Thursday, 5 November 2009

Planning Ahead


When I have my *personal arboretum
I will plant a grove of Ginkgo biloba
and surround it with maple trees.

(*I may not have mentioned
this particular ambition to MrM
so I had better go and discuss it with him
before he reads it here first.)
Posted by alice c at 00:01

15 comments:

  1. MrMNovember 05, 2009

    too late ...

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  2. trashNovember 05, 2009

    oopS!

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  3. MrMNovember 05, 2009

    PS - will we able to get syrup from the maples ??

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  4. AnonymousNovember 05, 2009

    Bloggers are open communicators - via their blogs. I beleive Mr M is well aware of this fact...

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  5. AnonymousNovember 05, 2009

    I believe it too. Curse my speedy 'e' finger. It beats the 'i' finger in a typing race quite often.

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  6. QuinnNovember 05, 2009

    Which maple/s do you have in mind? I'm envisioning :)

    (Also, a suggestion: you might want to have only female ginkos. Less aromatic, if I remember correctly.)

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  7. LynnNovember 05, 2009

    When we discovered that Big Lad, as a tiny tot, could enunciate "ginkgo biloba" really clearly and adorably, we made him repeat it constantly. I'm not sure, but I think this might constitute child abuse.

    (May I lounge languorously in your arboretum?)

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  8. AliNovember 05, 2009

    I think of passing information along via blog channels as a sort of subliminal communication stream. Now tell him what to get you for Christmas.

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  9. Ticking stripesNovember 05, 2009

    Now that would be a beautiful sight indeed...thank you for that momentary transporttion

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  10. GinaNovember 05, 2009

    An admirable ambition. I love the shape of ginko leaves.

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  11. menopausalmusingNovember 05, 2009

    We have a Ginkgo Biloba which we (alright, "he") planted in our chicken run when we moved here.... the leaves are just beautiful. The shapes............... oh, the shapes...........

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  12. dragonflyNovember 05, 2009

    It will look just like the front gardens of the Natural History Museum! I love ginkgo leaves too and had to positively stop myself collecting them when we visited South Ken on Sunday.

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  13. MaryNovember 05, 2009

    And silver birches?

    x

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  14. RhiannonNovember 05, 2009

    I think its a great idea :)

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  15. AnonymousNovember 05, 2009

    Is there a particular reason why you would surround the ginkgo with maple trees? (I am aware my question could make you all laugh at me...)
    Paola
    PS YUM, maple syrup!

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