Re: Why plants die

I would love to read it and I'm sure I'm not alone in that. Please do post
it.

Maria


> 
> 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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