I know one can't use the Australia forum for this but does anyone have any idea how to get the seeds of Atherton from the USDA or is there a forum whereby seeds could be sent from Australia. These are both red raspberries. Is there a forum dealing with such problems?

A fellow grower and collector says he is waiting on the usda to get cuttings of atherton raspberry. anyone out there know how to do this? Also anyone there from Puerto Rico who knows if the red raspberries in El Yunque can be sent here by any means. I am very interested in the atherton so if you have or know anyone that might please respond. Also I read an old thread on carmine jewel cherry. Gardens Alive has it and my experience with them has been excellent although I have never ordered plants.

I have dense lantana that is inaccessible, so I loaded an old fire extinguisher with diluted Glysophate, and pressurised it to 80 PSI, which then allowed me to discharge it some distance into the growth. It was a great success. A word of warning, don't use glysophate anywhere where it will run into water courses, since it is not good for frogs. I have also cleared large areas of lantana, ( 26 acres, and 5 acres) where the trunks were as thick as 200mm, with a large Bobcat, and I found that it will crush and roll up quite well, allowing follow up treatment to be more effective. On the smaller job, It was so dense that I found a collapsed WWII house full of ex army supplies, and a boat concealed beneath, and an old horse living in the gloom. Took the boat as payment!

Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death - M C Beaton