the conversation between God and St-Francis
- Subject: the conversation between God and St-Francis
- From: G* C*
- Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2001 00:46:42 +0200
Hi
My answer is very very slow but actually I'm so busy and running so many
things at the same time
June is always like that, lot of gardens to visit, lot of parties before the
july and august periods when the french people are off, so amazing !
I had myself a great laugh at this conversation and printed it to show my
friends.
Because, just before reading it, the man who's helping me in the garden
(almost for mowing my 'lawn') wanted to scarify the moss growing in the
grass. I have big moss patches because it's under trees and that moss is
happy and me too ; I said to him that I loved the moss and that he was not
obliged to cut it as often than the sunny area, it was always green and soft
and so nice to walk on, and, even in Japan (Kokedera temple) you have to pay
a fortune to visit a moss garden.
So, dont' touch my moss !
When I'll be in the south of france (I plan to move in Montpellier, next to
the sea), It will be very difficult to grow moss, I suppose.
As I deleted the initial message, could Judy send me another copy, please?
and, also, I would like to translate it in french in order to insert this
nice joke in our garden bulletin (I'm working as a volunteer for the societe
nationale d'horticulture de france).Am I allowed to do so?
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>De?: Tony & Moira Ryan <theryans@xtra.co.nz>
>Ø : Mediterannean Plants List <medit-plants@ucdavis.edu>
>Objet?: Re: (no subject)
>Date?: Mar 22 mai 2001 7:25
>
>Judy Showers wrote:
>>
>> I don't want to start a revolution but since we are all gardeners, I
>> thought this joke was very cute & oh so true. Hope you all enjoy it
>> as much as I did. Judy Showers (PA gardener with a sense of humor)
>>>
>> > Imagine the conversation The Creator might have had with St. Francis
>> > on the subject of lawns:...
>
>Hi Judy
>A rather slow response I guess, but I enjoyed this a lot. Shows how
>crazy some conventions of formal gardening have become doesn't it?
>
>I think though God might however approve of my ecolawn which, as well as
>looking pretty with wild flowers at times, also provides some extremely
>valuable mulch for my vegetable beds, is fed with compost and is
>certainly never ever cut more than once a week even when growing at its
>fastest. (and because a high cut allows deep roots it doesn't require
>watering either)
>
>Fortunately, though I live in the suburbs in NZ I can grow what I like
>even in the front garden and I do not know of any effort of neighbours
>in this country to regulate how one grows one's lawn as seems to
>sometimes happen in the States.
>
>Thanks for a good laugh
>
>Moira
>
>--
>Tony & Moira Ryan <theryans@xtra.co.nz>
>Wainuiomata, New Zealand, SW Pacific. 12 hours ahead of Greenwich Time
>
