On Fri, 07 Dec 2007 19:10:00 +0000
Sacha wrote:

Someone starts this every year so I'll give it a try this year - what
gardening related gift would you wish for if your wildest dream could come
true?


A nice healthy 6 ft Acer distylum. And that would live after planting!

There's always a fetish plant. Every time I find one, a new one steps in
to replace it...

-E

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"Nick Maclaren" wrote in message
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But, if I won the lottery, that would require a miracle. Like many
people of my background, I have never bought a ticket, discourage
everyone from buying me one, and intend to continue in that line ....

Same here. I've quite a tidy sum in the bank by doing that :-)

I wonder what your background is though. Mine is a bookmaking family, I've
seen literally a rags to riches transformation made on threepenny and
sixpenny bets (and a lot of hard work). I don't want to be part of that
though.

Mary

Emery Davis wrote:
On Fri, 07 Dec 2007 19:10:00 +0000
Sacha wrote:

Someone starts this every year so I'll give it a try this year - what
gardening related gift would you wish for if your wildest dream could come
true?


A nice healthy 6 ft Acer distylum. And that would live after planting!

There's always a fetish plant. Every time I find one, a new one steps in
to replace it...

-E

Please Miss can I have two pressies? A self pruning hedge and a superb
sculpture, a Rodin or a smaller copy of the St Pancras "The Meeting
Place". If I can only have one then the latter please. Something that
has always puzzled me is this Genie Three Wishes scenario, my third wish
would always be for another three wishes.
Regards Greedy Guts.

On Fri, 07 Dec 2007 19:10:00 +0000, Sacha
wrote:

Someone starts this every year so I'll give it a try this year - what
gardening related gift would you wish for if your wildest dream could come
true?

The bit of land behind my house gifted to me with a ribbon on it.
And the money to sort it's fencing out. Then it'd be heaven.
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On Fri, 07 Dec 2007 19:10:00 +0000, Sacha
wrote:

Someone starts this every year so I'll give it a try this year - what
gardening related gift would you wish for if your wildest dream could come
true?

The bit of land behind my house gifted to me with a ribbon on it.
And the money to sort it's fencing out. Then it'd be heaven.
--

Do you know the owner? If not, could you 'claim' it?

A previous owner of one of my houses 'claimed' the land behind it. 2 owners
later, me, obtained planning permission and sold it to a builder. 2 blocks
of flats on it now.

A previous owner of my Sister's house 'claimed' the strip of land alongside
the house and it just made the area an Acre. The house was called
'Stealacre' :-))

Mike


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In article ,
"Mary Fisher" writes:
|
| But, if I won the lottery, that would require a miracle. Like many
| people of my background, I have never bought a ticket, discourage
| everyone from buying me one, and intend to continue in that line ....
|
| Same here. I've quite a tidy sum in the bank by doing that :-)
|
| I wonder what your background is though. Mine is a bookmaking family, I've
| seen literally a rags to riches transformation made on threepenny and
| sixpenny bets (and a lot of hard work). I don't want to be part of that
| though.

By training, I am a statistician :-)


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

Someone starts this every year so I'll give it a try this year - what
gardening related gift would you wish for if your wildest dream could
come
true?


Like a previous poster .... I'd like someone to subscribe to a lovely, hunky
bloke whom I could sit and watch (gin and tonic in hand) cutting back all my
shrubs and bushes a couple of times a year and taking it all away!

I bought a new-ish end-terraced house, which was the showhouse and has no
lawn, but lots of paving/gravel and shrubs. "Great", I thought, "I don't
need a b***y lawn-mower!". But, five years on, I've found it's really as
much work (and debris) as grass!!

Barb UK

In message , Sacha
writes
Someone starts this every year so I'll give it a try this year - what
gardening related gift would you wish for if your wildest dream could come
true?

Access to a garden for every child in the country.

....and for me, just a little extra space to grow more - thanks.

--
Si

Broadback writes

Please Miss can I have two pressies? A self pruning hedge and a superb
sculpture, a Rodin or a smaller copy of the St Pancras "The Meeting
Place". If I can only have one then the latter please. Something that
has always puzzled me is this Genie Three Wishes scenario, my third
wish would always be for another three wishes.


An 8ft Yorkshire stone wall around the entire back garden. And the
Church to sort out their drainage on their car park so we don't get 6
inches of water over the last section of the garden every time it rains
heavily.

