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Offline aaron

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need eucalyptus leaves, have obsidian
« on: August 20, 2014, 11:41:26 am »
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I would trade a small flat rate box of obsidian spalls for a large flat rate box of eucalyptus leaves in good condition.
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Offline Pat B

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Re: need eucalyptus leaves, have obsidian
« Reply #1 on: August 20, 2014, 12:40:21 pm »
Are you feeding your koala?
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Re: need eucalyptus leaves, have obsidian
« Reply #2 on: August 20, 2014, 02:24:43 pm »
naw, I just give him Koala chow
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Offline BOWMAN53

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Re: need eucalyptus leaves, have obsidian
« Reply #3 on: August 20, 2014, 05:37:34 pm »
hahaha koala,  no hes got a giraffe man.

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Re: need eucalyptus leaves, have obsidian
« Reply #4 on: August 20, 2014, 06:04:03 pm »
Everyone knows that giraffes don't eat eucalyptus leaves. What, are you nuts, Jordan?  ;D
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Offline Dharma

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Re: need eucalyptus leaves, have obsidian
« Reply #5 on: August 20, 2014, 10:27:46 pm »
Just a hint. You should try and find a board member who lives in Southern California, especially around where the old citrus groves were in Ventura County. They used eucalyptus trees as windbreaks for the groves back in the day. There are several of those trees in Simi Valley. Or there were. Probably still a few here and there. There used to be some eucalyptus trees over in the Northridge area of the San Fernando Valley, too. A board member who lives near or in one of these places should be able to find those trees. They were planted in straight lines, side-by-side. Some are single trees, now, the rest having been cut down for development. But there should still be several in Simi Valley.
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Offline bubby

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Re: need eucalyptus leaves, have obsidian
« Reply #6 on: August 20, 2014, 10:55:56 pm »
they are all over nor cal too dharma my in law has a bunch
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Re: need eucalyptus leaves, have obsidian
« Reply #7 on: August 21, 2014, 07:46:26 am »
And Florida :)
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Offline PrimitiveTim

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Re: need eucalyptus leaves, have obsidian
« Reply #8 on: August 21, 2014, 01:37:30 pm »
Wait, what do you need it for?  I know where a tree is. 
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Re: need eucalyptus leaves, have obsidian
« Reply #9 on: August 21, 2014, 02:51:46 pm »
My girlfriend is into natural dying. She uses leafs to create leaf prints on fabric  http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,46758.msg637995.html#msg637995
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Offline PrimitiveTim

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Re: need eucalyptus leaves, have obsidian
« Reply #10 on: August 21, 2014, 03:10:05 pm »
Oh that's awesome!  Can she only use eucalyptus leaves or will others work as well?  I know willow looks a lot like that.
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Re: need eucalyptus leaves, have obsidian
« Reply #11 on: August 21, 2014, 06:58:31 pm »
Many leaves will work, some better than others. So far eucalypptus is best. Have not tried willow.
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Offline BOWMAN53

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Re: need eucalyptus leaves, have obsidian
« Reply #12 on: August 22, 2014, 02:22:51 pm »
they are all over nor cal too dharma my in law has a bunch

he aint kidding man, cali is covered in it

Offline Bob Barnes

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Re: need eucalyptus leaves, have obsidian
« Reply #13 on: September 01, 2014, 11:07:31 am »
the local Hobby Lobby sells them pretty cheap...most hobby stores do as well...
Seems like common sense isn't very common any more...