In a message dated 8/20/02 2:11:05 AM Central Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: > ...we were out looking for native plants in the bush (you could do that > in those days, not now!!)for the garden...and this big beastie was > slithering across the road, so we pulled up and decided to try and catch > it???.......aahhh...DUH...never been that STUPID again, let me tell ya!!! > Peg, why can't you get the native plants? environmental protection? That hadn't occured to me. I have always brought plants home and still had a few left growing, awhile back. What was the beastie? I must missed something. Laurelyn

What was the beastie? >>>>>>>...a Red-Bellied Black snake about 6ft long!!!.....and it was back in the early 70's when that happened..you could take plants from the bush then......NOW you have to buy them from a nursery!!! Peg R NSW Australia [email protected] It's hard to be nostalgic when you can't remember anything. Checked by Norton's AV