Re: [Alpine-l] Archives and bog garden
On March 9, 2011, Jane McGary gave a presentation called 'Bulbs in their Habitats to the Alpine Garden Club of British Columbia. I am the person who provide technical assistance for that presentation and distinctly recall, after her presentation, exchanging a few words with Jane relative to the colour scheme of the NARGS website, which I had become webmaster of only 9 days prior. All of us forget things and people; to not be remembered when having provided an essential volunteer service enabling her to give her presentation to begin with, well, that hurts. Chris Klapwijk AGC of BC webmaster - Original Message - From: Jane McGary janemcg...@earthlink.net To: Chris Klapwijk chr...@flounder.ca; Alpine-L, the Electronic Rock Garden Society; postings copyright by authors. alpine-l@science.uu.nl Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2011 10:46 AM Subject: Re: [Alpine-l] Archives and bog garden I apologize for mischaracterizing Chris Klapwijk, NARGS webmaster. I had been told the name but did not know the gender. Apparently the index is there on the site, but available only to registered users, as explained clearly by Mark McDonough. I should note that this index is not based on the indexes published annually and at one point cumulatively in the NARGS journal. I made it from scratch from the journals themselves, and it contains more detail than the print indexes, as well as short introductory text with suggestions on how to search, and a lot of synonymy that is helpful particularly with the older material. Sincerely, Jane McGary At 12:43 PM 7/27/2011, you wrote: please be advised the current NARGS webmaster is a male by the name of Chris Klapwijk. Jane, please send me the index and I'll see what I can do with it. Chris Klapwijk NARGS webmaster ___ Alpine-l mailing list Alpine-l@science.uu.nl http://mailman.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/alpine-l ___ Alpine-l mailing list Alpine-l@science.uu.nl http://mailman.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/alpine-l
[Alpine-l] Archives and Bog Garden
Hi Bill: There is more than one way to I went to Google and typed in Bog Gardens Fred Case and up came his wonderful article about Bog Gardens. Fran Frances Howey London, Ontario, Canada Zone 5b___ Alpine-l mailing list Alpine-l@science.uu.nl http://mailman.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/alpine-l
Re: [Alpine-l] Archives and bog garden
please be advised the current NARGS webmaster is a male by the name of Chris Klapwijk. Jane, please send me the index and I'll see what I can do with it. Chris Klapwijk NARGS webmaster - Original Message - From: Jane McGary janemcg...@earthlink.net To: Alpine-L, the Electronic Rock Garden Society;postings copyright by authors. alpine-l@science.uu.nl Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2011 11:23 AM Subject: Re: [Alpine-l] Archives and bog garden I'm sorry, I thought the index to the Quarterly would be up on the website by now. I should have checked. There was a problem with it initially in that I had used symbols that the webmaster at that time said would interfere with his search application, but then he said he could work around it, and I didn't follow up to make sure the project had progressed. There is a new webmaster for NARGS now, and perhaps she can put it on the website eventually. Anyway, I spent a couple of years preparing a large index (plant names, authors, subjects, and titles), and I have it here and can provide it on CD to anyone who needs it. It's in three Word documents, but the plant names one is too large to e-mail. Jane McGary former editor of the RGQ ___ Alpine-l mailing list Alpine-l@science.uu.nl http://mailman.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/alpine-l
[Alpine-l] Archives and Bog Garden
Marcia Brown Meigs, Arisaemaq at aol.com Arisaemaq at aol.com wrote: Such is why I never bother accessing this [NARGS] website. It is beautiful in spite of the grey and other hard to see fonts on black, but the password process, etc. are just too annoying and time consuming. Too bad. Too bad indeed as the benefits are being missed out on. I haven't actually needed to re-login and re-enter my credentials to NARGS Forum, nor our notable and most enjoyable sister SRGC Forum, in over a year and a half! Login once, then the browser can remember your login info. As a NARGS SRGC forum user or website user, if you just close your browser window versus actually logging off, your login info remains current in perpetuity. If you've bookmarked the forum sites, or if you receive an automated email notification that a topic you're watching on the forum received a new post (which includes a direct link to the new post) just click the link and you're instantly transported to the forum (no login required), to the specific new message... there is no such thing as an annoying and time consuming password process. On both NARGS Forum SRGC forum, the default login option is, believe it or not, to login forever!!! If you don't believe me, check out this screen capture: http://www.plantbuzz.com/nargs/Log_in_NARGS_forever.jpg Really folks, I think you're making this stuff harder than it really is. Regards, Mark McDonough Alpine-L list-owner antenna...@charter.net Massachusetts, USA ***send Alpine-l mail list posts to: alpine-l@science.uu.nl ***your Alpine-L account settings*** http://mailman.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/alpine-l ***Alpine-L archive message links*** http://mailman.science.uu.nl/pipermail/alpine-l/ http://www.mail-archive.com/alpine-l@science.uu.nl/index.html ***Alpine-L AlpenPix photo uploads http://botu07.bio.uu.nl/temperate/?gal=alpenpix ___ Alpine-l mailing list Alpine-l@science.uu.nl http://mailman.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/alpine-l
