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On Thu, 14 Apr 2005 01:05:32 GMT, Quid Veritas
<quidveritas@earthlink.net> wrote:
>How much is a "lot"???
>
>Where do you live?
>
>I was serious, I have quite a lot just lying around on the ground.
>Haven't mowed yet this year, should be a bunch.
>
>mjc
I was sure I had posted this, but it doesn't appear.
My e-mails to are bouncing, although I think one may have got through.
Yours is a very kind offer which I'd love to take up but isn't it a
major pain to you?
>
>Donnie wrote:
>> On Mon, 11 Apr 2005 10:05:59 +0100, "Martin Rapier"
>> <m.rapier@shef.ac.uk> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>"Donnie" <donnieitaly@fastmail.fm> wrote in message
>>>news:th5j51t22c2lkta9iis8iqufa4bcqtkvbe@4ax.com...
>>>
>>>>Where can I get a TON of this stuff?
>>>
>>>There is tons of it available for free in wooden areas around Lochs in the
>>>Grampian mountains & presumably other areas of Scotland as well. Main
>>>problem with the natural stuff is it dries out very quickly although if you
>>>keep it in an airtight bag and spray in a bit if water form time to time it
>>>will last a while.
>>>
>>>I just buy big bags of treated & dyed lichen from model railway shops, last
>>>for years, I've got lichen well over 30 years old which is as good as new.
>>>
>>>Martin
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> I've since been on EBay and there is plenty of Lichen and/or Reindeer
>> Moss for sale. I have yet to see how much is a LOT though, so I'll buy
>> some and try it out.
>>
>> Thanks to all.
>>