Re: Why plants die
- Subject: Re: Why plants die
- From: "tangly cottage gardening" t*@pacifier.com
- Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2003 11:22:17 -0800
That is one of my favourite pieces of garden humour....I have the whole poem
in email format and could post it if requested, or could send it privately
to someone who might want to read it.
Skyler
tangly@pacifier.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sophie Rapaport" <sophieruth@charter.net>
To: <perennials@hort.net>
Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 5:27 PM
Subject: Why plants die
> Recent post about the request for the refund for the shrubs that died
after
> being put in the ground in their pots reminded me of the poem in
> Charlesworth's "A gardener obsessed". It lists a zillion reasons why the
> plant died, starting with:
>
> "You walked too close. You trod on it.
>
> You dropped a piece of sod on it.
>
> You hoed it down. You weeded it.
>
> You planted it the wrong way up.
>
> You grew it in a yogurt cup.."
>
> This book and his earlier "The opinionated gardener" are among my favorite
> gardening books - right there with Henry Mitchell, Allen Lacy and others
> mentioned in the recent thread. Sophie Rapaport, Zone 5b Central MA
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