Re: Plants falling out of the ground

Terry@delphinium.co.nz wrote
> Ah, but we do have elaborate staking systems. The photos we have on 
> our site have been carefully "doctored" to remove signs of them. They 
> are also upside down. I have some slides being developed showing 
> stiff string like material snaking upwards from the spikes, this we 
> attach to sky hooks. These hooks are of course suspended from 
> satellites in geo-synchronous orbits. As soon as the slides are 
> developed I will have one scanned and posted to the web site. By the 
> way, our seed pods are swelling and should be ready within a month.
[snip]
> The sun is out today. Maybe i have been in it a little too long!
> 
> Terry Dowdeswell
> 18 Henderson Ave
> Tuakau, New Zealand

I hate to give away any secrets, but I feel I should add that when I visited
Kiwiland some years ago, all passengers leaving the airplane were issued
"gravity boots" to ensure we didn't join your wayward plants.  Native Kiwis
seem to be very adept at clinging to the earth, but we Northerners don't have
the knack ;-)

The sun is out here today too, for a change (I'm glad dreary November is
almost over).  But it's -5 Celcius with a bitter wind chill and I had to spend
20 minutes this morning scraping the ice and snow off my car.  The 2 little
conifers in my "heather garden" are bent over to one side.  The heathers have
completely disappeared under the snow.  The worst part is that it only snowed
a measly 3 cm mixed with ice so I can't even ski on it.  Humph.

Are the tulips over in New Zealand yet?  Can you grow them on the North
Island?

-Sheila

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