Tirsdag, havearbejde & WordleTuesday, gardening & Wordle

Så fik jeg endelig plantet dome-squashene ud i den store, vilde have. Jeg lugede også hele domen, og plantede chilier og auberginer derude. Lugningen i domen producerede store mængder dild, der blev lagt til tørre.

I finally got round to planting the dome squash in the big, wild garden. I also weeded the whole dome and planted chillies and aubergines out there. Weeding the dome produced large quantities of dill that were left to dry.

Potten med citronverbena havde en gæst, der også blev plantet ud i bedene. Kender I navnet på gæsten?
Jeg plantede også en en jernurt og to store artiskokker ud i bedet her. Nu må der ikke komme mere frost.

The pot of lemon verbena had a visitor who also came out into the garden. Does anybody know the name of the guest?
I also planted a normal verbena and two large artichokes into the same bed. Now we don't want any more frost.

Vi flyttede hønseburet og jeg fik lavet en lem i toppen til at smide ukrudt ned igennem. Herlig ting! Det er så meget nemmere bare lige at stikke en mælkebøtte ind til dem nu. Hønsene spiser endog ret store dræbersnegle, lad os håbe, det bliver ved.
Der var 5 æg igen i dag, og det er en fornøjelse at fodre hønsene med den nye lem.

We moved the chicken coop and I made a hatch in the top to throw weeds down through. What a great thing! It's so much easier to just throw them a dandelion now. The chickens are even eating quite large slugs, let's hope it continues.
We had five eggs again today and it's a pleasure to feed the chickens with the new hatch.


Jeg plukkede sødskærm, vild kørvel, hasselblade og et par kviste skønhedsøjer til plantefarvning. Det normale fed ser fint ud, men de lange er altså ikke ren uld.

I picked sweet cicely, cow parsley, hazel leaves and a few sprigs of tickseed for plant dyeing. Half of it looks great, but the suspicious hanks are so not all wool.

Surbærrene blomstrer.
The Aronias (Chokeberries)  are flowering.

Der er masser af rabarber.
We have lots of rhubarb.

Kvanen er stor og kraftig. I år kan man ikke tage fejl af den og en skvalderkål. Der er stadig lidt baldrian, den skal passes på.

The angelica is big and strong. This year, you can't mistake it for aground elder. There's still a little valerian, it needs watching.


Jeg så to lærker, der hang syngende under himlen og hørte en gøg.

I saw and heard two larks and only heard a cuckoo - I never saw one, but I hear them often every summer..

Today's Wordle was tough. Not because it was hard to find a word, but because it had too many possible solutions. It looks fun:
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Poetry Monday :: Shape & WordleMandagsdigt :: Form & Wordle

Every Monday is Poetry Monday.

Mimi of Messymimi's Meanderings and I have taken over the hosting duties, mostly the supplying of the prompts - only temporarily we hope - while Diane at On the Border is taking a break for health and relaxation, travelling the world with her husband as far as we can tell.
 
We just hope she's going to take back over once she returns home.

  I have something to ask of you: If you read this and the poetry of others via the links, would you please leave a comment.
  Half - if not more - the fun of these challenges is receiving the responses of others.

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Today's prompt is Shape.

As I told, I found the Epulaeryu at ladyleemanila's blog during the A-Z Challenge. I still think I need some more practise in Epulaeryu - strange name with a strange explanation. I have shortened the explanation:

The Epulaeryu poem is about delicious food (The name is, I think, a mixture of Greek and Japanese).
It consists of seven lines and thirty-three syllables.
The form is 7/5/7/5/5/3/1 syllables, and the seventh line ends with an exclamation mark.

We love Gingerbread cookies
Horses and snowflakes.
We mix flour and sugar
We beat in the eggs,
roll it out thinly,
grab a mould.
Cut!

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Som sagt fandt jeg Epulaeryu på ladyleemanilas blog i april, mens der var A-Z Challenge. Jeg tror jeg trænger til lidt mere øvelse i den dlags Epulaeruy er et vers med en enkelt, meget fast truktur. Ligesom både Haiku og Elfje. Det handler om mad, om glæden ved mad, processer og fællsesskab - positive oplevelser med mad. Det består af 7 linjer og 35 stavelser, der fordeles sådan: 7/5/7/5/5/3/1 stavelser. Den sidste linje - én stavelse - ender med et udråbstegn.
     Shape - form eller facon er dagens inspiration.

