17. júní - án rigningar - garðvinna

 

So I used the opportunity to do some garden-work, since there was no rain. Everybody else finish their garden clean-up before this day, but not me. We got up at a reasonable time and drove to town to see what was going on. Free breakfast at the school. Good idea. I like that. Then we drove to one of my fathers forestry-places to see how the trees grow. He always did that on 17th of June, so we made that into a tradition. Trees are doing fine. Global warming. Good so far. Then there was nap time. A person who stays up at night writing blogs has to sleep during the day. Everybody understands that . Also I was just generally tired. Then somebody came and I woke up and tried to convert my nap to sunbathing in the garden. Too cold. Not enough global warming yet. Lawnmowing was next. Dandelions have gone to seed. I like dandelions. I don't understand why the mayor of Hvolsvöllur has decided to go to war against these pretty flowers. They do no harm, and they are edible. I hear that the French use them in salads. My cows like them too. There are others I have declared war against: Tvítönn og sigurskúfur. Lamium og chamaenerion angustifolium. (Latin for uncle Gerry). They kill everything around them - except maybe Archangelica. I'm running a test in my garden to see if Angelica will overcome these invaders. I believe the tvítönn will be dead in a few years and I hope I will be able to stop the expansion of sigurskúfur. Sigurskúfur scored a few points though, when I read that it was edible and should be used as asparagus, and bees like it. I still have not tested that strange food and I put the bee idea on hold when my friend Dögg declared she would stop visiting me if I was going to keep bees. I like Dögg. But I have not found one good reason to like sigurskúfur. Can anyone out there give me one? Has anybody tasted it? Is it cow-food?

            Then another thing. Why do people want to kill moss in their gardens? What is wrong with moss? I like moss. It is soft and nice. I would plant moss in my garden instead of grass.

Athugasemdir

[Dögg (IP-tala skráð) 18.6.2007 kl. 22:53]

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