DiamondAir

> From: Home Education Magazine <HEM-Editor@...>
> To me, most of California smells like eucalyptus! I miss those
> wonderful big trees! We have bigger ones here in Washington state,
> mostly pines, firs, and other types of evergreens, but I always loved
> the eucalyptus.


Me too, especially as those little pods make great stamps if you dip them in
ink or paint. They make a star shape. Also, the bark is wonderful for
gathering up and curling around and around to make a beautiful aromatic Yule
log. We used to do that every year when I lived in California as a kid. The
only bad thing about them is that I've stepped on one too many of those
little pods in my bare feet. Ouch!

Blue Skies!
-Robin-
Mom to Mackenzie (8/28/96) "My pants are outgrowing me"
and Asa (10/5/99) "Potty pee! Potty pee! Potty pee!"
http://www.geocities.com/the_clevengers Flying Clevenger Family

Lynda

The greatest use for eucs is stuffing dog/cat mattresses with the leaves and
crunched up "seeds". Fleas hate eucs!!!

Lynda
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Subject: [Unschooling-dotcom] Eucalyptus


> > From: Home Education Magazine <HEM-Editor@...>
> > To me, most of California smells like eucalyptus! I miss those
> > wonderful big trees! We have bigger ones here in Washington state,
> > mostly pines, firs, and other types of evergreens, but I always loved
> > the eucalyptus.
>
>
> Me too, especially as those little pods make great stamps if you dip them
in
> ink or paint. They make a star shape. Also, the bark is wonderful for
> gathering up and curling around and around to make a beautiful aromatic
Yule
> log. We used to do that every year when I lived in California as a kid.
The
> only bad thing about them is that I've stepped on one too many of those
> little pods in my bare feet. Ouch!
>
> Blue Skies!
> -Robin-
> Mom to Mackenzie (8/28/96) "My pants are outgrowing me"
> and Asa (10/5/99) "Potty pee! Potty pee! Potty pee!"
> http://www.geocities.com/the_clevengers Flying Clevenger Family
>
>
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Tracy Oldfield

The greatest use for eucs is stuffing dog/cat
mattresses with the leaves and
crunched up "seeds". Fleas hate eucs!!!

Lynda

Lynda, do you think you (or someone) could export them
for that purpose? I've been trying to find a natural
flea repellant for ages, I have some pennyroyal oil,
but it's not particularly good for folk in my
condition...

Tracy

Lynda

Where are you Tracy? You can buy euc oil and it works relatively well.
Also using diatomaceous earth used in your yard (particularly under the
house) works real well to keep the flea population down. You can also use
it to dust the critters, work it into the hair to the skin and then brush
out. Be real sure to keep it away from their eyes, nose and mouth.

Have you tried Shoo oil from Natural Animal or Cloud Nine herbal oil from
Halo? These are both natural and you make a dip for your critters.

We also feed garlic and brewer's yeast. Even when we had the kennel we used
these things along with the euc beds and didn't have a flea problem.

Lynda

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Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2001 4:52 PM
Subject: Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] Eucalyptus


> The greatest use for eucs is stuffing dog/cat
> mattresses with the leaves and
> crunched up "seeds". Fleas hate eucs!!!
> 
> Lynda
>
> Lynda, do you think you (or someone) could export them
> for that purpose? I've been trying to find a natural
> flea repellant for ages, I have some pennyroyal oil,
> but it's not particularly good for folk in my
> condition...
>
> Tracy
>
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Tracy Oldfield

Where are you Tracy? You can buy euc oil and it works
relatively well.
Also using diatomaceous earth used in your yard
(particularly under the
house) works real well to keep the flea population
down. You can also use
it to dust the critters, work it into the hair to the
skin and then brush
out. Be real sure to keep it away from their eyes,
nose and mouth.

Have you tried Shoo oil from Natural Animal or Cloud
Nine herbal oil from
Halo? These are both natural and you make a dip for
your critters.

We also feed garlic and brewer's yeast. Even when we
had the kennel we used
these things along with the euc beds and didn't have a
flea problem.

Lynda

England. I'll try the euc oil and what's the soil
stuff???

Ta muchly!
Tracy

Lynda

diatomaceous earth is little tiny sea creatures and they are extremely sharp
when it comes to some insects. Insects don't do well around them. Slugs
and snails, fleas and a bunch of other things. Just besure that you buy the
pure stuff as chemical companies like to mix it with other stuff.

