Ray's Thought for the Day - Cad Goddeu - revisited
The semi-well known spell, Cad Goddeu, spelled by reference in this venue continuously, here is exposed pictorially in one of its elements or spheres or whatever. Sorry, can't be more specific than that, for we are here skirting the edges of our Druidic Mysteries.
Anyhow, I'll let Ruellia drummondiana explain what's going on.
Hi there. It's anon for the nonce, just as I foretold when I was the Plant du Jour. Here depicted is the battle (cad) we Ruellias are waging against Stenotaphrum secundatum, commonly known, improbably, as Saint Augustine grass. It would be interesting to track down the etymology of the vulgar spell, St. Augustine grass, but Crumby says the track would lead to south Florida, and not to the actual Christian saint.
The battleground is the area around the human and proto human works and structures where many moons ago the previous occupants planted all the St. Augustine grass, hoping that the St. Augustine grass would eventually form up as a monoculture in those fairly extensive areas. The Druids don't like mononcultures, so they enlisted my help in tackling the St. Augustine weed problem. The rules for engagement are simple, no mowing and no extra water for us or them.
These two pictures show the results of the battle in a small area. The picture to the left is where we Ruellias started out from seed, in a cleared area around the base of a tree in the pecan orchard. This area is full summer shade, but fully Ogmatized in winter, so the dang St. Augustine weed has a big advantage over us in the winter if it doesn't come a good freeze.
This second picture shows our leap frog strategy and how we cleverly outmaneuved the St. Augustine weed to establish ourselves in a new patch off to the left of our main stronghold extending out from the base of the tree. We have lots of such patches hither and yon. Eventually, the plan is, once we get shut of the St. Augustine weeds, we shall welcome our usual understory associates into our midst and make of the area one big understory garden.
Anyhow, I'll let Ruellia drummondiana explain what's going on.
Hi there. It's anon for the nonce, just as I foretold when I was the Plant du Jour. Here depicted is the battle (cad) we Ruellias are waging against Stenotaphrum secundatum, commonly known, improbably, as Saint Augustine grass. It would be interesting to track down the etymology of the vulgar spell, St. Augustine grass, but Crumby says the track would lead to south Florida, and not to the actual Christian saint.
The battleground is the area around the human and proto human works and structures where many moons ago the previous occupants planted all the St. Augustine grass, hoping that the St. Augustine grass would eventually form up as a monoculture in those fairly extensive areas. The Druids don't like mononcultures, so they enlisted my help in tackling the St. Augustine weed problem. The rules for engagement are simple, no mowing and no extra water for us or them.
These two pictures show the results of the battle in a small area. The picture to the left is where we Ruellias started out from seed, in a cleared area around the base of a tree in the pecan orchard. This area is full summer shade, but fully Ogmatized in winter, so the dang St. Augustine weed has a big advantage over us in the winter if it doesn't come a good freeze.
This second picture shows our leap frog strategy and how we cleverly outmaneuved the St. Augustine weed to establish ourselves in a new patch off to the left of our main stronghold extending out from the base of the tree. We have lots of such patches hither and yon. Eventually, the plan is, once we get shut of the St. Augustine weeds, we shall welcome our usual understory associates into our midst and make of the area one big understory garden.
posted by ray pistrum at Friday, June 23, 2006
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