I'm glad to hear that others also find nurseries a valid source for materials. Thanks Vance for your imput, you really can't argue with your success with nursery stock.

Will

I'll throw in my $.02 worth. I guess I'm in the middle on this subject. One of my best trees, a procumbens juniper, is one I traded a bunch of collected material for, valued at $100 at the time. I've had it for about three years and it's still one of my best trees. It came from a bonsai nursery and had already had some work done on it.

At the same time, I have done a lot of collecting in the wild, and I also scan nurseries for the back row that has all the "rejects."

A very good future tree is one that my wife found by the side of the road last week. Somebody had dumped several large azaleas, a big yew, and a big box leaf holly in the ditch. We rescued several. She let me have the yew. All will probably survive. It was, quite literally, somebody's trash, from someone who didn't feel like paying to dump them.

Don't underestimate the value of suburban yamadori. There is always someone who has an overgrown shrub they need to get rid of.

Craig Cowing
NY
Zone 5b/6a Sunset 37

No problem, I was just clarifying the matter is all, in case anyone thought I was a numpty when it comes to nursery browsing.

Regards,

Chris.

I'm sure that few of us Americans mistook you for a numpty, Chris, because I'm afraid we would not know what a numpty was if one bit us on the hands. Time for a new edition of the guide to British slang?

-Carl

Chris,

That is hilarious! Being a youth pastor I am always looking for new, fun words to call my youth that I work with...so what the heck is a NUMPTY?

Too funny!

I look forward to the definition!

Jeffrey

From urbandictionary.com : (link has an 18 certificate... )

a) Someone who (sometimes unwittingly) by speech or action demonstrates a lack of knowledge or misconception of a particular subject or situation to the amusement of others.

b) A good humoured admonition, a term of endearment

c) A reckless, absent minded or unwise person

a) "No. That wisnae wit she meant, ya big numpty!"

b) i.e. "Silly billy", "You big dafty"

c) "That numpty's driving with no lights on!"



Regards,

Chris.

Is useage a) from dorric? Sounds very uch like it, seeing as its a second language to me and my scottish grandad uses it all the time!

If I knew what dorric was I might be able to tell you...

Regards,

Chris.

Revised and improved Treebeard's Concise Dictionary of British Slang

Now you should be able to double click on 'beard-isms like NUMPTY and CONKERS, wherever they might appear in the forum and get instant definitions from the bearded one!

Regards,

Matt

Numpty-----Hmmmm---always love learning new words I can destroy. This one is a dandy. It begs for the question to be asked: Is someone who dumpster dives a "Numpty Dumpty"?