And if I can't have that, please just give me a bigger garden :-)
--
Kay

In article ,
Sacha writes:
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| Nick, will you for heaven's sake let go and just go mad for a minute or six!
| I'm getting over a rotten cold, I'm stuffed to the eyeballs with
| Paracetathingies and antibiotics and I want to hear some fun stuff. Tchah.
| IF someone else won the Lottery and bought you whatever you wished, what
| would you wish?!

Well, I did - by echoing David in Normandy :-)

But, to go REALLY over the top, I would like to be able to look
out of my windows and see lynx controlling the deer, rabbits and
other vermin (down, Mike).

Or, to post something that got me flamed some years ago (and please
read this CAREFULLY before doing the same!), I look forward to the
day when more children are killed in Cambridgeshire by wolves than
by motor vehicles.

In my dreams ....


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

On Dec 7, 7:46 pm, (Nick Maclaren) wrote:
In article ,
David in Normandy writes:
| In article C37F4B08.60BAE%
| , Sacha says...
| Someone starts this every year so I'll give it a try this year - what
| gardening related gift would you wish for if your wildest dream could come
| true?
|
| If I won the lottery I would love to design one hell of a
| landscaped garden. A sort of cross between between a
| fantasy park, The Kew gardens "Princes Diana" glasshouse,
| an Eden project dome and a set from the film "Raiders of
| the lost Ark". There would be lots of flowers and tropical
| plants, lots of nooks and crannies with places to sit and
| relax plus a few Barbara Hepworth and other contemporary
| type sculptures.
|
| I think that's spent a few million?

I can relate to that, as our transpondian friends say.

But, if I won the lottery, that would require a miracle. Like many
people of my background, I have never bought a ticket, discourage
everyone from buying me one, and intend to continue in that line ....


If you do not buy a ticket, that means that your chances of winning
the big prize are *roughly* the same as if you do i.e. *aproximately*
zero.

Des "speaking of priors rather than my posteriors" Higgins


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

"Des Higgins" wrote in message
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On Dec 7, 7:46 pm, (Nick Maclaren) wrote:
In article ,
David in Normandy writes:
| In article C37F4B08.60BAE%
| , Sacha says...
| Someone starts this every year so I'll give it a try this year -
what
| gardening related gift would you wish for if your wildest dream
could come
| true?
|
| If I won the lottery I would love to design one hell of a
| landscaped garden. A sort of cross between between a
| fantasy park, The Kew gardens "Princes Diana" glasshouse,
| an Eden project dome and a set from the film "Raiders of
| the lost Ark". There would be lots of flowers and tropical
| plants, lots of nooks and crannies with places to sit and
| relax plus a few Barbara Hepworth and other contemporary
| type sculptures.
|
| I think that's spent a few million?

I can relate to that, as our transpondian friends say.

But, if I won the lottery, that would require a miracle. Like many
people of my background, I have never bought a ticket, discourage
everyone from buying me one, and intend to continue in that line ....


If you do not buy a ticket, that means that your chances of winning
the big prize are *roughly* the same as if you do i.e. *aproximately*
zero.


Sorry you are wrong with your assumptions there.

If you are silly enough NOT to buy a ticket. You will NOT win.

If you are wise enough to buy a ticket, your chances are 14 Million to 1
that you will WILL win, BUT, there is a chance.

Kindest regards

Mike


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"Navy Days" Portsmouth 25th - 27th July 2008. RN Shipmates will be there.

"Nick Maclaren" wrote in message
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Or, to post something that got me flamed some years ago (and please
read this CAREFULLY before doing the same!), I look forward to the
day when more children are killed in Cambridgeshire by wolves than
by motor vehicles.

That would be REALLY good.

Mary

Hi..

Sacha wrote:

what gardening related gift would you wish for if your wildest
dream could come true?

Hm.., some fresh escargots fried in herb butter, served with French bred and
a glass of dry red wine..! :-)

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Marco

On 8/12/07 20:22, in article , "Marco
Schwarz" wrote:

Hi..

Sacha wrote:

what gardening related gift would you wish for if your wildest
dream could come true?

Hm.., some fresh escargots fried in herb butter, served with French bred and
a glass of dry red wine..! :-)

Ah but are the same sort of escargots? And think of all that lettuce you
have to waste on them first. ;-)
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children.'