tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2100862372880209397.post5999997044851862427..comments2024-03-28T18:17:29.556-07:00Comments on TIME FOR REFLECTIONS: Dandelions nettles and daisiesVictor S E Moubarakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04280638667651857296noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2100862372880209397.post-81576314438900987802012-07-21T16:38:24.704-07:002012-07-21T16:38:24.704-07:00Thank you Sarah for your kind words.
Is the plant...Thank you Sarah for your kind words.<br /><br />Is the plant in your garden a thistle perhaps? From our own Scotland up North? Post a photo on your Blog and perhaps readers can identify it.<br /><br />God bless.Victor S E Moubarakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04280638667651857296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2100862372880209397.post-52710380724269289042012-07-21T16:17:32.088-07:002012-07-21T16:17:32.088-07:00I like your view of weeds, literally and figurativ...I like your view of weeds, literally and figuratively. We have something in our garden that looks like a weed; we certainly didn't plant it. But it has lovely violet flowers and we don't want to uproot it.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09091216096297798587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2100862372880209397.post-89986737203311126972012-07-16T18:07:46.795-07:002012-07-16T18:07:46.795-07:00What a beautiful thing to say Barb.
God bless.What a beautiful thing to say Barb.<br /><br />God bless.Victor S E Moubarakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04280638667651857296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2100862372880209397.post-22045891489377987452012-07-16T17:16:01.269-07:002012-07-16T17:16:01.269-07:00Victor, I'd rather be a dandelion in God's...Victor, I'd rather be a dandelion in God's garden than a rose bush in my own.Barb Schoenebergerhttp://www.sufferingingwithjoy.com/blog/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2100862372880209397.post-14705523334631263122012-07-16T15:58:07.394-07:002012-07-16T15:58:07.394-07:00It's so nice Mary when children pick up and gi...It's so nice Mary when children pick up and give us a bouquet of daisies dandelions and buttercups.<br /><br />May God bless them for their good intentions.Victor S E Moubarakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04280638667651857296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2100862372880209397.post-4577966116484300032012-07-16T15:55:28.589-07:002012-07-16T15:55:28.589-07:00Wasn't that old man good with the "Don...Wasn't that old man good with the "Don't give up" message, Mary?<br /><br />I've never eaten dandelion or nettles leaves. I've had nettles tea which was awful.<br /><br />I hope you're successful with your garden. It's so satisfying when you grow your own produce. I've never tried growing beans - perhaps next year. This year has been too wet so far with almost daily rain. I'm building an ark in the garden just in case.<br /><br />I think the UK is too cold for orange trees. So I haven't bothered to grow one.Victor S E Moubarakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04280638667651857296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2100862372880209397.post-40822338342738054052012-07-16T15:32:16.490-07:002012-07-16T15:32:16.490-07:00Great post, Victor - I love the "never give u...Great post, Victor - I love the "never give up" message. My daughter doesn't differentiate between real flowers and weed flowers. I used to get handfuls of dandelions from her all the time :) The leaves are edible! Not that I eat wild ones but I have eaten dandelion greens before and probably will again. <br /><br />This is the first year we've had a garden and I planted a number of fruits and vegetables. We only got three strawberries! I think the bears stole the rest. Animals don't like beans for some odd reason.<br /><br />I think I may be able to guess why :) They don't like radishes and scallions either.<br /><br />I'm sorry to hear that your invisible orange tree failed to produce any fruit...Mary N.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06618318192221168152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2100862372880209397.post-1688399314844637352012-07-15T15:51:54.800-07:002012-07-15T15:51:54.800-07:00Good points Vicky.
We often have "bad "...Good points Vicky.<br /><br />We often have "bad " insects like wasps in our garden. We had some earlier this year in Spring. You've reminded me to write a post about them - maybe tomorrow.<br /><br />I'm not doing too well with fruits this year. It's been raining all the time. Last year we had plenty of apples, pears, strawberries and cherries. Also many tomatoes. We made plenty of steamed apples with raisins and sultanas, apple pies, and apple with everything. Three years ago we even managed to have figs. But those trees suddenly stopped producing. Can't understand why. Also never managed to get any grapes from the vines. Just plenty of leaves. Have you ever had stuffed vine leaves? We also had a well-producing peach tree. Suddenly it died.<br /><br />We never managed to get any oranges though. Probably because we don't have an orange tree in our garden.<br /><br />God bless.Victor S E Moubarakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04280638667651857296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2100862372880209397.post-28078273434911345792012-07-15T14:20:41.318-07:002012-07-15T14:20:41.318-07:00True, but you need to be aware of weeds disguising...True, but you need to be aware of weeds disguising themselves as flowers. Some of the beautiful birds in our garden provide nothing more than empty aesthetic pleasures. They may eat the insects but they are also voracious consumers of all the best fruit. It could be the same with the insects. Bees are good but fruit fly is bad - just another evil attacker of all that is good in the garden.<br /><br />I guess you really have to know the difference between a true flower and a weed, don't you? And true goodness and beauty as opposed to worthless, empty pleasures with a superficial, manipulative kind of beauty.<br /><br />Maybe, a second moral could be that a bit of knowledge may be the difference between feasting on the sumptuous fruits of the garden and eating nettles??<br /><br />God bless:-)Vickyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10020095571963954615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2100862372880209397.post-11761235887379075822012-07-15T08:02:35.913-07:002012-07-15T08:02:35.913-07:00What you say makes a lot of sense; Vicky.
Basical...What you say makes a lot of sense; Vicky.<br /><br />Basically a plant, say a dandelion, is a weed if it is not wanted and hinders the growth of some other plant by taking the nutrition from the ground or by being aesthetically unwelcome. For example a dandelion on a beautiful immaculate lawn.<br /><br />But, as in my garden, I have deliberately left an area to grow wild with nettles and other traditionally unwelcome plants like thisles and dandelions. These attract various insects and in turn various birds which feed on these insects. So, in that particular area a nettle is not a weed, because I welcome it there.<br /><br />However, if someone put a nettle down my trousers then it would be very unwelcome indeed; and it would then become a weed. The weed would then create a rash in that particular area which would in turn itch and become even more unwelcome. <br /><br />So the moral of this story is: there's a place for everything and everything in its place - and never put a nettle down your trousers especially if you've run out of soothing lotion.<br /><br />God bless.Victor S E Moubarakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04280638667651857296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2100862372880209397.post-82544014145194075092012-07-15T04:38:43.796-07:002012-07-15T04:38:43.796-07:00Gosh, Victor, you've got me really thinking! S...Gosh, Victor, you've got me really thinking! So, a weed is something that hinders the development of worthwhile 'fruit.' And, the more fruit there is, the more careful one needs to be of weeds and the more likely it is that, if something isn't a fruit, it is a weed. And, if there's not much fruit, then the weeds are less of an issue and, maybe, less noticeable. And, if a weed is a weed in one garden and a flower in another, is there a final authority on weedship? Of course, it could always be relative, but it's not likely because, ultimately, there's always an absolute standard on which to base a judgement. But, just because something's judged a weed, is it condemned? In a barren wasteland, would a weed be tolerated more than in a cultivated garden? Or, would the nature of the environment be the cause of its condemnation? Lots to ponder!<br /><br />Hmm.. I'd better finish musing before I give hint of an innate madness;-) <br /><br />God bless, Victor:-)Vickyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10020095571963954615noreply@blogger.com