Tuesday, March 10, 2009

The lake has turned dark


Many of us remember how, when the lake first dried out, and the fairy grass was on the move,that it looked like the whole lake was grassed . The yellowy tinge . The reason was the fact that at just about every crack in the lake for a while there were fairy grass heads . Viewing at a low angle, the whole area looked like a grass paddock . Clearly with such an effective seed set ( the seeds grow well in moist clay) the bed will blossom with an absolutley huge amount of fairy grass . Fortunately its likely that average rains will kill most of it before the year is out. Mind you next summer could well be worse that the last one just passed.
Like all good irishmen of olde - don't forget St Patricks day when we rid ourselves of all the worries that so easily crowd in on us .It will rain again and nothing we do or don't do will prevent seedtime and harvest and the opportunity to celebrate both!