On Tue, 18 May 2004 18:51:44 +0100, "[H]omer" wrote:

If it is dead,

Why am I thinking of the Dead Parrot sketch? :-)

the main
reason for the other one dying was probably just neglect. It probably died
of dehydration, since I never watered it (figuring it's OK if it's
outdoors - doh!). I've only recently taken an interest in gardening.

Things in pots dry out much more quickly than things in the ground,
for obvious reasons. And of course have access only to rain that falls
on the small area of the soil surface. I don't know much about oak
cultivation ('though we do have pin oak here), but trying to dig up
the squirrels' legacy in the garden reveals a large tough taproot.