Monday, October 17, 2011
Sidewalk gardens
I've been enjoying these little gardens ever since I was young. I cheer them on, these tiny outbreaks of plants that push up through or spring out of, footpaths, tennis courts, drive ways - places that are designed to be plant-free, but can't always stay that way. It's a minor victory for nature, and ephemeral I know, but it still excites me. Here, I've photographed some great weed action from beside the local scout hall. These clovers and plantains have a strong root-hold and enjoy a life undisturbed by scraping tool or herbicide - for now. Some well-meaning spoiler is bound to spot them and swoop in for the kill, but in the meantime, I celebrate their little green lives. Oh, and the lawn that runs alongside of the path is just magnificent!
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Your nuts :) from your local weed spoiler who loves beeing the weedspray cowboy with her handy weed spray gun
Noooooooooooooooooo!!!!!
Pauline - we need to talk!
At my house they would have a brief meeting with boiling water and dishwashing liquid from cleaning out my coffee percolator...
At my house, I'd lift the concrete and create a natural path :-
why would you have a concrete path in the first place?
Why indeed, though if you have inherited one, it could be used as a heat sink or left as a reminder of days gone by (and blended in to the new garden system, by allowing delightful plants such a clovers, to scramble across it.)
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