"Janet Baraclough" wrote in message
from "Farm1" please@askifyouwannaknow contains these words:

In self defence I
plead that I'm practicing for when those senior's moments become a daily
occurance.

You're way behind, missis...if I could limit them to once a day I'd
be a happy boony, er...

Well some days do have a way of going pear shaped. I din't think it was
senior moments but then...........

On another strand of thought - do you have any Prickly Pear plants for
the
fruit? Or is that plant a problem there? Have you or anyone else tried
the
fruit? I'm thinking of giving it a go here when I can sneak a plant in
past
Himself.

Haven't they become a noxious weed in some countries (possibly yours?)
?

Yes but like a lot of plants it can be far more ramapant in some areas then
others. Hereabouts I've seen it growing very tamely and well contained. In
other places it is (or has been) simply rampant and one couldn't get a match
between plants.

Pampas grass is also a noxious weed in some places but here where it is
rather colder than in the weed zones it is a (relatively) smallish and neat
garden clump of about 6 ft high.