From: word_chemist@hotmail.com   
      
   "P.S.Burton"  wrote in message   
   news:1141731405.899807.84500@v46g2000cwv.googlegroups.com...   
   > and also pruned it back, so it doesn't look much at the moment. I'll   
   > post some pictures when it is in bloom. I had a brief dilemma before   
   > planting; feet end, middle, or head end? - taking my lead from the   
   > other graves, I went with feet end.   
   >   
   > For those of you who have never tried to dig a neat circular hole that   
   > is more than a foot deep when armed with just a trowel, let me tell you   
   > it's a hassle. Two points of minor interest - whilst digging I   
   > unearthed a queen bee, alive and well and presumably hibernating. Not   
   > quite a common toad, but along the same lines. Also, when I got to   
   > about 10" down, there was a clear and distinct layer of ash about 2"   
   > deep, which no doubt survives from Orwell's original planting. It was   
   > dry enough to blow around in the breeze, and smelled surprisingly   
   > fresh. So, I must be one of very few people who have smelled the   
   > rakings of Orwell's hearth. What a boast.   
   >   
      
   Nice story, thanks.   
      
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