Jaques d'Alltrades wrote:
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But plants can't read the books, so you'll usually get away with
what
would in theory be murder. This gardening lark is easier than some
would have you think.

Strange, that. You'd think that as so many trees actually *BECOME*
books, they might show a little more interest innit.

It's down to their primary socialization, I'm afraid. When they're
little, their mothers try to frighten them into good behaviour by
threatening them with being made into copies of the Daily Mail and
Lord Archer's novels. This gives the poor things a lifelong horror of
the printed word.

Mike.