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Post by Ali on Feb 3, 2012 11:35:58 GMT 1
They are rock hard in the ground  Does this mean crop lost? |
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Post by Elkay on Feb 3, 2012 12:18:35 GMT 1
possibly not being a root veg - but I think our fennel bulbs have had it!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2012 12:03:15 GMT 1
Ali, there's a famous painting of a peasant woman and her children hacking turnips out of the frozen earth.
In the background, there's a man hanging from a tree, presumably her husband, lynched by the local squire for taking a deer, some of which can be seen peeping out from the dense wood....
Some of us interpret the scene as being what God gives, Man takes, only some men take more than others, and their inhumanity to their fellow man is none of God's work...
I think we can trust in the wholesomeness of the turnips. I think we can always trust in the munificence of God...
Ps: I only posted this so I could work in the word 'munificence', which is a lovely word, and worth sharing, and is always on-topic, but what anyone gets out of the painting is up to them, art being always open to interpretation, but I still think more people should use the word 'munificence' more often, particularly in the context of frozen turnips.....
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Post by Elkay on Feb 4, 2012 12:31:07 GMT 1
Oh, annon, thank goodness you are back - you have made my day with munificence and turnips - even if I am an atheist so the god bit is lost on me  |
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Post by Madame Moorhen on Feb 5, 2012 8:17:25 GMT 1
Parsnips don't have a problem with the ground being frozen - it's just you can't get 'em out - dunno about turnips because they are part above ground aren't they? I am not sure the PSB is going to have survived both the cold AND freezing winds we've had. Lost it a couple of years ago and there was no noticeable wind. I fear for my mimosa too which was frosted 2 years in a row and now is the first time it's had flowers for 4 years and had just started flowering.  |
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