The other day, I dug up a big clump of double flag iris, cut back the
leaves, divided and moved it. Then I bundled up all the cut stems in my
arms, carried them to the compost heap, and (apparently) wiped my hands
on my bum. As Judith will understand, this was just one of those quick
unplanned sorties so instead of gardening in gardening clothes, I
happened to be wearing some of the very few shirts and trousers I own
which are not battered, bonfire singed or holey. The trousers are my
favourite (purple) pair.

Today, hanging out those clothes after they've been washed, I find the
shirt front and trouser bum are covered in hundreds of dark brown stains
from the previously invisible sap. They got another cycle through the
washing machine, no improvement :-(

So now I'm going to look not just scruffy, but incontinent. Any
suggestions for what might shift the stains?

Janet.