Re: [Alpine-l] Archives and bog garden
Jane McGary wrote: Kathleen, if you will look at the NARGS website, www.nargs.org, you'll find a cumulative index to the Rock Garden Quarterly. In the SUbject index, look up bog gardens. At least two very detailed descriptions of how to create a bog garden were published there. One is by Frederick Case and would be appropriate for your climate, since he gardened in the upper Midwest in a cold-winter area. You can get a copy of the issue in which the article appeared from the Society (I'm not sure who is doing this these days but the website will tell you). Jane, I find no link to the Rock Garden Quarterly. am I blind? Bill Plummer Painted Post NY Alpine-l mailing list Alpine-l@science.uu.nl http://mailman.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/alpine-l ___ Alpine-l mailing list Alpine-l@science.uu.nl http://mailman.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/alpine-l
Re: [Alpine-l] Archives and bog garden
Bill, I don't find it either, and when I tried to type in Rock Garden Quarterly in the search box, only Quarter would fit. When i went to the bottom of the page that popped up, I got editor which didn't give me anything. Such is why I never bother accessing this website. It is beautiful in spite of the grey and other hard to see fonts on black, but the password process, etc. are just too annoying and time consuming. Too bad, as the photography is truly spectacular. Just call me challenged and older...smile. Would it be possible that when someone wishes to send others to a notable website page, one could simply post a link or URL? Best, Marcia Brown Meigs In a message dated 7/26/2011 9:43:37 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, remm...@stny.rr.com writes: Jane McGary wrote: Kathleen, if you will look at the NARGS website, www.nargs.org, you'll find a cumulative index to the Rock Garden Quarterly. In the SUbject index, look up bog gardens. At least two very detailed descriptions of how to create a bog garden were published there. One is by Frederick Case and would be appropriate for your climate, since he gardened in the upper Midwest in a cold-winter area. You can get a copy of the issue in which the article appeared from the Society (I'm not sure who is doing this these days but the website will tell you). Jane, I find no link to the Rock Garden Quarterly. am I blind? Bill Plummer Painted Post NY Alpine-l mailing list Alpine-l@science.uu.nl http://mailman.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/alpine-l ___ Alpine-l mailing list Alpine-l@science.uu.nl http://mailman.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/alpine-l ___ Alpine-l mailing list Alpine-l@science.uu.nl http://mailman.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/alpine-l
Re: [Alpine-l] Archives and bog garden
Kathleen, I have built 3 alpine bog gardens at my experimental gardens at 10,000 feet in Breckenridge, Colorado. Here is a link to my website http://www.picturetrail.com/hendrix. Scroll down to the 14th album on the right-hand side (6th album from the bottom-right), entitled Build an Alpine Bog Garden. In this album, are step-by-step instructions with photo illustrations of how my husband and I built one of those bog gardens. The two albums that follow the instructional album catalog some of the bog-loving species I am currently growing, both native and non-native.My bog gardens are very productive with almost no care. I can even grow healthy plants under our mature lodgepole pines! I hope this information will be of help to you. Jane HendrixMountain View Experimental GardensPeak 7 Area - Breckenridge, Colorado USAElevation: 10,000 feetUSDA Zone 4Website: http://www.picturetrail.com/hendrix -- Original Message -- From: Swick_Kathleen swick_kathl...@asdk12.org To: alpine-l@science.uu.nl alpine-l@science.uu.nl Subject: [Alpine-l] Archives and bog garden Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2011 18:29:51 -0800 I have been silently lurking on the AlpineL list for a lot years, enjoying the postings very much, esp in the days when there were monthly topics. What finally causes me to post is my frustration finding and searching the AlpineL archives. I vaguely remember a lot of chat being exchanged on this topic, but I wasn#65533;t paying attention since I didn#65533;t need to. At last, I wish to search the archives by topic to find all the information I can about how to create a bog garden. There are so many incredible bog plants here in Southcentral Alaska, I finally realized the only way they will be part of my daily life is to create a proper environment for them at home. I am ready to soak up information on this topic, if any of you are willing to share. As for the archives, the most recent list seems to be only searchable month by month, incredibly cumbersome and ineffective. When I try to find the old archives that had a search engine, I get a notice about the server being unfindable. What am I missing here? Kathleen Swick Anchorage, Ak Zone 3/4 variable ___ Alpine-l mailing list Alpine-l@science.uu.nl http://mailman.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/alpine-l ___ Alpine-l mailing list Alpine-l@science.uu.nl http://mailman.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/alpine-l
