Your Questions About Gardening

GardenersCardiff answers:

The first garden gnomes were introduced to the United Kingdom in 1847 by Sir Charles Isham, when he brought 21 terracotta figures back from a trip to Germany and placed them as ornaments in the gardens of his home, Lamport Hall in Northamptonshire. Only one of the original batch of gnomes survives: Lampy as he is known, is on display at Lamport Hall, and is insured for one million pounds.

Garden gnomes have become a popular accessory in many gardens, although they are not loved by all. They are often the target of pranks: people have been known to return garden gnomes “to the wild”, most notably France’s “Front de Liberation des Nains de Jardins” and Italy’s “MALAG” (Garden Gnome Liberation Front). Some kidnapped garden gnomes have been sent on trips around the world passed from person to person and photographed at famous landmarks, with the photos being returned to the owner; this practice is featured in the 2001 French film, Amélie and in the Travelocity commercials of the Roaming Gnome. Garden gnomes were made in various poses and pursuing various pastimes, such as fishing or gardening.

A sub-culture exists among those who collect garden gnomes, which is frequently lampooned in popular culture.

Http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garden_gnome

GardenersCardiff answers:

The only significant deviations from the literary canon are the effects of the Polyjuice Potion, and the absence of the Deathday Party of Sir Nicholas that Harry, Ron, and Hermione attend.[6] In the book, the Potion causes the drinker to assume the exact appearance of the target, including their voice and any disabilities (such as poor eyesight). In the film, while the potion alters Harry and Ron’s appearance, their voices are left unchanged to reduce confusion.

In the books, whenever Dobby Disapparates, the usual loud crack is heard. But in the film, Dobby appears and disappears quietly.
* The film shows Dobby levitating the pudding into the sitting room and dropping it on top of Mrs Mason. In the novel, however, Dobby dropped the pudding in the kitchen.
* A scene is cut where the Ministry sends a letter to reprimand Harry for violating the Decree for the Reasonable Restriction of Underage Sorcery which caused the Dursleys to learn of this rule. This causes a continuity error in the following film where Vernon Dursley already knew that Harry cannot perform magic outside of school. This is because the scene was in the original script and likely filmed; it was not included on the initial DVD release, but will most likely feature on the announced Ultimate Edition.
* In the book, Uncle Vernon pays a man to fit bars on Harry’s window, but in the film, Uncle Vernon fits the bars himself.
* When Harry was escaping from the Dursleys, only Uncle Vernon tried to prevent from escaping, eventually falling out of the window. In the book, all of the Dursleys tried to prevent him from escaping, only to end up hanging from the window.
* In the book, when Harry arrives at the Weasleys’ home, Mrs. Weasley makes her sons “de-gnome” the garden. This scene is omitted in the film.
* The scene where Harry eavesdrops on Lucius and Draco Malfoy’s business with Borgin was filmed, but ultimately cut from the film. It is included in the deleted scenes section of the DVD. An alternate version of the same scene, where Harry is caught by Borgin was also filmed and included on the DVD.
* In the book, Mr. Weasley repairs Harry’s glasses in Diagon Alley, but in the film, Hermione repairs them and the knowledge of her using underage magic is unnoticed. Though it is revealed in one of the following books that the Ministry of Magic only knows WHERE there is used magic and not WHO it is that is using magic (This also explains why Harry is believed to be the one to perform the levitating spell on the pudding though it is Dobby)
* The part where Arthur Weasley fights with Lucius Malfoy in Flourish and Blotts is omitted. Instead, they only exchange tense words. Lucius also mentions that he will “see Arthur at work”, implying that he works at the Ministry of Magic in the film.

GardenersCardiff answers:

They both sell them and they also sell short sleeve v-neck in xtra-small, but unfortunately they only have blackish greenish orangish with redish stripes and whitish polks-dots. Oh well. Better luck next time with that. In the meantime, why don’t you go out to your own garden at around 3 in the morning and see if you can catch a real live garden gnome (I think that is what you want since I have never heard of a “nomb”). I hear if you wear a crown of purple and white flowers and eat honey sandwiches and sing the ABCs backward while sitting in a pool of grape jelly that the garden gnomes come out and play with you. PLease let us know how that works out for you. And if that does happen try to capture a boy gnome and a girl gnome, mate them and auction them off on ebay for a profit. Then you can buy Wal-Mart AND Target and have as many of whatever they sell as you want. Good Luck!!!!!!