On 13/12/05 12:05, in article ,
"Janet Baraclough" wrote:


For those of you who don't read newsgroup rec.gardens, there is a
cracking gardening post there today. I've asked its author Marilyn
("Madgardener") if she will crosspost it to urg, though some of you
might have your software set to reject such a lengthy post. You can read
it in the google archive at

http://groups.google.com/group/rec.gardens

Thread title; Planting bulbs on a Winter's late afternoon.

(background for those who haven't encountered her befo M lives in
rural Tennessee with "Squire" (husband), a crammed garden and a load
of pets, she works at a "shed" garden centre)

What a *fabulous* piece of writing. I was right there with them, sorting
the bulbs and Maddie crouching in her garden, planting them and laughing at
the antics of her animals. If she isn't writing for a living, she should
be! Many thanks, Janet. And please thank Maddie for some moments of real
pleasure. She writes in a way that makes me think of Garrison Keillor and
his Lake Woebegone stories.
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