JennyC wrote:
I shall hold my nose and waggle my shoulders about a lot...............

Don't you do this already? dd&tc

But talking of which ... just think about all the new planting you
could have. It's dry where you are going. Check this link, I thought it
would provide you with first hand 'learning' terms and plants, like
'coucou' being cowslip etc. x

http://www.plantesdusud.com/article.php?id_article=724