James MacAdam started this group. He probably has admin. -- John Douglas Archer Horticulturist, Botanist, Sustainability Strategist Tucson, Arizona My own...

Hey James, I'd be willing to help you with admin duties for this group if it's not too difficult or time consuming. Let me know. ~ Jaime...

I do "own" the group and am looking into the best way to moderate it. I think what I will do is moderate new memberships and not moderate individual messages...

I have a few bee packages ordered and to be delivered and installed in April.  This is typically the only time of year that most beekeepers will ship bees. ...

... Aloha Folks- I have a large variety of Agave and etc around my property. I also have a 15 month old daughter who likes to check out all my cactus. I'm not...

Shalom Dave- Clipping the dark needle-shaped tips of your agaves, and removing these tips from the plant no higher than your daughter is likely to fall into...

I would just like to point out that by trimming the needles off you are removing the agave's natural defense against all who might violate it. (be it your...

Ahoy Folks- Thanks for the great info. I agree that it's best to let the agave's fight for themselves. With your advice i'm just going to trim a few needles on...

Hello, I have been growing these blue agave for about ten years now, and taking the lower branches is the only way to get at their pups to keep seperating...

Here are the links I was referring to: http://www.bwrangler.com/ http://www.biobees.com/ http://www.beesource.com/pov/lusby/part1.htm Sourcing bees locally has...

Hi...lurker here. Basically the only way to avoid that kind of spam is to not allow membership unless you hear from the person with some kind of intro....

Mary Ann- If you compare the price of the permaculture courses offered by the Sonoran Permaculture Guild to the prices of similar instruction in other parts of...

Mary, This group is new which may have something to do with it being fairly quiet. I know that more than a few of the members are extremely busy in the...