To those who insist on calling non cacti cabbages I have only this to say

"The time has come," the Walrus said,
"To talk of many things:
Of shoes--and ships--and sealing-wax--
Of cabbages--and kings--
And why the sea is boiling hot--
And whether pigs have wings."

I can't understand why anyone gets huffy about this topic at all. Grow what you like and find information where you like. I love the journal, but the genera I grow are commonplace and rarely featured these days. I have no problem with people calling my plants weeds, my father has called my cacti &qu...

ChrisR wrote:This was a good thread on the same subject;

viewtopic.php?f=1&t=162421&p=232534&hil ... ta#p232534

Thank you, Chris, an interesting read

Thanks all for you comments.

aloe.JPG Dear All I have this Aloe in a four inch pot, in Dr Alcock's mixture. It's a plant from a garden fete, not particularly large or particularly well grown. So I was very pleased to go into the greenhouse and discover it was coming into bloom. What really surprised me was the fact that there ...

Dear All

Have to tell you that I am Heather N, in case you were wondering.Hedge has been my nickname for many many years, and I use it widely elsewhere so I have asked Bill to apply it to this site too.

Bit of a late entry there, Peter!

I do what the cacti do, and SLEEP

Thanks, Dave, I look forward to seeing more of this

Thank you both!

If I was to go suddenly, my cacti would probably get binned. The orchids would do slightly better but not much. Certain large plants such as my Ferocactus Eric would be kept by my daughter, as it has been here longer than she has. My husband wouldn't want to bin them, but he hasn't the time or the k...