On Sun, 11 Jan 2004 20:23:02 GMT, Jaques d'Alltrades
wrote:

Will Evans had some advice wot I unforget on a 78 which made my lip
curl, even at the age of seven - "You put the roof on first."

I had two of his monologues - 'Building a Chicken House' and 'Will Evans
Loses His Umbrella'. Two of the unfunniest sketches ever.

He's trying to flog your record
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--
Martin

In article , Janet
Baraclough.. writes
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Baraclough.. writes

(Cringe) Having moved from 3+ acres to a half acre, I keep hearing
myself telling people "we've only got a small garden".

Janet.


Ah but .......... didn't you start off with much less in your last home?

So I did. There's a 20 acre sheep meadow over the back fence here...

Janet


And don't forget to keep calling it that when you want to 'maintain it'


Janet
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Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk

In article , Janet
Baraclough.. writes
The message
from Janet Tweedy contains these words:

In article , Janet
Baraclough.. writes

(Cringe) Having moved from 3+ acres to a half acre, I keep hearing
myself telling people "we've only got a small garden".

Janet.


Ah but .......... didn't you start off with much less in your last home?

So I did. There's a 20 acre sheep meadow over the back fence here...

Janet


And don't forget to keep calling it that when you want to 'maintain it'


Janet
--
Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk

In article , Sacha
writes

Amazon has the one by Roy Strong: Successful Small Gardens: New Designs for
Time-conscious Gardeners

As to his advice on chicken houses etc. I have no idea!



I've no doubt whatsoever Mr Strong's chicken house, if he ever had one,
would be in impeccable taste

--
Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk

In article , Sacha
writes

Amazon has the one by Roy Strong: Successful Small Gardens: New Designs for
Time-conscious Gardeners

As to his advice on chicken houses etc. I have no idea!



I've no doubt whatsoever Mr Strong's chicken house, if he ever had one,
would be in impeccable taste

--
Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk

In article , Janet
Baraclough.. writes
The message
from Janet Tweedy contains these words:

In article , Janet
Baraclough.. writes

(Cringe) Having moved from 3+ acres to a half acre, I keep hearing
myself telling people "we've only got a small garden".

Janet.


Ah but .......... didn't you start off with much less in your last home?

So I did. There's a 20 acre sheep meadow over the back fence here...

Janet


And don't forget to keep calling it that when you want to 'maintain it'


Janet
--
Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk

In article , Sacha
writes

Amazon has the one by Roy Strong: Successful Small Gardens: New Designs for
Time-conscious Gardeners

As to his advice on chicken houses etc. I have no idea!



I've no doubt whatsoever Mr Strong's chicken house, if he ever had one,
would be in impeccable taste

--
Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk

Janet Tweedy11/1/04 6:54

In article , Sacha
writes

Amazon has the one by Roy Strong: Successful Small Gardens: New Designs for
Time-conscious Gardeners

As to his advice on chicken houses etc. I have no idea!



I've no doubt whatsoever Mr Strong's chicken house, if he ever had one,
would be in impeccable taste


Gothic, undoubtedly. ;-)
--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
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Janet Baraclough .. wrote:

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from Janet Tweedy contains these words:

In article , Janet
Baraclough.. writes

(Cringe) Having moved from 3+ acres to a half acre, I keep hearing
myself telling people "we've only got a small garden".

Janet.


Ah but .......... didn't you start off with much less in your last home?

So I did. There's a 20 acre sheep meadow over the back fence here...

...but isn't your Lady Superior (in that order!) a bit sticky on these
things?

The sticky Lady Superior is laid up.AFAIK it's in the paw of her even
more glutinous son, no chance he'll be selling off bits to the
peasantry.

Have you read SLS's book about her castle childhood, Ian? Fascinating
stuff. If I'd been forcibly dipped in Brodick bay every day, I'd feel a
bit gummy too.

Janet

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On Sun, 11 Jan 2004 20:23:02 GMT, Jaques d'Alltrades
wrote:

Will Evans had some advice wot I unforget on a 78 which made my lip
curl, even at the age of seven - "You put the roof on first."

