Wednesday, June 18, 2008

These are the last days of the {Blue}Grass Garden. And by that, I mean it's finally time to cut the grass! This is not because neither I nor Emmet are growing weary of gardening; it's just the natural and healthy progression of growing and pruning. For those who need a word of encouragement, please see Ecclesiastes 3:1-8.

You may have noticed in the surrounding countrysides that most fields are being cut and bailed for hay. The time has come for the Garden to follow suit. In the next week I will cut the grass and see if there might be opportunity to make hay.


Emmet continues to work the ground. Just today, he was fertilizing the plot.


The golden tipped grass has run its course. Now it's time for the next phase.


After my last post on the rain soaked grass, most of the Garden returned to a vertical state. However, over the past week wind and natural decay has laid the grass down once again.


The last time we cut the Garden was in late April of 2007. Last year's record height was just over 3". You can see that we have outdone ourselves this year with one sprout exceeding 5". Now that's some grass!