Lynda
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From: "Tracy Oldfield" <tracy.oldfield@...>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2001 3:16 PM
Subject: Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] Eucalyptus


> Where are you Tracy? You can buy euc oil and it works
> relatively well.
> Also using diatomaceous earth used in your yard
> (particularly under the
> house) works real well to keep the flea population
> down. You can also use
> it to dust the critters, work it into the hair to the
> skin and then brush
> out. Be real sure to keep it away from their eyes,
> nose and mouth.
> 
> Have you tried Shoo oil from Natural Animal or Cloud
> Nine herbal oil from
> Halo? These are both natural and you make a dip for
> your critters.
> 
> We also feed garlic and brewer's yeast. Even when we
> had the kennel we used
> these things along with the euc beds and didn't have a
> flea problem.
> 
> Lynda
> 
> England. I'll try the euc oil and what's the soil
> stuff???
>
> Ta muchly!
> Tracy
>
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Tracy Oldfield

diatomaceous earth is little tiny sea creatures and
they are extremely sharp
when it comes to some insects. Insects don't do well
around them. Slugs
and snails, fleas and a bunch of other things. Just
besure that you buy the
pure stuff as chemical companies like to mix it with
other stuff.

Lynda

Thanks! not sure what you mean by 'under' the house
though...

Tracy

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>
> Thanks! not sure what you mean by 'under' the house
> though...
>
> Tracy

Tracy, LOL. If houses in America are anything like those in New
Zealand, they are mostly built of timber and there is usually a gap
between the floor and the earth. This could be anything from a few
inches to a few feet. Most houses in NZ you can *get underneath*
even if it is on your belly.

Marianne

Tracy Oldfield

> 
> Thanks! not sure what you mean by 'under' the house 
> though...
> 
> Tracy

Tracy, LOL. If houses in America are anything like
those in New 
Zealand, they are mostly built of timber and there is
usually a gap 
between the floor and the earth. This could be
anything from a few 
inches to a few feet. Most houses in NZ you can *get
underneath* 
even if it is on your belly.

Marianne

Ah. They'd probably blow or wash away here...

Tracy

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> 
> Ah. They'd probably blow or wash away here...
>
> Tracy
> 


Tracy
my dh used to be a *truckie* - some times when he was travelling
during the night, he would come across a house being *moved*.
The house - (would be on the back of a truck being moved from one
location to another. They were only allowed to do this during the
night, as the load was extra wide and sometimes takes up the width of
the road.
Can you imagine that in UK!!

Marianne

Tracy Oldfield

Tracy
my dh used to be a *truckie* - some times when he was
travelling 
during the night, he would come across a house being
*moved*. 
The house - (would be on the back of a truck being
moved from one 
location to another. They were only allowed to do this
during the 
night, as the load was extra wide and sometimes takes
up the width of 
the road.
Can you imagine that in UK!!

Marianne 


Seen it done with portacabins...

Tracy

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>
> Seen it done with portacabins...
>
> Tracy

Tracy
It must be almost 2am over there. Are you a night owl like Bobbie!!

marianne

Tracy Oldfield

> 

> 
> Seen it done with portacabins...
> 
> Tracy


Tracy
It must be almost 2am over there. Are you a night owl
like Bobbie!!

marianne


Twoooo yep that's me... just stupid I guess... actually I've gotten
back into some forumming (doncha just love made-up words?)
and found that really interesting thing on infant 'pottying' oh, and
apologising to someone about insulting controlled crying...

I'll go to bed soon...

Tracy

Lynda

Most houses where I live have a crawl space under the house. Also, we have
lots of Vickies and they are all built 2 to 4 feet off the ground. Fleas
love it under there because it is relatively dry and warm!

Lynda
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tracy Oldfield" <tracy.oldfield@...>
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Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2001 4:02 PM
Subject: Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] Eucalyptus


> diatomaceous earth is little tiny sea creatures and
> they are extremely sharp
> when it comes to some insects. Insects don't do well
> around them. Slugs
> and snails, fleas and a bunch of other things. Just
> besure that you buy the
> pure stuff as chemical companies like to mix it with
> other stuff.
> 
> Lynda
>
> Thanks! not sure what you mean by 'under' the house
> though...
>
> Tracy
>
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Lynda

O.K., Tracy, now you've got me really curious <g> Why would houses blow or
washaway where you are?

