pot scrub

"Tortoise Brand Pot Scrubbing Cleaner's Theme"

Oh aye, I shouldn't think they'd be a-sayin', ' 'Ey you, with the mighty sword, get those greasy ol' pots scrubbed.' "

The tools needed for successful rroting of cuttings are a sharp knife to sever the cuttings from the parent plant, pots scrubbed clean, a light but no sunny location and a quick-draining rooting medium.

Many annuals are thrown out - the pots scrubbed and stored inside or buried in the big vegetable planters on the south terrace, protected from wind and the freezing-and-thawing cycles that so easily crack terra cotta.

Lunilla was a masterful organizer, so within a week of Varzil's arrival, he was taking his turns at pot scrubbing, floor sweep- ing, onion peeling, bundling linens into the town for laundry, and other errands.