OT-BIO

From: Roger Gelder <Roger_Gelder@compuserve.com>

Hi All,
        I am in the UK, just 3 miles south of Oxford, some 400 yards (and a
railway line) uphill from the Thames. I garden on 9" of loam, an inch of
limestone, then 3' of pure river sand, and more limestone -  I stopped
digging my ponds at that depth so what is further below I don't know and
don't want to find out. A 1/4 mile down the road from me is the Sandford
lock, which used to be the orginal river crossing before they thought of
bridges and just 200 yards from my bungalow are the remains of somebody's
Roman villa ( my then neighbour dug them up just as he was laying his house
foundations, so said nothing about them until the house was finished).
        I used to grow several of the species and after a long gap, two
house moves and some 6 years gap, I am starting again. I have several of
the sisyrinchiums, as well as some of the tall bearded, but I have 3
families of blackbird in the garden -  the curious, inquisitive sort who
have to check every damn label by pulling it out, so what I still grow,
only  the blackbirds know.
        Take care,
                Roger.

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