Thanks, Lee. I was on the list when I first started in 2003 when I was a horticulture major in college. Through many turns, twists, ups, and downs I found myself very busy and hard pressed to keep correspondence with so many like I' had hoped. Things are finally falling into more of a routine, the farm is looking good, and I'm able to spend more time discussing and growing and less time just "keeping up." Here's to more sharing and more communicating! Chris > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2010 22:55:38 -0700 > From: Lee Poulsen <wpoulsen@pacbell.net> > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Subject: Re: [pbs] Native Bulbs for the Prairies of Dallas > Message-ID: <4C74B05A.4030907@pacbell.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > Chris Wiesinger wrote: > > Thank you for your help. And...if anyone missed it...I am still in the > red > > cabin farming bulbs in Texas, but I'm now married! So, Rebecca and I are > in > > the cabin (traveling right now though) farming away. > > > > Sincerely, > > Chris > > > > Chris Wiesinger > > > > Hey, I was hoping Chris would join this list! I can't find any previous > message from him on PBS, but I believe he should submit his nursery > information to Mike Mace for inclusion on the PBS bulb sources list. > Chris is the proprietor of The Southern Bulb Co., and since I grew up in > Texas, I have a soft spot for any bulb people who offer bulbs that will > grow and/or thrive in Texas, such as Chris's nursery or Patty Allen's > nursery. Of the three large southern U.S. states with such nice (and > different from the rest of the U.S.) plant growing climates (Florida, > Texas, and California), I have always felt like Texas has always been > the most shortchanged of the three. The "common" statement I heard > growing up was "Oh, that won't grow in Texas. The climate is too > difficult here to grow much of anything." And yet people like Thad > Howard, who discovered many new bulb species and wrote "Bulbs for Warm > Climates", and Scott Ogden who wrote another great bulb book, "Garden > Bulbs for the South", both live(d) in Texas. (Thad recently passed away.) > > I've followed Chris's website/nursery almost since he started it, and > have silently wished him well (and congrats on the marriage!). But I > also really wished he could hook up with some of the very knowledgeable > people on this list, or rather, learn a lot more about what he appears > to spend most of his time doing by being on this list. And lo and > behold, here he is. (BTW, is Patty's nursery on the list as well, Mike? > Bayou City Bulbs) Welcome, Chris. > > --Lee Poulsen > Pasadena, California, USA - USDA Zone 10a > >