A note from the Gestalt Gardener, Felder Rushing, from Mississippi Public Radio after his appearance on WeatherBrains last night answering JB’s rhetorical question…
Hey Guys:
Fun short interview… hope i didn’t ramble too much (too much to say in too short a time)…
Here is a CLASSIC, well-known ditty you may want to share on your web site that addresses the issue, by the prolific Czech writer Karel Capek (1890-1938), who, incidentally, also coined the word “robot”):
Oh Lord, grant that in some way it may rain every day, say from about midnight until three o’clock in the morning, but you see, it must be gentle and warm so that it can soak in; grant that at the same time it would not rain on campion, alyssum, helianthemum, lavender, and the others which you in your infinite wisdom know are drought-loving plants–I can write their names on a bit of paper if you like–and grant that the sun may shine the whole day long, but not everywhere…and not too much; that there may be plenty of dew and little wind, enough worms, no plant-lice and snails, no mildew, and that once a week, thin liquid manure and guano may fall from Heaven. Amen.
-Karel Capek, The Gardener’s Year, 1929
Thanks Felder…we can’t wait to have you on the show later this year to talk about weather and gardening…
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