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| thistlesifter wants you to know: |
- The current local time for me is 8:03 PM
- I live in Vista, CA
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| A note from thistlesifter: |
"I collected first plant at age 13 in 1954. There was no nursery in the small OK town then.
We have a hilltop place in North San Diego county for the last 21 years. its 1.82 acres. About .5 acres is landscaped. and has been redone several times as we learned what fits in San Diego county. This area, about 7 air miles from the east Pacific coast, is recognized as one of the best desert plant growing areas on earth. And that is why we are here!
We have (and continue to) made (make) errors. I am a "concrete experimentalist" (hard-headed crazy). Absolutely amazed at the gardening expertise and knowledge found on DG.
DG is changing the plant world in a BIG BIG way and connecting the world of plant lovers and gardening people.
For so many years desert plant sellers "hoarded" seed stock and limited the distribution - not because of greed, but because it was necessary for them to stay in business that they loved.
That is rapidly changing. Public viewability of the growth habits and true value of these wonderful plants has begun to create a greater demand for the species that are desirable landscape plants as well as irresistable collector plants.
DG is the best place to accomodate this. I could have only imagined this in my wildest dreams!
bob
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"Wife and me on the north atlantic coast of Basque Provincial Spain. 2005. A very lovely place in Europe that loves USAers" 
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| thistlesifter signed up on Nov 28, 2005 Subscribed through November 27, 2008
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