Re: Gifts for gardeners/humor

> The grandchildren were very proud of themselves for having found a
> functional, practical gift (except where irises are concerned I have a
> reputation for being a very practical person) that related, more or less,
> to two of my hobbies--iris growing and bird watching. :-)

This is sort of off-topic but it will help many of you....

PLEASE let your grandchildren know what to get you for Christmas!  Older
folks are inscrutable to children; older folks seem to already have
everything in the world... older folks say "Holidays are for kids, don't
bother getting me anything..."  but those kiddos so want to please you!
There's nothing like the relief of scratching a grandparent's name off
the Christmas list because you found the perfect gift.  (Well, unless
it's scratching a male's name off because they are hard to buy for too
unless they are under 12 ;-))....

I received a big batch of Cooley's iris which will go into the ground
this weekend.  It will be a bit nippy here at 75/55 F!  but will warm
quickly back up into the upper 80's by mid-week.  Funny thing is, the
"extras" (Thai Orange and No. Bikini Atoll) are HUGE compared to the
regular purchases!  I would have figgered it the other way round.

-- 
Amy Moseley Rupp
amyr@mpd.tandem.com, Austin, TX, zone 8b
Jill O. *Trades
Mistress O. {}
Other Mailing lists | Author Index | Date Index | Subject Index | Thread Index