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Index of Subjects * Blue Jays love the seeds which are like big watermelon seeds. At my farm in Osgoode, Ontario, the vines grew over the sun porch. In late summer, the jays showed up to harvest the seeds. That probably kept the nmber of vines in check from year to year. bev wigney Round Hill, N.S. in summer. Sent from my iPad On 2013-08-28, at 3:23 PM, Fred Schueler <bckcdb@istar.ca> wrote: > On 8/28/2013 2:03 PM, Patrick Kelly wrote: >> It is a native plant, but I was thinking the same thing. There are >> places around Falmouth that seem to be overrun with it this year. Unless >> you see it on a dark tree like an evergreen, it does not really stand >> out until it blossoms, and then you realize that some areas are covered >> with it! > > * also fabulously abundant in eastern Ontario this year. I think it's usually controlled by Squash Bugs, Anasa tristis, and that there's hardly any of them this year, maybe because of the dry late summer last year. > > fred. > ====================================================== > >> On Aug 28, 2013, at 2:37 PM, Richard Stern wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> At the moment there seems to be a huge amount of Wild Cucumber (I >>> don't know any other name for it) festooned all over trees and shrubs >>> in my yard and elsewhere in the Valley. Along parts of the 101, the >>> road edges are almost white with it. Can anyone tell me its status in >>> NS - e.g. is it a noxious weed, is it introduced, does it have any >>> beneficial effects for other plants , animals or people, and any other >>> interesting information? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Richard >>> >>> -- >>> ################# >>> Richard Stern, >>> Port Williams, NS, Canada >>> sternrichard@gmail.com <mailto:sternrichard@gmail.com> >>> ################### >> >> >> ========================================================================== >> >> Patrick Kelly >> >> Director of Computer Facilities >> >> ========================================================================== >> >> Faculty of Architecture and Planning >> >> Dalhousie University >> >> ========================================================================== >> >> MAIL COURIER >> >> PO Box 15000 5410 Spring Garden Road >> >> Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4R2Halifax, Nova Scotia >> >> CanadaCanada >> >> ========================================================================== >> >> Phone:(902) 494-3294FAX:(902) 423-6672E-mail:patrick.kelly@dal.ca >> >> ========================================================================== >> >> > > > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------ > Frederick W. Schueler & Aleta Karstad > Bishops Mills Natural History Centre - http://pinicola.ca/bmnhc.htm > Mudpuppy Night in Oxford Mills - http://pinicola.ca/mudpup1.htm > Daily Paintings - http://karstaddailypaintings.blogspot.com/ > RR#2 Bishops Mills, Ontario, Canada K0G 1T0 > on the Smiths Falls Limestone Plain 44* 52'N 75* 42'W > (613)258-3107 <bckcdb at istar.ca> http://pinicola.ca/ > ------------------------------------------------------------
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