"David Rance" wrote in message
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On Mon, 14 Dec 2009 alan.holmes wrote:

I'm new to this forum and new to gardening! I wonder if you could offer
some advice?

First, this is NOT a forum, it is a newsgroup.

That's a bit unkind to a first time poster, Alan, and a trivial
distinction. As it says in the definition on Wikipedia:

Merely trying to put him right, which is vital to any post!

Alan