The Blackboard

Does grass grow at the equator? Does only crabgrass grow in areas that are warmer?

Answer: Ridiculous

Grass grows in Resolute, Nunavut. Crabgrass grows in Resolute. (Not very well mind you but still.)

And Grass grows at the equator and Crabgrass grows at the equator.

What doesn’t grow in the mind of global warming advocates is Common Sense.

Bill,
When I was just less than 2 years old, I lived in Panama. That’s close to the equator. I don’t remember grass one way or the other. In fact, I remember nothing at all about living in Panama.

I do remember grass growing in El Salvador. It was the broadleafed sort– sort of like the grass in Florida.

In Illinois, I do prefer the fine bladed grasses. But I also remember that even as a child, we had crabgrass, dandelions and various weeds. I can’t pretend to remember how many, nor do I remember whether or not my parents used herbicides. I do remember pulling weeds in August.

I hate the damn stuff
The seeds lay dormant for years
It grows where it wants

Don’t sweat the crab grass.
It will eat up the evil
Carbon Dioxide.

When the end comes
Crabgrass and cockroaches
Shall inherit the warm earth

Will basil grow better in a warmer world? I’ve always had trouble with basil. If you have the right conditions, it grows like crazy, but it seems the minute you deviate from those, it just doesn’t grow. My neighbours have more luck, and make pesto every year in industrial quantities. But their backyard faces west, whereas mine faces east… Capricious plant, at least for me… I have a nice patch or perennial golden oregano that keeps expanding year after year, and even chased the peppermint away, no small feat!… I wonder if you could make oregano-based pesto?… I have yet to try it in my mojitos… I have some lavender that always seems dead after the winter, only to resurrect in June, and be as pretty as the year before. It just needs to be well covered in snow, so as not to dry out in the cold.

We’ve had so much snow last winter, and so much rain this summer, all the plants are in heaven. Viva La Nina!

Francois,
I grow basil on the west side of the house. The heat seems to help. But, it’s also important to water during dry sumers.

Oregona pesto? Boy would that be a strong flavor!

I also have mint and lavender. The mint needs to be kept in check == but makes great mojitos! So far lavender has not made it through the winter.

La Nina is great for most my plants… except the basil, tomatoes and peppers. Too bad those are my favorite!

Lucia, you may want to get two varieties of oregano. There is a “greek” variety that makes a very dense cover. It is also good for using in cooking/canning due to its strong, and heat tolerant properties. There is also a “mediteranian” that tastes better in fresh salad; it does not serve as a ground cover as welll as the other does. The greek variety chokes out nutgrass. One the most trying of pests in sandy soil in the US South East. If you have the tatse for it, use mint as well, and make a oregano/mint/basil pesto that can kick up your taste buds a notch. I also made pesto with a very fragrant, sweet basil. I believe the varietal name was Thai Basil. I made about four pounds of it. I grow my own creole hard neck garlic, known for heat and flavor when eaten raw, but mild long lasting garlic flavor when cooked. I make my own BBQ sauce to avoid sugar and salt that modern processing is so fond of, without sacrificing flavor.

Crabgrass

Alive and fated,
or dead like Greek and
always mistranslated?

bigbub, your haiku is awesome — it reminds me of my ex-wife –
but your sobriquet is even better.