Linda: As follow up to the comment about Master Gardeners...if they are to be utilized as I suggest, they would require training from good ecologists to know how to monitor for real invasive plant problems, as opposed to weeds. My suggestion to utilize Master Gardeners had a two fold purpose. Extension funding has been in jeopardy for several years and this would be a good reason to maintain extension funding, while reducing the need to create and fund a new beaurocracy within the Federal Government to oversee an invasive screening program. Ooops...forgot that they already created the National Invasive Species Council http://invasivespeciesinfo.gov/council/main.shtml/ We just need to be very cautious so that the cure isn't worse than the problem. Tony Avent Plant Delights Nursery @ Juniper Level Botanic Garden 9241 Sauls Road Raleigh, North Carolina 27603 USA Minimum Winter Temps 0-5 F Maximum Summer Temps 95-105F USDA Hardiness Zone 7b email tony@plantdelights.com website http://www.plantdelights.com/ phone 919 772-4794 fax 919 772-4752 "I consider every plant hardy until I have killed it myself...at least three times" - Avent Linda Foulis wrote: > Good one Kenneth, > I never get involved in these discussions even though some of them irk me to my very core, but loved what Kenneth said - > > "If the Nature Conservancy is to achieve its' goal, man and his crops will have to be eradicated." > > Thank you, I needed the laugh! I was thinking a cleansing of the herd was long overdue - worldwide! Oops, I did say that out loud! > > And I have to agree on this last comment as well, all of the MG's that I know, well, yes, disappointing. > > "One last thought--at least in my area, Master Gardeners--some are good, > but my experience has been that I know far more than they do, and that > is not meant as a brag on my part--I'm disappointed." > > Linda Foulis > Red Deer, AB Canada > > Steady rain today, we need it. > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > >