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Date Posted: 18:14:50 08/11/01 Sat
Author: Diane
Author Host/IP: 139.ft-lauderdale-01-02rs.fl.dial-access.att.net / 12.94.0.139
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Hi, I hope everyone is well. Most of my school shopping is done. The boys are wearing uniforms this year which made buying clothes easier. I just found out that the Dept. of Agriculture found a tree with citrus canker on the block in front of mine which makes my little orange tree within the 1900 feet range. They will be cutting it down soon. It is a shame because I planted the tree just after we moved in our house and this would have been the first season it would have given is a good crop of oranges. Being that I usually cannot grow a thing(i have a black thumb) I was thrilled to see it flourish. Oh well at least the boys will have more room to play.

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[> Not the canker thing again! I hate when that shows up.. inside -- Lane, 20:27:57 08/11/01 Sat (NoHost/63.166.238.146)

We are almost done with shopping, too.I am envious of your boys having uniforms. We only have a few things left to pick up. Em's school starts on the 20th.
As to the green thumb thing, we had a single tomato plant produce a fruit. With all this rain lately, the poor plant began to die, so I picked the pathetic fruit and hope it ripens on it's own!

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[> [> The only other thing I managed to grow was bell peppers...in the window of our bathroom! -- Diane, 18:54:56 08/19/01 Sun (41.ft-lauderdale-08-09rs.fl.dial-access.att.net/12.94.3.41)

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[> Re: Hi! -- Meg, 17:09:05 08/14/01 Tue (NoHost/165.157.26.103)

Hi Diane - what a shame about your orange tree! I am a member of the "black thumb" club as well. I'd give my eye teeth for a delicious Florida orange. I even went so far to order some from Flamingo Groves last year. The oranges we get here in California are awful! A friend of mine was telling me about some kind of disease that hit your palms as well - is that still happening? We re-landscaped our front and backyards and had a bunch of palm trees planted, but they aren't nearly as lovely as the Royal palms we had in Florida. Can you believe we are halfway through August already? My kids all go back to school on 8/27 - summer has flown by way too fast. Take care.

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[> [> Re: Hi! -- Diane, 19:08:29 08/19/01 Sun (41.ft-lauderdale-08-09rs.fl.dial-access.att.net/12.94.3.41)

Isn't it funny that things have changed? When we first moved here from California 30 years ago, all my mother did was complain about the florida oranges. I guess she will always feel that Sunkist oranges are the best. I just love oranges of any kind. The tree I planted was a Honey Bell tangelo. It's a cross between a grapefruit and a tangerine,I think. The few I got last year were great. Right now there is some kind of litigation going on about the removal of non-affected trees. So they won't be chopping mine down for three months.

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