Pacific Northwest Gardening: Ouch ! It has to go., 1 by balvenie

balvenie wrote:
FREE FOR THE TAKING, NO DELIVERY.
I have a nice little currant-gooseberry cross from Raintree, called, I believe, Orus-8. It has been in a pot for two years (after a neighbors runaway rabbit dined on it) and has a nice crop of sweet black fruit, and thorns. The fruits have a stem and 'tail' that persist and need plucking, a carryover from the gooseberry I would guess, and thorns. It has done surprisingly well potted, well I do too for that matter. lol That in itself is a testament to its tenacity, and thorns. This morning while weeding before the heat was too terrible the bloody beast (said lovingly) nailed me three times with its thorns. No where near as formidable as those on Encephalartos horridus, they are just too pointy for my close quarter gardening and its either it or me, and I ain't going. SO, should there be anyone wishing to take this creature off my hands, D-mail me and I would be very grateful. Otherwise it goes in the Yard Waste container to be composted by big noisy machines, a very ignoble end for a nice decorative food plant.