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Thanks to Schratzl for the image.
NATURE
WATCH.
I was
gazing leisurely at the garden the other morning, in a rare, brief
moment of idleness and was admiring the wonders of nature. The new,
green life bursting forth now that winter has relinquished its
chilly grip on the earth, the thrill of birdsong, a constant delight
to the ear, which if freely translated from bird speech says "Ladies,
anyone up for a shag? Sod off other males, this is my territory!
Ladies ...?"
The
lawn has quietly been gathering itself through the winter and has
exploded into tussocks, independent states which are now fighting to
conquer lesser clumps and rogue grasses. The first cut of the year is
always a challenge!
Norman,
the giant bonsai tree must be 30 feet tall if he's a foot now and
must be something of a rarity. It was a good thing that we took him
out of his pot all those years ago and put him in the garden as no
way could he fit in the living room now. I believe he is a Cedar of
some kind and his 'leaves' are modelled on bright green needles - to
be handled with care and preferably only stroked in a downward
direction.
The
lady of the house sat with me on our rustic garden bench for a quiet
moment. She agreed it was indeed a wonderful morning and in the same
breath commented that Norman needed a 'trim', which sounds like a
painful operation. The chances of my remaining unscarred by such a
task are slim to non-existent.
It
was but two weeks previous that she decided that the young Oak in the
corner of the garden also needed a 'trim', specifically cutting
through the trunk approximately six feet above ground to encourage it
to spread. Gardeners who are reading please note, this is a young
tree of barely six inches diameter trunk, so not a great and
ponderous creature. However armed with a log saw and a hand axe,
whilst balancing six feet up a ladder, it was still something of a
challenge.
I
decided to admire the wonders of nature a wee bit longer and then
busy myself with the battleground which is the lawn. It's bound to
take longer than I anticipate and with luck it will be lunchtime
before too long.
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