Müllerin
2020-04-22 11:54:08
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A small excerpt of how the meadow is currently blooming:
Yesterday, I was watering the hedge close to the neighbor - who had visitors. The visitors were peeking through the bushes at us and asked: hey, is that supposed to be a garden over there? I almost burst out laughing and cheerfully called over: yes, that is a garden, we like it that way...
The window cleaner who was here last week said while cleaning the glass roof: the garden is still being worked on, right? When I asked him in confusion what exactly still needed to be done... he didn’t say anything more. I then explained to him (he couldn’t leave) why this garden looks exactly the way it does. But he didn’t understand it, since at the end of the cleaning he asked (at least he asked, instead of just doing it) if he could pour the cleaning water into the meadow now. When I asked him if he would do that at his own house, he said yes. Umm. I then advised him to please pour the stuff into the drain in front... really.
These 2 examples just show me that the concept of “meadow instead of lawn” unfortunately is spreading only slowly, and it is still considered untidy chaos. Which is a pity – it has only advantages: - nature benefits more from a meadow - it requires much less maintenance, only mowing/scything twice a year - you automatically have beautiful flowers in it - children are occupied watching little creatures - you don’t need to water in summer, because the meadow stays green and adjusts its composition so that only plants that need little water grow there
Yesterday, I was watering the hedge close to the neighbor - who had visitors. The visitors were peeking through the bushes at us and asked: hey, is that supposed to be a garden over there? I almost burst out laughing and cheerfully called over: yes, that is a garden, we like it that way...
The window cleaner who was here last week said while cleaning the glass roof: the garden is still being worked on, right? When I asked him in confusion what exactly still needed to be done... he didn’t say anything more. I then explained to him (he couldn’t leave) why this garden looks exactly the way it does. But he didn’t understand it, since at the end of the cleaning he asked (at least he asked, instead of just doing it) if he could pour the cleaning water into the meadow now. When I asked him if he would do that at his own house, he said yes. Umm. I then advised him to please pour the stuff into the drain in front... really.
These 2 examples just show me that the concept of “meadow instead of lawn” unfortunately is spreading only slowly, and it is still considered untidy chaos. Which is a pity – it has only advantages: - nature benefits more from a meadow - it requires much less maintenance, only mowing/scything twice a year - you automatically have beautiful flowers in it - children are occupied watching little creatures - you don’t need to water in summer, because the meadow stays green and adjusts its composition so that only plants that need little water grow there