Comments on: Planting a palm tree in a field in Surrey http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/2007/03/19/planting-a-palm-tree-in-a-field-in-surrey/ by Dave Walker Fri, 27 Jan 2012 07:58:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Chris Clark http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/2007/03/19/planting-a-palm-tree-in-a-field-in-surrey/comment-page-1/#comment-102164 Chris Clark Tue, 20 Mar 2007 16:43:15 +0000 http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/2007/03/19/planting-a-palm-tree-in-a-field-in-surrey/#comment-102164 I hope the palm tree is not a metaphor for some parts of the C of E. Uprooting themselves and plonking themselves down somewhere else...perhaps with insufficient roots and sustenance. Keep us posted Dave with updates on the palm tree. Surreytreecam ;-) Hope you are really better soon...don't overdo it things can wait...your body needs rest...probably sounding like your mum now ...sorry! I hope the palm tree is not a metaphor for some parts of the C of E. Uprooting themselves and plonking themselves down somewhere else…perhaps with insufficient roots and sustenance.

Keep us posted Dave with updates on the palm tree. Surreytreecam ;-)

Hope you are really better soon…don’t overdo it things can wait…your body needs rest…probably sounding like your mum now …sorry!

]]> By: Karin http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/2007/03/19/planting-a-palm-tree-in-a-field-in-surrey/comment-page-1/#comment-102004 Karin Tue, 20 Mar 2007 08:41:54 +0000 http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/2007/03/19/planting-a-palm-tree-in-a-field-in-surrey/#comment-102004 My olive tree has survived a year in Surrey, although I do put its jacket on when we have a cold snap. I also give the palm tree my best wishes and I hope Dave's recovery hasn't been set back by his participation - if it was Saturday it was still warm, but Sunday was decidedly nippy. My olive tree has survived a year in Surrey, although I do put its jacket on when we have a cold snap.

I also give the palm tree my best wishes and I hope Dave’s recovery hasn’t been set back by his participation – if it was Saturday it was still warm, but Sunday was decidedly nippy.

]]> By: Princess http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/2007/03/19/planting-a-palm-tree-in-a-field-in-surrey/comment-page-1/#comment-101770 Princess Tue, 20 Mar 2007 02:11:50 +0000 http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/2007/03/19/planting-a-palm-tree-in-a-field-in-surrey/#comment-101770 Hi, Dave, Found you through Liz of My year of getting published. Thanks for the free use of your cartoons. They are very interesting. Will be back soon since there is a lot more for me to see and read. God bless. Princess Hi, Dave,
Found you through Liz of My year of getting published. Thanks for the free use of your cartoons. They are very interesting. Will be back soon since there is a lot more for me to see and read.
God bless.

Princess

]]> By: Smudgie http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/2007/03/19/planting-a-palm-tree-in-a-field-in-surrey/comment-page-1/#comment-101710 Smudgie Mon, 19 Mar 2007 23:25:52 +0000 http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/2007/03/19/planting-a-palm-tree-in-a-field-in-surrey/#comment-101710 Has the palm tree been given an asbo, seeing as it was exhibiting threatening behaviour towards a mobile home. If the home was mobile, wouldn't it have been better to move that instead? I know you are not a perfectly well person right now, but I think there are certain details missing from your account. (I could have made some rather pathetic joke about palming us off with a second hand tree but I won't). Neil, you ask if the climate is right. It is March and it's hailing and sleeting on the Isle of Wight. The climate is about as right as a palm tree in the middle of Surrey! Has the palm tree been given an asbo, seeing as it was exhibiting threatening behaviour towards a mobile home. If the home was mobile, wouldn’t it have been better to move that instead? I know you are not a perfectly well person right now, but I think there are certain details missing from your account.
(I could have made some rather pathetic joke about palming us off with a second hand tree but I won’t).

Neil, you ask if the climate is right. It is March and it’s hailing and sleeting on the Isle of Wight. The climate is about as right as a palm tree in the middle of Surrey!

