tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post7668644688729028219..comments2024-03-28T17:44:17.403-07:00Comments on The Weaver of Grass: Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness.The Weaver of Grasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-28573538468778859572016-10-28T08:55:08.474-07:002016-10-28T08:55:08.474-07:00I think our time changes the first SUnday in Novem...I think our time changes the first SUnday in November. It doesn't matter to me as I get up at the same time o'dark every day. But I much prefer Daylight Savings time.<br /><br />LindaTerry and Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11016496778254072639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-48504705772368252392016-10-28T08:12:21.798-07:002016-10-28T08:12:21.798-07:00Well said Rachel, like you say, hedge-cutting can ...Well said Rachel, like you say, hedge-cutting can and should be done properly. I could show you photos from here where the flaying has been so severe that it has taken the hedge a few years to recover and parts have died completely. Glad P. takes a good old-fashioned pride in his work.Derek Faulknerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05140363868104172311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-64297842682343235862016-10-28T06:33:45.415-07:002016-10-28T06:33:45.415-07:00I did make the point about the necessity for a wel...I did make the point about the necessity for a well maintained hedger and a good man on the tractor Derek. Blunt and poorly maintained equipment does often lead to a poor finish and we do see that here too. My P does contract hedging and takes great pride in maintaining his equipment and that includes regularly sharpening or renewing of blades.Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-67182633176213504832016-10-28T01:55:31.391-07:002016-10-28T01:55:31.391-07:00Rachel makes a valid point, apart from the ignoran...Rachel makes a valid point, apart from the ignorant part, but shredding the sides of hedges with tractor flails is not the best way to do it and often causes considerable die back. Some of the flailing I've seen in my area with tractors has been quite appalling, perhaps Pat might be kind enough to show us her hedges after trimming.Derek Faulknerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05140363868104172311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-64697035616084976212016-10-28T00:48:23.935-07:002016-10-28T00:48:23.935-07:00Thanks for all your comments - very cheering on wh...Thanks for all your comments - very cheering on what is a rather dull morning.<br />Off for coffee with friends, as usual - and then on to a Craft Fair with friend W and then out to lunch afterwards. Hopefully a few pics for today's post later on.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-14048431709297405322016-10-27T22:44:29.549-07:002016-10-27T22:44:29.549-07:00People who object to hedges being cut are wholly i...People who object to hedges being cut are wholly ignorant. If you dont cut hedges nature takes over completely within 5 years and brambles spread across the fields. Beautiful thick hedges are the result of good husbandry and a good man on the tractor with a well maintained hedger on the back.Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-42596290350626555772016-10-27T21:24:47.445-07:002016-10-27T21:24:47.445-07:00I'm afraid that here we mostly have electric f...I'm afraid that here we mostly have electric fences. Easier to maintain I suppose, but with all the stone around, you'd have thought we'd have beautiful stone walls.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-25984037324332634312016-10-27T17:42:54.698-07:002016-10-27T17:42:54.698-07:00I love the variety of fences you have. We just ha...I love the variety of fences you have. We just have wood fences to keep the horses from thinking the grass is greener on the other side. <br />MBSmall City Sceneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12307313549480618415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-53584551606063261002016-10-27T16:27:23.743-07:002016-10-27T16:27:23.743-07:00Dear Pat, I very much enjoyed reading your previou...Dear Pat, I very much enjoyed reading your previous post about your poetry group, and as always make a note or two about poems (or cakes) to investigate.<br /><br />However, this post's descriptions of how you and the Farmer take care of the varying borders to your property took me off daydreaming into the country. Thank you so much for allowing this city person access to a place that appeals to me so much. I love the balance of "constituencies" that goes into the trimming plans.<br /><br />Our clocks will fall back to standard time on November 6. Meanwhile, I find myself lulled into sleeping later. xoFranceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08352407314710067616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-36733674798180759052016-10-27T14:10:48.034-07:002016-10-27T14:10:48.034-07:00Beautifully written, I can just imagine you standi...Beautifully written, I can just imagine you standing at that window watching the Autumn leaves. Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10787732343048847565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-42623606313560449372016-10-27T12:43:33.832-07:002016-10-27T12:43:33.832-07:00You paint a lovely picture, Pat. Even though we a...You paint a lovely picture, Pat. Even though we are far to the south, our weather has changed, too. We have a blanket on the bed now, although it doesn't stay on all night! As I was reading your post, the rains blew up all of a sudden with a cold (cold for us) wind behind them. I had to run and close the windows and doors so the rain wouldn't blow in before I could finish this comment. Like Parsnip in Arizona, we don't change out clocks here in Belize either. No real need to do so because we are so close to the equator that the day length doesn't vary much between winter to summer.Wilmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14717012784233946753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-74183978806209508672016-10-27T12:02:24.716-07:002016-10-27T12:02:24.716-07:00What a lovely image your description of the beech ...What a lovely image your description of the beech leaves flurrying past your bay window created in my mind! Thank you!