Hello, I am hoping to gather information on attractive ways to protect trees from goats. The trees are in an African themed petting kraal and we hope to keep...
Hello all, after a great awards list last year we are heading back towards a paltry showing. Please take a few minutes to dig around and find someone or...
Hi Everybody, I'm hoping to get some suggestions on a tropical tree for my conservatory. I've removed the Cecropia (the same one I was referring to last year...
Lucinda Grover
lgrover@...
Jan 7, 2004 7:56 pm
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Happy New year! Does anyone have info, opinions, etc on using decomposed granite as a substrate for a petting zoo? We currently use granite dust/stone dust...
Any advice? Have tried repeatedly to unsubscribe, the email just bounces back as undeliverable. Amy & her little cattle dogs too "If Barbie is so popular, why...
Hello everyone, Here at the Rio Grande Zoo we want to grow bamboo around our new railroad, we are wondering if anyone has ever had problems with it growing in...
Hi Carol, I have forwarded your e-mail to our Bamboo Dept of the Commissary. We have about 15 species of bamboo on grounds and have had fairly good success...
I too have had the same problem. Not that I don't like you guys.....really I'd miss you terribly and think of you often...but I can not be released from your...
kyamaguchi@...
Jan 16, 2004 1:18 am
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Hello, I am trying to answer a question for a friend. She has a young african grey parrot that enjoys eating the seeds of the lychee fruit. She wants to know...
Hello All, We are having trouble identifying this tree that some one brought to us. They cut it from an open residential lot and used it for fire wood. The...
Gardeners
hortpgh@...
Jan 16, 2004 1:30 pm
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Any leaves to look at or buds?? Almost appears as a pine of some sort. Gary. ... Hello All, We are having trouble identifying this tree that some one brought...
It appears to be some sort of pine tree. If it is a pine tree, I do not recommend it as a firewood. ... From: Gardeners [mailto:hortpgh@...] Sent:...
Tran Asprodites
tasprodites@...
Jan 16, 2004 1:40 pm
1035
Good morning! The Discovery Channel will again broadcast the documentary on the making of the Bronx Zoo's Congo Gorilla Forest on Jan 21 2004 @ 05:00 PM Wave...
Pittsburgh Gardeners, My color is off on my monitor so its hard to id from the picture but.. did/does the wood spark and pop when burned? is the grain somewhat...
zoohort@...
Jan 16, 2004 3:26 pm
1037
Hello all, for those of you who are interested in visiting the El Cielo Biosphere Reserve, this is an update. We are postponing the trip until later in the...
David, I was told it does spark and pop and the log is EASY to split. ... From: zoohort@... To: AZH@... Sent: Friday, January 16, 2004 10:24...
Gardeners
hortpgh@...
Jan 16, 2004 5:49 pm
1039
Sounds like pine. The Osage Orange Rob mentioned is very hard and I have not heard of anyone using it as a desired wood to burn. Fenceposts yes,,, but not...
Susan,,, and all group. There is an interesting article in the Jan/Feb issue of Interiorscape magazine, "Why Biologicals fail". You are all probable aware of...
hortpgh, My bets on Osage Orange then. Nice logs do split rather easily as I remember but when the grain starts twisting as is common it can be tough. It can...
zoohort@...
Jan 16, 2004 7:23 pm
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I believe it is Osage Orange as well. As for burning it, I burn it regularly, pops alot but it makes a nice, long burning fire. We at Sedgwick County Zoo use...
Hello Pittsburgh gardeners: My computer didn't allow the photo to come through but I just wanted to share. I grew up north of Pittsburgh (Zelienople) and...
Laurie Spangler
LSpangler@...
Jan 18, 2004 3:20 pm
1044
I would like to know what plants have been safely used in interior fishing cat exhibits that mimic the cat's native habitat. Laurie Spangler Conservation...
Laurie Spangler
LSpangler@...
Jan 19, 2004 9:50 pm
1045
In our rainforest exhibit we planted two big ficus (benjamina and nitida, one of them is planted incline so the cat (Markay) can climb and lay on it) We...
Johnson- I missed hearing about this trip previously. Can you give me an idea of what is in the works & how much it might cost? Nina Evans, Indianapolis Zoo ...
Horticulture Staff
hortstaff@...
Jan 20, 2004 12:37 pm
1047
My first guess would be Hedge, does is pop a lot in the fireplace? ... From: Gardeners [mailto:hortpgh@...] Sent: Friday, January 16, 2004 7:22 AM ...