"Pam" wrote in message
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However, few of us that live in very temperate
climates realize how long and cold and snowy northern winters can be and
how
much more satisfying it is to look out on a winter garden that has some
interest other than a collection of bare sticks and naked branches.

pam - gardengal

Boy, do you ever have that right! Lately, though, they haven't been very
snowy in the Midwest...just long and cold and ugly brown.