean it's good in the overall picture. I try not to be so selfish, so I'm doing what I can. </div> <div> </div> <div>And yes I know of the emmissions from my car, the foot print of my house, etc. These are not easily avoidable, but we know how to reduce the effects.</div> <div> </div> <div>From D Webster: "If you wish to let nature win in your garden should you not just leave it alone and let Spruce trees and Alder bushes take over?"</div> <div> </div> <div>I didn't say I wanted to let nature win there.<span class="q"><br><br>"Introduced plants and animals are also part of nature."</span></div> <div> </div> <div>Sadly, that is true.</div> <div><br> </div> <div>Randy<br>_________________________________<br>RF Lauff<br>Antigonish County, NS. </div></blockquote></div><br> ------=_Part_12297_27696074.1193083337260--
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