If it’s green, we call it grass
- Laura Moore: Housebroken
- June 17, 2019
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We and our house are so lucky. We have children who volunteer to help with the gardening and the mowing, plus a neighbor who mows our back yard. They are all wonderful, and we thoroughly appreciate them.
Not only do our children arrive ready to mow and trim, they also work in the gardens spreading mulch and pulling weeds. Our neighbor never says a thing to us; he just mows the grass. We are so blessed, as is our house.
Speaking of our house, it sits in the middle of a small lot, but this lot loves green and isn’t too finicky about what we call grass. If it’s green, we call it grass and are grateful for any green vegetation that covers the dirt. Or rather, the mud.
We have had so much rain that our lot is really something of a swamp. Sure saves on the water bill not to have to use our sprinklers. All that water brings worms to the surface, which absolutely thrills the local birds who greatly prefer worms to seed. We haven’t needed to buy bird seed all spring.
Yesterday my Taller Half and I worked on organizing our baby house, also known as the shed. It was crammed with mysterious boxes whose contents were long forgotten. To our surprise those same boxes contained garden tools, party dishes, bird feeders with seed and one or two things we had no idea their use.
Fortunately a local church has a garage sale in the offing, so unknown “stuff” has a place to go. Surely someone out there will know how to put that “stuff” to good use.
Speaking of birds, we have a pair of robins that frequent our lawn. They are very bold and will work at worm hunting in close proximity to humans. We find that delightful and keep our dogs on short leads when they are outside. Dogs consider birds outside toys and want to play. The birds feel differently.
There also is a neighborhood cat who is very interested in those robins and would like to spend more time getting close to them. However, our dogs consider that cat another outside toy and jump at any chance to chase him. So far things are working out for our feathered friends, largely due to the fact they can fly.