Lynda, looking at a bluff that gets 60 to 90 mph winds and looking out
another window at the ocean and really confused cause her house is still
standing :-{
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Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2001 6:07 PM
Subject: Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] Re: Eucalyptus


> 
> > 
> > Thanks! not sure what you mean by 'under' the house 
> > though...
> > 
> > Tracy
> 
> Tracy, LOL. If houses in America are anything like
> those in New 
> Zealand, they are mostly built of timber and there is
> usually a gap 
> between the floor and the earth. This could be
> anything from a few 
> inches to a few feet. Most houses in NZ you can *get
> underneath* 
> even if it is on your belly.
> 
> Marianne
> 
> Ah. They'd probably blow or wash away here...
>
> Tracy
> 
>
>
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Lynda

They move whole houses here. They cut up big Victorians and move them.
And, in a town we use to live in they jacked up the old courthouse, placed
it on huge logs and rolled it across town to a historical area and made it
into a museum.

Of course, this country is a little strange what with buying the London
Bridge and moving it brick by brick <g> and some the castles that have been
moved over here stone by stone <<<bewg>>>

Lynda
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Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2001 6:29 PM
Subject: [Unschooling-dotcom] Moving house??? was Eucalyptus


> 
> 
> 
> Tracy
> my dh used to be a *truckie* - some times when he was
> travelling 
> during the night, he would come across a house being
> *moved*. 
> The house - (would be on the back of a truck being
> moved from one 
> location to another. They were only allowed to do this
> during the 
> night, as the load was extra wide and sometimes takes
> up the width of 
> the road.
> Can you imagine that in UK!!
> 
> Marianne 
> 
>
> Seen it done with portacabins...
>
> Tracy
>
>
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Tracy Oldfield

Most houses where I live have a crawl space under the
house. Also, we have
lots of Vickies and they are all built 2 to 4 feet off
the ground. Fleas
love it under there because it is relatively dry and
warm!

Lynda

OK, next question, what are Vickies? I'm getting an
education in architecture here :-)

Tracy

Tracy Oldfield

O.K., Tracy, now you've got me really curious <g> Why
would houses blow or
washaway where you are?

Lynda, looking at a bluff that gets 60 to 90 mph winds
and looking out
another window at the ocean and really confused cause
her house is still
standing :-{

Just joking/exaggerating, I'm close to the Pennines in
Yorkshire. From t'other side, in Manchester, at the
cricket groud Old Trafford, it's said that if you can't
see the Pennines, it's raining, and if you can, it's
going to...

Tracy

Tracy Oldfield

They move whole houses here. They cut up big
Victorians and move them.
And, in a town we use to live in they jacked up the old
courthouse, placed
it on huge logs and rolled it across town to a
historical area and made it
into a museum.

Of course, this country is a little strange what with
buying the London
Bridge and moving it brick by brick <g> and some the
castles that have been
moved over here stone by stone <<<bewg>>>

Lynda

yeah I think I've seen that on Discovery channel *grin*
I used to get a kick from the fact that the guy who
bought London bridge though he was getting Tower
Bridge, though :-)

Tracy

Lynda

Victorians, sorry, I keep forgetting to use words that everyone uses instead
of slang. I'll go to my corner now %-}

Lynda
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Sent: Saturday, April 07, 2001 7:35 AM
Subject: Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] Eucalyptus


> Most houses where I live have a crawl space under the
> house. Also, we have
> lots of Vickies and they are all built 2 to 4 feet off
> the ground. Fleas
> love it under there because it is relatively dry and
> warm!
> 
> Lynda
>
> OK, next question, what are Vickies? I'm getting an
> education in architecture here :-)
>
> Tracy
>
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Tracy Oldfield

Victorians, sorry, I keep forgetting to use words that
everyone uses instead
of slang. I'll go to my corner now %-}

Lynda

Please don't stop using slang, cos then I'll have to
stop educatin' y'all in West Yorkshire dialect *grin*
What do you mean by Victorians? Almost all houses in
the UK are stone/brick-built, expecially those built a
century or two ago. I'm supposing that's not the case
where you are *grin*

Tracy

Lynda

This link is of a local Victorian. My grandfather worked for the family
that built/owned the house. From that room at the top you can see for miles
and miles. http://www.eurekaheritage.org/the_carson_mansion.htm

This one is in a little town right down the road (the filmed Outbreak and
Salem's Lot there and they are currently filming a Jim Carey movie there)
http://www.gingerbread-mansion.com/

And here's a bunch more, mostly from San Francisco
http://www.paintedladies.com/titles1.html

Lynda
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tracy Oldfield" tracy.oldfield@...
>
> Please don't stop using slang, cos then I'll have to
> stop educatin' y'all in West Yorkshire dialect *grin*
> What do you mean by Victorians? Almost all houses in
> the UK are stone/brick-built, expecially those built a
> century or two ago. I'm supposing that's not the case
> where you are *grin*
>
> Tracy
>
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