Thanks all!
"They call me... Tim?"
Couldn't get that line out of head as soon as I saw that mini so I had to have it!
Maybe I disguised the pun a little too well Erny - Alan Titshmarsh = Allam Smallmarsh!?
Couldn't think of any other famous gardeners that folk would recognise so I went for garden implements and other garden related things for names. The crossbowman is named in honour of Philip Griebel - first manufacturer in Germany of garden gnomes - google is a wondrous font of knowledge!

I think I may be a little cryptic with quite a few of my names to make them sound more fantasy - try googling some of the first and surnames I give my characters and you may fathom out how my warped little mind works...

Bloodysword - I've got a week off work at the mo and as I'm spending my days stripping wallpaper and painting our bedroom the trouble and strife doesn't seem to mind me doing some proper paintng in the evenings.
Just waiting for some patching plaster to dry which is why I'm posting now - that and she's out at the supermarket!

Comsquare - I have books 1-9 and a few of the later ones - I keep looking longingly at Gourgaz's on ebay though...
