Tag Archives: lawn care
Death of a Lawn Mower
The novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald knew that Americans find public expression of their successful lives in a neatly groomed lawn. Jay Gatsby was so horrified at Nick Carroway’s ragged lawn next door that he sent his gardeners over to mow … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, garden, Nature, Other
Tagged Dutch white clover, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Gatsby, lawn care, lawn mowing, scythe
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Down on the Clover Patch
Woe betide the feet that trespass on the hallowed lawns of Oxbridge colleges! But you already know if you have seen Jeremy Irons as a Trinity Fellow nonchalantly striding across the Great Court in The Man Who Knew Infinity (2016). … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Nature
Tagged Crimson clover, Dutch white clover, Emily Dickinson, Jackson Pollock, lawn care
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