Grass, grass and yet more grass

Back in March we wrote an article on the barganews vegetable garden entitled “The spring is sprung, the grass is ris.” Prophetic words indeed as since then the grass has done nothing but rise, rise, rise.

We had problems right from the start of the season  as the ground was still much too wet to allow the tractors access to the fields.

We tried getting the small tractor of Paolo Lazzarini with a load of compost onto the bottom field and failed miserably as the ground was just too waterlogged, stopping the tractor in its tracks.

After a couple of attempts the ground became so rutted that we have to give up and just dump the compost in the field below.

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That meant that it had to moved up by hand* and spread over the field before the arrival of the large tractor due later that month to deep plough both fields.

For some unknown reason that tractor did not arrive during April and now well into May, it has still not put in an appearance. Time is running out and to add to our problems, the carefully spread manure has now made  the grass grow to waist height in a couple of weeks.

So, before the ploughing can take place, that grass has to cut and removed.

Luckily some friends from further up the valley in Garfagnana have lent the vegetable garden a rotavator which also has a grass cutting attachment.  Unfortunately, the rotovator was not in perfect running condition but with the help of a passing expert motor mechanic, within days the machine was up and ready to go.

Now, all we need is a couple of days of no rain and the arrival of the “phantom tractor” before the grass starts growing once again.

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Spring is sprung, the grass is ris.
I wonders where the birdies is.
They say the birds is on the wing.
Ain’t that absurd?
I always thought the wing was on the bird.

* NO, not by hand – with a wheelbarrow