Re: [Alpine-l] Archives and bog garden
Very nice tutorial, Jane! Cohan On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 8:22 AM, k-jhend...@juno.com k-jhend...@juno.comwrote: Kathleen, I have built 3 alpine bog gardens at my experimental gardens at 10,000 feet in Breckenridge, Colorado. Here is a link to my website http://www.picturetrail.com/hendrix. Scroll down to the 14th album on the right-hand side (6th album from the bottom-right), entitled Build an Alpine Bog Garden. In this album, are step-by-step instructions with photo illustrations of how my husband and I built one of those bog gardens. The two albums that follow the instructional album catalog some of the bog-loving species I am currently growing, both native and non-native.My bog gardens are very productive with almost no care. I can even grow healthy plants under our mature lodgepole pines! I hope this information will be of help to you. Jane Hendrix Mountain View Experimental Gardens Peak 7 Area - Breckenridge, Colorado USA Elevation: 10,000 feet USDA Zone 4 Website: http://www.picturetrail.com/hendrix I have been silently lurking on the AlpineL list for a lot years, enjoying the postings very much, esp in the days when there were monthly topics. What finally causes me to post is my frustration finding and searching the AlpineL archives. I vaguely remember a lot of chat being exchanged on this topic, but I wasn�t paying attention since I didn�t need to. At last, I wish to search the archives by topic to find all the information I can about how to create a bog garden. There are so many incredible bog plants here in Southcentral Alaska, I finally realized the only way they will be part of my daily life is to create a proper environment for them at home. I am ready to soak up information on this topic, if any of you are willing to share. As for the archives, the most recent list seems to be only searchable month by month, incredibly cumbersome and ineffective. When I try to find the old archives that had a search engine, I get a notice about the server being unfindable. What am I missing here? Kathleen Swick Anchorage, Ak Zone 3/4 variable ___ ___ Alpine-l mailing list Alpine-l@science.uu.nl http://mailman.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/alpine-l
Re: [Alpine-l] Archives and bog garden
Kathleenwrote: I have been silently lurking on the AlpineL list for a lot years, enjoying the postings very much, esp in the days when there were monthly topics. What finally causes me to post is my frustration finding and searching the AlpineL archives. I vaguely remember a lot of chat being exchanged on this topic, but I wasn't paying attention since I didn't need to. At last, I wish to search the archives by topic to find all the information I can about how to create a bog garden. There are so many incredible bog plants here in Southcentral Alaska, I finally realized the only way they will be part of my daily life is to create a proper environment for them at home. I am ready to soak up information on this topic, if any of you are willing to share. Kathleen, if you will look at the NARGS website, www.nargs.org, you'll find a cumulative index to the Rock Garden Quarterly. In the SUbject index, look up bog gardens. At least two very detailed descriptions of how to create a bog garden were published there. One is by Frederick Case and would be appropriate for your climate, since he gardened in the upper Midwest in a cold-winter area. You can get a copy of the issue in which the article appeared from the Society (I'm not sure who is doing this these days but the website will tell you). One consideration about the Alaskan bog plants you want to grow is looking at which ones actually grow in the water in summer, and which ones are limited to the sides of the tussocks. You might have to construct tussocks, or some equivalent, to grow plants such as Rubus chamaemorus (salmonberry in Alaska, cloudberry in Europe). Jane McGary Portland, Oregon, USA (ex-Fairbanks, Alaska) ___ Alpine-l mailing list Alpine-l@science.uu.nl http://mailman.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/alpine-l
[Alpine-l] Archives and bog garden
I have been silently lurking on the AlpineL list for a lot years, enjoying the postings very much, esp in the days when there were monthly topics. What finally causes me to post is my frustration finding and searching the AlpineL archives. I vaguely remember a lot of chat being exchanged on this topic, but I wasn’t paying attention since I didn’t need to. At last, I wish to search the archives by topic to find all the information I can about how to create a bog garden. There are so many incredible bog plants here in Southcentral Alaska, I finally realized the only way they will be part of my daily life is to create a proper environment for them at home. I am ready to soak up information on this topic, if any of you are willing to share. As for the archives, the most recent list seems to be only searchable month by month, incredibly cumbersome and ineffective. When I try to find the old archives that had a search engine, I get a notice about the server being unfindable. What am I missing here? Kathleen Swick Anchorage, Ak Zone 3/4 variable ___ Alpine-l mailing list Alpine-l@science.uu.nl http://mailman.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/alpine-l
