tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139161043677921966.post3819602251625908419..comments2023-11-24T17:22:49.598+11:00Comments on Sweet Wayfaring: GrassJoan Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16358008925558240778noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139161043677921966.post-79247713739560473582009-03-01T01:18:00.000+11:002009-03-01T01:18:00.000+11:00Ooh, taa. Followed all those links. Fancy leaving ...Ooh, taa. Followed all those links. Fancy leaving that nomenclature as your legacy to history!<BR/><BR/>Have a query though ... turn of the last century ... 1890s ... should you update your mental calendar perhaps? <BR/>...*grin*...Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09513648613788716017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139161043677921966.post-5601434241665505122009-02-28T23:24:00.000+11:002009-02-28T23:24:00.000+11:00Beautiful gold and lovely composition!Beautiful gold and lovely composition!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15783877262954668959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139161043677921966.post-21601578370895334232009-02-28T08:20:00.000+11:002009-02-28T08:20:00.000+11:00I did some digging on the story behind Paterson's ...I did some digging on the story behind Paterson's Curse and the name. It was introduced to Australia as a garden species -- not surprisingly because it is a pretty plant. By the turn of the last century it was already showing itself to be a weed. Apparently in the 1890s it was planted in a garden on a property near Albury and took off. The people who owned the property were the Paterson's of the curse. I wondered why it was such a curse other than <A HREF="http://bluemountainsjournal.blogspot.com/search?q=paterson%27s+curse" REL="nofollow">spreading wildly</A><BR/> and beautifully across great tracts of land but in my search I also discovered it is toxic to grazing animals. By the way it comes from Europe and has gone all around the world but it seem that it only misbehaves in Australia.Joan Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16358008925558240778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139161043677921966.post-52649531130201102652009-02-27T22:12:00.000+11:002009-02-27T22:12:00.000+11:00I don't think I have seem PC up close. I wonder wh...I don't think I have seem PC up close. I wonder who P was?Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09513648613788716017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139161043677921966.post-76729014330442643592009-02-27T20:51:00.000+11:002009-02-27T20:51:00.000+11:00PJ, I also love the scent of newly mown grass but ...PJ, I also love the scent of newly mown grass but the next thing I do is sneeze ... it gives me hayfever.<BR/><BR/>Julie, no it isn't a thistle. Looks more like Paterson’s Curse to me.Joan Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16358008925558240778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139161043677921966.post-34958082390840996672009-02-27T19:24:00.000+11:002009-02-27T19:24:00.000+11:00Same here: grass is good. Not that short spikey st...Same here: grass is good. Not that short spikey stuff referred to as lawn - though that too has its day. But the long heads of seed like this one here ... and and and ... I love the rusty corrugated iron roofs in the background. And is that a thistle on the left?Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09513648613788716017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139161043677921966.post-68593083658594226632009-02-27T11:31:00.000+11:002009-02-27T11:31:00.000+11:00I came home the other day to the scent of newly mo...I came home the other day to the scent of newly mown rye grass. It was wonderful.<BR/>It's a beautiful photograph, JE. You can post all the grasses you like, I'm very keen on them.PJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12059415005282675289noreply@blogger.com