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February 03, 2006
Late in January we attended our first Wild Ones (Greater DuPage chapter) meeting. It was nice to meet others who share our interest in native landscaping. Unfortunately, we did not enjoy John Rotterman's presentation on man-made ponds. He presented beautiful pictures of non-native plants and fish. He discussed how to bury giant chunks of plastic in the ground, fill them with chemical laden water and expensive Japanese fish, and then hook it up to an electric pumping system. The whole thing seemed contrary to the Wild Ones' philosophy. My favorite part of the slideshow was when the second or third slide was shown and someone in the front identified a large bunch of plants in it as purple loosestrife. It only got worse from that point.
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