I had two of his monologues - 'Building a Chicken House' and 'Will Evans
Loses His Umbrella'. Two of the unfunniest sketches ever.

He's trying to flog your record
http://www.btinternet.com/~roncobb/oldrecords1.html

Pity the poor sap who buys it then. I had a wind-up gramophone and a few
records. Will Evans was played seldom , mainly when i wanted to gauge
the compatibility of a new fiend.

If new fiend liked Will Evans and not Schubert's Unfinished Sympathy and
Ernest Lough with Mendelssohn's 'hear my prayer' and 'oh for the wings
of a dove', they quickly became acquaintances....

Later, I amassed a collection, mainly of classical music on 78s from
jumble sales.

--
Rusty
Open the creaking gate to make a horrid.squeak, then lower the foobar.
http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/

In message
Janet Baraclough .. wrote:

[snip]

Have you read SLS's book about her castle childhood, Ian? Fascinating
stuff. If I'd been forcibly dipped in Brodick bay every day, I'd feel a
bit gummy too.

No, but I'd love to. Any details please?

--
Ian Wolfe.
Linlithgow. Birthplace of Mary, Queen of Scots.
Blessed are the peacemakers.

On Sun, 11 Jan 2004 12:06:54 +0000, Janet Tweedy wrote:

In article , Sacha
writes

Makes me think of the Gertrude Jekyll 'joke' that gets recycled here every
so often: "no matter how small your garden, always set aside an acre for
woodland". ;-)


I've got 'The new Small Garden' by C.E. Lucas-Phillips, published in
1979.
He says no garden should 'omit fruit' and then says that the first thing
to plan when planning a small garden is to decided where you will put
"greenhouse and frames, the tool-shed, compost bins, bonfire and perhaps
chicken house"
He obviously never envisaged some of the gardens that people round here
find acceptable AND pay good money for!!

The original edition of "The Small Garden" in a Pan paperback was
my guiding star when I seriously took up gardening, so I resent
(just a little) your implication that C E L-P was an elito-
snobbist of some sort.

Really, he's absolutely right. Any garden worthy of the name
needs to have some kind of service area for the unsightlier parts
of the operation. I didn't think that through when I moved to my
present place, and in consequence the garden picture is
disfigured by visibilities of the kind he singles out.

I still consider The Small Garden an excellent starting point for
a beginner, right up there with "The Sunset Western Garden Book".


--
Rodger Whitlock
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
[change "atlantic" to "pacific" and
"invalid" to "net" to reply by email]

In article , Rodger Whitlock
writes
On Sun, 11 Jan 2004 12:06:54 +0000, Janet Tweedy wrote:

In article , Sacha
writes

Makes me think of the Gertrude Jekyll 'joke' that gets recycled here every
so often: "no matter how small your garden, always set aside an acre for
woodland". ;-)


I've got 'The new Small Garden' by C.E. Lucas-Phillips, published in
1979.
He says no garden should 'omit fruit' and then says that the first thing
to plan when planning a small garden is to decided where you will put
"greenhouse and frames, the tool-shed, compost bins, bonfire and perhaps
chicken house"
He obviously never envisaged some of the gardens that people round here
find acceptable AND pay good money for!!

The original edition of "The Small Garden" in a Pan paperback was
my guiding star when I seriously took up gardening, so I resent
(just a little) your implication that C E L-P was an elito-
snobbist of some sort.

Really, he's absolutely right. Any garden worthy of the name
needs to have some kind of service area for the unsightlier parts
of the operation. I didn't think that through when I moved to my
present place, and in consequence the garden picture is
disfigured by visibilities of the kind he singles out.

I still consider The Small Garden an excellent starting point for
a beginner, right up there with "The Sunset Western Garden Book".

Absolutely. My wife and I bought a copy in the mid-60s when we had
acquired our first house and garden and needed something to guide us.
It was so well used that it literally fell to bits and was replaced by
'The New Small Garden' when that came out in 1979. I still refer to it
from time to time. It contains oodles of commonsense advice.

--
Malcolm Ogilvie