Thought I should post and say hello. I was a sometime poster here about
3 years ago (more questions than answers of course) before we went to
live in Japan. Am now back in my (now very neglected) old garden in
Warrington: some bits have gone all jungly while others are now almost
completely bare. I look forward to getting to know you all again
Lisa

"Lisa" wrote in message
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Thought I should post and say hello. I was a sometime poster here about
3 years ago (more questions than answers of course) before we went to
live in Japan. Am now back in my (now very neglected) old garden in
Warrington: some bits have gone all jungly while others are now almost
completely bare. I look forward to getting to know you all again
Lisa

Welcome back, which bit of Japan were you living in?

--
Charlie, gardening in Cornwall.
http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of National Plant Collection of Clematis viticella (cvs)

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Thought I should post and say hello. I was a sometime poster here about
3 years ago (more questions than answers of course) before we went to
live in Japan. Am now back in my (now very neglected) old garden in
Warrington: some bits have gone all jungly while others are now almost
completely bare. I look forward to getting to know you all again

Welcome home.

--
Rusty
Emus to: horrid dot squeak snailything zetnet point co full-stop uk
http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/

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Thought I should post and say hello. I was a sometime poster here about
3 years ago (more questions than answers of course) before we went to
live in Japan. Am now back in my (now very neglected) old garden in
Warrington: some bits have gone all jungly while others are now almost
completely bare. I look forward to getting to know you all again
Lisa

Nice to see you back. Hope you have some success with the garden before
autumn. Next year it will be lovely again.
--
June Hughes

Charlie Pridham wrote:
Welcome back, which bit of Japan were you living in?

Right in Tokyo; it was fantastic. I had a gorgeous little Japanese
garden that I didn't dare touch! Despite it being the size of a postage
stamp, a team of 5 turned up twice a year to trim it with what looked
like nail scissors...perfection.
Lisa
PS There's an old photo of it here if you are interested:
http://turquoise.blogspot.com/2002_0....html#78998055

I hope you learned to eat Japanese daikon, and decide to grow it. I raise
it in raised rows, and plant the seeds in July. Biggest radishes I have
ever grown.

Dwayne

"Lisa" wrote in message
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Thought I should post and say hello. I was a sometime poster here about
3 years ago (more questions than answers of course) before we went to
live in Japan. Am now back in my (now very neglected) old garden in
Warrington: some bits have gone all jungly while others are now almost
completely bare. I look forward to getting to know you all again
Lisa

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Charlie Pridham wrote:
Welcome back, which bit of Japan were you living in?

Right in Tokyo; it was fantastic. I had a gorgeous little Japanese
garden that I didn't dare touch! Despite it being the size of a postage
stamp, a team of 5 turned up twice a year to trim it with what looked
like nail scissors...perfection.
Lisa
PS There's an old photo of it here if you are interested:
http://turquoise.blogspot.com/2002_0....html#78998055

It is lovely.
--
June Hughes

Really? Where do you get the seed? I'd love to grow it (the sprouts are
yummy too, grown like cress) - and also shiso, if possible
Lisa

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Really? Where do you get the seed? I'd love to grow it (the sprouts are
yummy too, grown like cress) - and also shiso, if possible

It's really nice to be able to understand what a poster is talking about
without having to go back and open previous posts in the thread. If you
could quote just enough of the previous post for us to know what you're
referring to, it would be useful. Failing this, change the title to
something more informative! :-)


--
Kay
"Do not insult the crocodile until you have crossed the river"

Lisa wrote:
Thought I should post and say hello. I was a sometime poster here about
3 years ago (more questions than answers of course) before we went to
live in Japan. Am now back in my (now very neglected) old garden in
Warrington: some bits have gone all jungly while others are now almost
completely bare. I look forward to getting to know you all again
Lisa

I feel I know you already...having spent a pleasant afternoon browsing
your Blog...:-) May I ask if your local "duck pond" is Ackers Pits, and
if your "viaduct" is the Cantilever or the mineral line arches at
Latchford Lock? Then I can place your garden when I read your posts.

Jo
Alicante Province (ex Hilltop Road)

It's really nice to be able to understand what a poster is talking about
without having to go back and open previous posts in the thread. If you

could quote just enough of the previous post for us to know what you're

referring to, it would be useful. Failing this, change the title to
something more informative! :-)

Um yes, sorry. Am just trying to get to grips with the google groups
format (anyone else using it?) and can't find a "quote" button. Have
cut and pasted by hand here - hope that has worked, only I think I have
lost your 'written by'. I'll figure out a better way.

Totty wrote:
I feel I know you already...having spent a pleasant afternoon browsing
your Blog...:-) May I ask if your local "duck pond" is Ackers Pits, and
if your "viaduct" is the Cantilever or the mineral line arches at
Latchford Lock? Then I can place your garden when I read your posts.

Hello. Yes, Ackers Pits is my duck pond, and my viaduct is the disused
raileway one near the locks, which is literally my garden wall. (What's
a mineral line?)
Small world!
Lisa

Lisa wrote:
It's really nice to be able to understand what a poster is talking
about
without having to go back and open previous posts in the thread. If
you

could quote just enough of the previous post for us to know what
you're

referring to, it would be useful. Failing this, change the title to
something more informative! :-)

Um yes, sorry. Am just trying to get to grips with the google
groups
format (anyone else using it?) and can't find a "quote" button.
Have
cut and pasted by hand here - hope that has worked, only I think I
have lost your 'written by'. I'll figure out a better way.

No need to figu try this. Instead of "Reply", click "Show
options". You then find a "Reply" at the bottom of the header
displayed. If you click that, you get automatic editable quotations.
I have no idea why they haven't fixed it.

They don't seem to have an automatic signature-putter-inner, so if
you can be bothered it slightly helps other readers if you go "hyphen
hyphen space return" before adding your name. This means your sig
won't appear in the OE reply window.

--
Mike.

Lisa wrote:
Totty wrote:


Hello. Yes, Ackers Pits is my duck pond, and my viaduct is the disused
raileway one near the locks, which is literally my garden wall. (What's
a mineral line?)
Small world!

The "mineral line" was used by trains carrying coal, steel, chemicals
and such for use by Crossfields (Lever Bros), Laportes, Rylands,
British Hydraulics, British Aluminium et al in the days of my yoof when
Warrington was a town of many parts.....and many and varied pongs...a
far-carrying mixture of soap, gin and rotting hides being trundled down
Bridge Street in open lorries.

Jo

Lisa wrote:


Um yes, sorry. Am just trying to get to grips with the google groups
format (anyone else using it?) and can't find a "quote" button. Have
cut and pasted by hand here - hope that has worked, only I think I have
lost your 'written by'. I'll figure out a better way.

Instead of using the Reply button at the bottom of the post, use the
reply button revealed by clicking on "show options" at the top.

Jo