Re: Digest Number 1618
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] Digest Number 1618
- From: J* C*
- Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2001 01:00:10
Wendy wrote:
>Here's a bit of trivia, Did you know that here in Aus, our alfalfa is a
>type of bean sprout/shoots that we eat in a salad...
Of course it is the same plant, just the baby version. I imagine the name
Lucerne came from our English ancestors. Perhaps it was widely grown in
Lucerne, for their dairy cattle. There are many oddities like this. Siberian
iris for example. Where did they originate?
Cow pats, I always associate with the rounded 'beret' shaped items found in
paddocks. The iris joke about Paddy looking for 'is 'at in the cow field is
always good for a laugh. How many did he try on before he found the right
one?
My daughter collected some L.A. divisions yesterday, for her pond, and I
advised her to put old cow manure in the bottom of the pots. I suggested she
buy it at K-mart or Bunnings. No need for that, she replied, there is plenty
of Bull $#@% in Melbourne. One example of where the feminine form sounds
much more polite.
Cheers, Jan, in Aus, where we put cow manure on our strawberries, although
it doesn't do a lot for the taste.
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