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To: radu
I seem to sometimes be blessed with roses.
(Though there have been some that were beyond my help. Others have made returns from seemingly beyond the grave..)

There's this little vine like weed that smells like a herb of one kind or another, has little horn shaped flowers on it, cerrated oval leaves.
And it makes me itch, though it's not supposed to.
Mira knows what it's called in Czech and German, but can't think of what it would be in English.
(The missus former mother in law is Czechoslovakian.)

Had ot get my hands on rotenone based rose dust for some stuff.
*ugh*
Using that stuff, you end up tasting it eventually, and getting a metallic taste in your mouth.
Yes, it can kill you, but it'll kill fish alot faster..
144 posted on 04/21/2004 7:28:52 PM PDT by Darksheare (Fortune for the day: "Now, do you think we have anything more than BOINNGGG?!" -dating advice movie.)
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To: Darksheare
Rotenone is hard-core stuff! We had to use it on the potatoes last year to kill the potato beetles. Sevin wasn't working. But then, it kept raining so much, the Rotenone got washed off sooner than normal. Frustrating, to say the least.

Roses certainly take a special "something" that I don't have. LOL! I admire folks who can nurture them and keep their beauty flourishing.

Hubby came in a few minutes ago and wants supper. Some nerve, huh?! LOL! Guess I'd better head out.

It was great to "see" ya tonight!
147 posted on 04/21/2004 7:44:37 PM PDT by radu (May God watch over our troops and keep them safe)
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