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> On Apr 16, 2020, at 11:48 AM, Geo Kloppel wrote:
>
> My lovage is now about five inches tall, soon to be five feet I trust. I’m
> dreaming about pesto di levistico, and also want to try some recipes from the
> ancient cookbook of Apicius (De Re Coquinaria). Got my Piper longum ready!
>
> So it was a little disconcerting to see nothing in the garden this morning
> but hummocks of snow. I gently brushed this away, and the lovage looks fine
> in the bright sunshine. Reassured, I went about my business.
>
> For a few days I’ve been cutting-back woody growth around my pond: invasives
> like Rosa multiflora, honeysuckles, privets and autumn olive, and also sumacs
> and ash saplings and such - can’t let the dike go to trees, or their roots
> will eventually demolish it.
>
> I’d saved the steep outer face of the dike for last, and yesterday I worked
> halfway around that. This morning I dropped down over the edge where the dike
> is highest - nearly 20 feet, impossible to mow - and I started working.
>
> It’s a slow job with long-handled pruners. A gasoline powered trimmer would
> be faster, but that seems awfully indiscrimate. The steep dike is strewn with
> luscious bramble fruits and other nice stuff that the birds love, and that
> would all be hacked up.
>
> A half hour passed in which I was out of sight over the drop-off, and then
> suddenly a Broad-winged Hawk swept very low over the top of the dike, perhaps
> 15’ above my head, pursued closely by two Crows. It called out “pw”, and
> it was carrying a stick. One of my own prunings, I believe. Such a beautiful
> day!
>
> -Geo
>
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