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Photo Comments:   Droopy wrote on Sun Jun 07, 2009 6:54 am: My granny like to leave the leaves of crocus and narcissi to die down in the borders, in order to give energy to the bulbs. But to avoid the untidy look, she tied the leaves together in a simple knot like the one I've shown above. The new foliage of the growing plants around would hide the knots, and when the leaves were properly dead, grandmother just picked the whole knot out of the border. Paulette Eframson wrote on Thu Jun 04, 2009 8:20 pm: Could you please explain the "Granny-knots"? Comment on this photo (500 characters remaining):

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