<br /><br />Cutting hedges is certainly not a bad thing if it is done expertly, as is the case with your hedges. As you say, keeping them short makes them nice and thick so that they provide ideal homeground for small birds.<br /><br />I love the drystone walls of the Dales - it wouldn't be the same landscape without them!Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-74818082801236751372016-10-27T11:29:55.866-07:002016-10-27T11:29:55.866-07:00That's the sort of care all our hedgerows need...That's the sort of care all our hedgerows need. Lovely to have young yellowhammers on your feedersSimon Douglas Thompsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16331409652996600049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-18576850348163588152016-10-27T10:48:40.875-07:002016-10-27T10:48:40.875-07:00I am so lucky living in Arizona, we don't chan...I am so lucky living in Arizona, we don't change our times.<br />Our summer is hanging on to long. It will be 97 today but it is cool in the evening and morning just beautiful.<br />Lovely post today about the seasons.<br /><br />cheers, parsnipangryparsniphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17236094827257446781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-61175229930856988372016-10-27T10:47:50.072-07:002016-10-27T10:47:50.072-07:00Ah - at last someone has finally said it. You win,...Ah - at last someone has finally said it. You win, Weave.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-11629235448204910212016-10-27T10:46:45.220-07:002016-10-27T10:46:45.220-07:00And way over here, the same weather. There is a ne...And way over here, the same weather. There is a new fellow in town who spent his last two summers planting every inch of his boundary to the sidewalk. The first row, at the side walk, is a kind of brambly, running rose bush. Now it is overhanging the sidewalk. I wonder how the people walk past, or if he intends to trim it back and make a hedge. I must ask.Joanne Noragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16601010208310707750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-4271451329850642222016-10-27T10:20:53.214-07:002016-10-27T10:20:53.214-07:00Dark here first thing in the morning, and the mist...Dark here first thing in the morning, and the mist and fog reach right to the bottom of the mountains. We don't do Daylight Saving until November 6th. Not sure which I prefer, - early darkness that speaks of cosy evenings and fires I think is better than getting up in the dark and trying to peer out to see what the day will bring...Hildredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05420791064923078834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-87538209652470616012016-10-27T09:57:53.044-07:002016-10-27T09:57:53.044-07:00It was quite grey this morning but the gold of the...It was quite grey this morning but the gold of the field maple leaves brightened everything beautifully. <br />You certainly can't leave brambles untrimmed, they would encroach into the fields by several feet in no time. Nice for gathering blackberries but bad news for the owners of the fields.Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06826501916623305535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-29851667648001948842016-10-27T09:14:06.521-07:002016-10-27T09:14:06.521-07:00We were out in the country today so really saw Aut...We were out in the country today so really saw Autumn arriving, although I can't say I'm keen for the clocks to change.<br /><br />There is nothing so hopeless as a sheep caught in a bramble!Sue in Suffolkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13166036914348424622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-64046707131513671302016-10-27T08:41:12.508-07:002016-10-27T08:41:12.508-07:00"....like golden pennies from heaven..."..."....like golden pennies from heaven..." What a lovely way to describe your view from upstairs.<br /><br />And how kind of you to describe the various field boundaries. I could almost picture all of it and felt like I was there. And, like clockwork, there was Mike, the hedge trimmer. Those dependable men who know what they're doing are priceless.Gail, northern Californiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05606476543639979603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-22722756198657210412016-10-27T08:29:23.880-07:002016-10-27T08:29:23.880-07:00I must say that the fact of it getting light an ho...I must say that the fact of it getting light an hour earlier in the morning for a while longer, suits me as an early riser and marsh walker. Seems that you are still lucky enough to get the seasons as they should be up there. Down here we seem to have dropped into a kind of six month Winter/Spring and a six month Summer/Autumn and it's confusing the wildlife as much as us.<br /> Derek Faulknerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05140363868104172311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-68302341667560676032016-10-27T07:59:42.500-07:002016-10-27T07:59:42.500-07:00What a beautifully poetic essay!
Yes, I love the d...What a beautifully poetic essay!<br />Yes, I love the dark days leading <br />Loved the descriptions of the field boundaries.up to Christmas.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03964291132366262298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-73024117040499602082016-10-27T07:52:38.067-07:002016-10-27T07:52:38.067-07:00Sounds beautiful Pat. I don't know when our t...Sounds beautiful Pat. I don't know when our time changes. Don't like the early darkening, but do like it light earlier. Oh those rock fences must be beautiful. We don't have those around here. All barbed wire with an occasional wood fence. They are even making plastic fence rails and posts which look okay, but I've seen many broken down from deer crossing. I was just out taking photos of the mists on the lake and a little bit of fall color. It has been warm still and not much coloring.donna bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13507579686738843451noreply@blogger.com