Sacha wrote:
On 22/4/07 17:50, in article ,
"huLLy not in Greece" wrote:
You could try scraping a teeny tiny bit of the bark to see if it's still
green underneath and if it is, leave it alone. Miracles do happen!
But do it with a knife, not a fingernail.
I worked with a gentleman recently who lost part of his thumb to an
infection after doing a similar test on a possibly dead tree.
I daresay this is quite a rare thing, but better safe than sorry !
--
Carol
"The glassblower's cat is bompstable"
- Dorothy L. Sayers, _Clouds of Witness_