"Sally Thompson" wrote in message
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On Fri, 16 Jul 2004 22:00:54 +0100, "Rachael of Nex, the Wiccan Rat"
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"Mike Lyle" wrote in message
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"Rachael of Nex, the Wiccan Rat" wrote in message
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Your pet funeral habits sound ideal for that difficult herb, basil; at
least according to Keats, if you fancy a grisly poem at bed-time (not
for the children, I hasten to add). But Keats was more a boxer than a
gardener, so he may have misled me!

I don't know the poem myself but I do know that I have basil (and Thai
basil) growing as if it were going out of fashion in my ratty pots, and
have
had for the last few years. Ditto lemon balm, lavender, and parsley. More
parsley than I know what to do with as it goes. Parsely sauce anyone ?
;-)


Isabella, or The Pot of Basil. Not for the squeamish!

quick look on google

Oh - I think it's more sad than grisly. But then again I've seen and had to
bury many many dead rats who I loved dearly over the last ten years so dead
things don't spook me or turn my eyes (I'd have to draw the line at cutting
any of their heads off though !) To say nothing of some of the messes said
rats made of themselves and each other when they were alive.


Poor old Lorenzo !



Rachael