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Lesley Cox · « **Reply #240 on:** September 29, 2007, 11:17:12 PM »

Martin, I suspect that book on stress could be a best seller. One should come this way for sure. I the meantime, let me introduce everyone to another superb little book, just available for the first time yesterday.

The luscious cover is much clearer than my poor picture suggests. $25NZ is approximately 8 UK pounds. It has taken almost a year from start to finish but is well worth the effort everyone has put in from taking the original idea to all the vendors, The Star newspaper then coming up with a proposal, the arranging of polytech photography students to do the recipe pics, and a photographer from our local Allied Press (of which The Star is a part) to do the Market pics, Star staff who did the text - there's a little personal profile/story about each participant - and the chef at a top Dunedin restaurant who made the recipes, sometimes "tweaking" them to make the best possible finished product. We're immensely pleased with it and I have bought several copies already, a few of which will go north prior to Christmas.

ArneM · « **Reply #241 on:** October 02, 2007, 08:40:23 PM »

Hey All!

I am Arne from Germany, I am 15 years old and I live in a village near to Dusseldorf (USDA zone 8a). I am very interested in woodlanders, snowdrops, anemones and more. Since I can think I was interested in plants and flowers, later I concentated on the plants above (I started with snowdrops this year) and now I am writing in this forum. It is very nice here.

Hope my English is ok. $:-\$

Arne

Maggi Young · « **Reply #242 on:** October 02, 2007, 09:09:07 PM »

Arne, your English is very good! Welcome to the Forum. You will find lots of information here about the plants you are interested in and we look forward to hearing more from you.

Lesley Cox · « **Reply #243 on:** October 02, 2007, 09:34:03 PM »

A very warm welcome to the Forum Arne. It's wonderful that you are so interested in plants at your age. I have a grand-son and g-daughter of the same age. I wish their interests were like yours, rather than what music is new and what funky clothes or colour of lipstick to wear.

You will get on well with the many snowdrop fans on the Forum and there are several German Forumists as well, so you are definitely among friends.

mark smyth · « **Reply #244 on:** October 02, 2007, 09:39:34 PM »

Hi Arne and welcome. Check my link below for snowdrops

ArneM · « **Reply #245 on:** October 03, 2007, 12:05:44 PM »

Thank you all.

@ Lesley Cox

I am interested in those things, too. Ok, maybe no lipstick but I think you what I mean.

Martin Baxendale · « **Reply #246 on:** October 04, 2007, 02:32:12 PM »

Wooohooo! Just heard my first children's storybook, the 'Baby Brain' one I posted a cover picture of earlier, is going into the Waterstones chain.

!!!

Michael · « **Reply #247 on:** October 04, 2007, 02:47:53 PM »

Hello Arne!

Welcome to the Forum! It's nice to meet you!

Maggi Young · « **Reply #248 on:** October 04, 2007, 03:41:15 PM »

Good News, Martin! A celebratory cake is called for, don't you think ? And we'll all raise a glass to Millie, bless her!

Paul T · « **Reply #249 on:** October 08, 2007, 01:09:27 AM »

Congrats Martin!!

Cris · « **Reply #250 on:** October 16, 2007, 04:16:40 PM »

Hi
I'm Cris, from Portugal (near Lisbon).
Finaly today I took courage to register, after some time reading you.

A little more about me: Bulbous plants are my passion, I grow/plant them for some years. It is a wonderful world, always with new plants to discover. At this moment, I'm dedicated to try to grow them from seed. In my opinion is more greatful than simply buy the bulbs. But I also buy bulbs, not so much as I bought in others years. The reason must be that you search each time more rare bulbs, and as you just find de "normal", they already don't have so interest.

I sure that I'll learn much things from you.

Kindly

Cris

Maggi Young · « **Reply #251 on:** October 16, 2007, 04:20:40 PM »

Hello, Cris, a warm welcome to the Forum! Good to have another member from Portugal. Bulbs are really fascinating, I agree, and so much fun from seed.

ChrisB · « **Reply #252 on:** October 16, 2007, 08:10:22 PM »

Hi Cris,

Tell us where abouts in Portugal you are, and what your garden is like if you can. Its good to know the conditions you are growing in etc. Welcome to the forum! I'm collecting armerias and many come from your part of the world I think.

Cris · « **Reply #253 on:** October 17, 2007, 01:30:01 PM »

Maggi and ChrisB,

Thanks for your welcome.

At this moment I've many bulbs planted, in flower just one Amarillis Beladona and one Acidanthera. Oh...and there is a Nerine starting to bloom, also. All the others were planted a few weeks ago, and other are dry off their leaves.

I've also sown several and some have already born, but others are more difficult.

In the place I live the weather now are very instable: much hot, the nights are a bit cold. It is difficult to keep the degrees of humidity stable.

If you can, take a look on my garden here: bolbos-em-flor.blogspot.com
I created this blog this year to share my bulbous flowers with everyone that also like these plants.

Sorry for my terrible english.

Kindly
Cris

Maggi Young · « **Reply #254 on:** October 17, 2007, 07:26:49 PM »

Cris, time enough to apologise for your English when most of us have learned Portuguese! You are doing vey well. I think that maybe only Chloe and Joakim have your language in this forum

We can all enjoy the pictures... and the music... on your blog, though

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