On 9/12/06 18:39, in article , "Rupert (W.Yorkshire)"
wrote:
"Sacha" wrote in message
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On 9/12/06 18:18, in article , "Rupert
(W.Yorkshire)"
wrote:
"Sacha" wrote in message
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Ray has just brought me 4 big, fat black olives from our (indoor) tree.
So
that's us okay for oil this winter. ;-))
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Don't be so ungrateful Sacha. The poor chap realised a partridge in a
pear
tree was just too big for the front room-not to mention all the ensuing
bird
sh*t.
Tsk tsk. You underestimate my husband! This is the man who, when his
daughter brought an ornament of a rhino home from Africa and placed it on
a
windowsill, scattered several currants in an artistic arrangement of
little
heaps and trails behind it. He said it was days before anyone noticed.
I'm just a teensy bit amused because olive trees are the 'in thing' atm
and
we do get people asking how to harvest and preserve them and if we managed
4
this year after a long hot spell in a greenhouse......... ;-) However,
with
global warming, no doubt the laugh will be on........our 20 times removed
successors!
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Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/
After the currants episode he realised he was not married to a domestic
goddess:-)
Not guilty, m'lud. That was before my time!
The olive tree thing does amuse me also. I keep seeing mature gnarled trees
for sale at astronomical prices. Not particularly attractive trees and the
foliage is even worse.
I suppose if you need the large gnarled effect then they are cheaper than
buying bonsai.
I love old olive trees but I do wonder if people buying them now realise how
long theyıll take to get like that.
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Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/