Fw: [Steppes] Ministry of Children

[Lady Einin Ciarnait]

Thanx...maybe they wouldn't feel too bad about it then:) Einin

Michelle Dodd <lygabrielerdb at hotmail.com> wrote:
I looked it up on the internet, gotta love these machines. The first entry for sapling came up as a nursery in the UK. Unfortunately it was a baby nursery. However I did find some sites that gave me the following info;

sapling (n.) 
A tree more than 0.9 in (3 ft) in height and less than 10.2 cm (4 in) in d.b.h. (diameter)

Thesaurus Search Results
Entries found for "sapling"
  
sprout (noun): seedling, plantlet 

seedling (n.) 
A tree grown from seed that has not yet reached a height of 0.9 m (3 ft) or exceeded 5.1 cm (2 in) in d.b.h., which would qualify it as a sapling.

and an interesting bit of trivia;

steppe (n.) 
Arid land with xerophilous vegetation found in regions of extreme temperature range and loess soil. 


Most of the sites that weren't using the term sapling for trees seemed to be talking about tweens & teens.

I hope this helps.

Ly Gabriele

>From: Lady Einin Ciarnait <little_dragon_0861 at yahoo.com>
>To: steppes-owner <steppes-owner at ansteorra.org>
>CC: Steppes at ansteorra.org
>Subject: Re: Fw: [Steppes] Ministry of Children
>Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2005 18:17:51 -0700 (PDT)
>
>I like it...except I think the teens may object to being called saplings:)...is there another term for a tree not as young as a sapling...but not yet a mature tree?
>Einin
>
>steppes-owner <steppes-owner at ansteorra.org> wrote:
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Michelle Dodd"
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>Subject: Re: [Steppes] Ministry of Children
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>
>: If you go with the tree theme, you could call them Nuts or Twigs,
>Seedlings and Saplings.
>: As a casual gardner, I greatly enjoy watching the seeds my trees drop
>become little and then not so little trees. Pay attention to them. Keep them
>watered. Feed them plenty of fertilizer and they grow straight and strong.
>: Children, I have observed, are much the same, only faster. I look around
>and see young people serving today who were only little kids yesterday.
>: I think that what you are planning is a wonderful idea. Our young people
>should be cherished and nurtured to grow into the strong responsible adults
>they can be.
>:
>: Opinions of a non-parent
>:
>: Ly Gabriele
>:
>
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