]]> By: Philip of Samaria http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/2007/03/19/planting-a-palm-tree-in-a-field-in-surrey/comment-page-1/#comment-101703 Philip of Samaria Mon, 19 Mar 2007 21:05:43 +0000 http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/2007/03/19/planting-a-palm-tree-in-a-field-in-surrey/#comment-101703 Plant an old palm unto the Lord... this is the levitical offering after sickness isnt it? Plant an old palm unto the Lord… this is the levitical offering after sickness isnt it?

]]> By: Neil http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/2007/03/19/planting-a-palm-tree-in-a-field-in-surrey/comment-page-1/#comment-101684 Neil Mon, 19 Mar 2007 18:58:04 +0000 http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/2007/03/19/planting-a-palm-tree-in-a-field-in-surrey/#comment-101684 Well, I wish the tree all the best in its new home - will there be a party? Well, I wish the tree all the best in its new home – will there be a party?

]]> By: Dave http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/2007/03/19/planting-a-palm-tree-in-a-field-in-surrey/comment-page-1/#comment-101679 Dave Mon, 19 Mar 2007 17:44:30 +0000 http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/2007/03/19/planting-a-palm-tree-in-a-field-in-surrey/#comment-101679 Nefertiki and Neil, Thank you for your observations and questions. This was a second hand Palm tree - a 'hand me down' if you will. It had to be moved as it was threatening a mobile home. I think the middle of the field was seen as a good a place to plant it as any. It had survived only a few miles away so the climate must be able to support them. We do not know whether it will survive but it is worth a try. Nefertiki and Neil,

Thank you for your observations and questions.

This was a second hand Palm tree – a ‘hand me down’ if you will. It had to be moved as it was threatening a mobile home.

I think the middle of the field was seen as a good a place to plant it as any. It had survived only a few miles away so the climate must be able to support them. We do not know whether it will survive but it is worth a try.

]]> By: Neil http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/2007/03/19/planting-a-palm-tree-in-a-field-in-surrey/comment-page-1/#comment-101677 Neil Mon, 19 Mar 2007 16:52:19 +0000 http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/2007/03/19/planting-a-palm-tree-in-a-field-in-surrey/#comment-101677 Why plant a palm tree in the middle of a field, is the obvious question, and is the climate right is the almost as obvious one. I know we have plenty of palm trees here in Devon (I can see one from my window), but it is several degrees warmer on average down here... Why plant a palm tree in the middle of a field, is the obvious question, and is the climate right is the almost as obvious one.

I know we have plenty of palm trees here in Devon (I can see one from my window), but it is several degrees warmer on average down here…

]]> By: Nefertiki http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/2007/03/19/planting-a-palm-tree-in-a-field-in-surrey/comment-page-1/#comment-101673 Nefertiki Mon, 19 Mar 2007 16:22:19 +0000 http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/2007/03/19/planting-a-palm-tree-in-a-field-in-surrey/#comment-101673 Since I see nothing white either on the ground or falling from the sky (here we are still digging out and I haven't had my car on the road since Fri. with more snow on the way), I see no overwhelming reason why you should not be out planting palm trees. Still, it must be damp and chilly for a not-fully-recovered person. You must know a lot of very rich people as in Hawaii I saw many palm trees planted on what had been bare lava fields. It is VERY expensive to plant even one. I'm assuming it is a papier mache tree being planted for an ephemeral event? I hope the sun Over There comes out soon as it is bound to have a beneficial effect on your health. Since I see nothing white either on the ground or falling from the sky (here we are still digging out and I haven’t had my car on the road since Fri. with more snow on the way), I see no overwhelming reason why you should not be out planting palm trees. Still, it must be damp and chilly for a not-fully-recovered person. You must know a lot of very rich people as in Hawaii I saw many palm trees planted on what had been bare lava fields. It is VERY expensive to plant even one. I’m assuming it is a papier mache tree being planted for an ephemeral event? I hope the sun Over There comes out soon as it is bound to have a beneficial effect on your health.

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