"Dave Hill" wrote in message During his 60
year career he has only been away from horticulture to
complete his National service, during which he built an English
country garden for the officers mess in Egyptian Saraha Desert.

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I missed out on National Service but one of my uni lecturers told me that a
few days before demob, he was ordered to plant tulip bulbs in a display at
the barracks. As there were two colours, he planted them to spell "Balls to
the C.O".
Graham