As I stood outside the greenhouse in the late winter sunshine yesterday repotting and potting on some of the Opuntia collection using tongs and some degree of caution to little effect and repeatedly stopping to remove glochids, spines and the odd segment from hands and forearms my mind drifted back to how much tougher the previous generation were when it came to these things.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Nk7S98g8R7E
I speculated about trying to get Mrs P to join in as Mrs Leese does in the film but concluded that it was probably not worth the effort!
Repotting Opuntias the old fashioned way
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Repotting Opuntias the old fashioned way
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Re: Repotting Opuntias the old fashioned way
True example of callous hands!
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Re: Repotting Opuntias the old fashioned way
Ah, good old Worfield Gardens!
I note the General was not repotting the Opuntias himself.
I've even got a copy of his book which he was kind enough to sign for me when I was a kid.
The bit I remember best was the geriatrics dressed in ponchos and sombreros, playing Mexican(?) music...
I note the General was not repotting the Opuntias himself.
I've even got a copy of his book which he was kind enough to sign for me when I was a kid.
The bit I remember best was the geriatrics dressed in ponchos and sombreros, playing Mexican(?) music...
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Re: Repotting Opuntias the old fashioned way
Ralph, Worfield that takes me back a bit. I finally got my father to drive me down there from Lancashire in our old Austin A35 one day in the school summer holiday, I spent the whole afternoon trying to work out what to spend my pocket money on, while my father spent the whole time talking to the owner about the War. ( takes all sorts )
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Re: Repotting Opuntias the old fashioned way
Correct Ralph, all the best generals lead from a point of safety!
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Re: Repotting Opuntias the old fashioned way
Pretty funny.
If you see Ray Stephensons talk on heroes and villains of the succulent world you'll find Sir Oliver Leese somewhat castigated
If you see Ray Stephensons talk on heroes and villains of the succulent world you'll find Sir Oliver Leese somewhat castigated
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