Vi kan godt li' brunkager.
Og de har forme.
Vi blander mel og sukker
pisker æg til skum
ruller dejen tyndt
tag en form
tryk!

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Up and coming:
May 12: Shape (today)
May 19: Stem
May 26: Lead
June 9 Sting
June 16 Possible
June 23 Uniform
June 30 Scram

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The Pen and Paper Method working its wonders once again.

Sunday Selections ~ Plant dye & WordleSøndagsbilleder ~ Plantefarvning & Wordle

Pretty Flower Pink ... only it's not from a plant at all.

Blomstrende lyserød ... den kommer bare ikke fra en blomst.

Cochineal    -    Walnut catkins    -   Sweet cicely    -    Japanese maple   -    Cow parsley

     Det lyserøde garn er fra cochenilleglasset. Det er altid sjov hvordan vandet er helt klart, når men trækker garnet op af vandet efter at have varmet det op.
     Det nistrede garn er fra den pakke, der ligger ovenpå glasset, Dampet med rød hassel, skønhedsøje, vau og cochenille.

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The pink yarn came from the cochineal jar. It's always a joy to see all the colour fastened on the yarn - put in white yarn in pink water, pull out pink yarn from clear water.

The yarn with sprinkles was inside the bundle on top of the cochineal jar. It was rolled and steamed with red hazel leaves, tickseed sprigs, dried weld seed capsules and the cochineal from the pink yarn.

This green hank was dyed yesterday with red hazel and red beech leaves. The colours are different if you look close enough.

Det her grønne fed blev farvet i går med røde hasselblade og røde bøgeblade. Hvis man kigger rigtig godt efter, er der forskel på de to farver.

Når man går med ninjastøvler i sin vilde have ...

Wearing ninja boots in my wild garden ...

I could not find a good starter word for today. I chose Skies, because they were so blue. A bad choice as you can see:
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EcoPrinting again ... and Wordle!PlantePrint og NYT Wordle

⚠ This post contains hints to today's Wordle. Read at your own risk ⚠

The other day, biking home with the broom, plants and groceries, I stopped several times. Not because I needed a break (I did too) but because I spied some interesting leaves.
Next day I found my wonderful pot, two sheets of pre-mordanted, sturdy paper and some extra leaves from the garden. Among those a leaf from my Japanese maple (Which I thought I told of, but I can't find it), a red hazel leaf and a leaf from the newest arrival, the dark elder.

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Da jeg cyklede hjem med kost, planter og indkøb, stoppede jeg flere gange undervejs. Ikke kun for a hvile benene, men især for at plukke nogle interessante blade.
Næste dag tog jeg så min vidunderlige gryde, nogle for-bejdsede papirer, og et par supplerende blade fra haven. Et fra min japanske ahorn (som jeg var helt sikker på at jeg havde fortalt om), et rødt hasselblad og et fra den nytilkomne mørke hyld. 

Sødskærm = Sweet cicely               
Tjørn = Hawthorn
Japansk ahorn = Japanese maple  
Vild kørvel = Cow parsley           
Ahorn  =  Maple
Rejnfan = Tansy
Mørk hyld = Dark elder
Rød hassel = Red hazel
Jordbær = Strawberry 

It was too wet, but I'm happy about the Japanese maple, less so with the dark elder.

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Jeg fik gjort det for vådt, men jeg er godt tilfreds med den røde/lilla fra den japanske ahorn, og mindre tilfreds med den mørke hyld.

Inspired by Anne Nydam's comment and my answer to my Reflection post, I am going to continue solving the Wordle every day using a new word as my starter word - as I have done all of May so far - just to prove to myself that it can indeed be done with tolerable results. Pen and paper will have a work-out! Starter word divulged down below.

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Starter word: Plant, because of plant dyeing.

A - Z Challenge 2025 ~ Roadtrip

In my reflections post I wrote: And later in May I'll visit and read the continuing stories of J Lenni Dorner and Harvey Heilbrunn.

I thought I had revisited all the interesting blogs on my copy of the Master list. But obviously my method of marking blogs was faulty.

Now gong through the Reflections post and comparing to my copy of the master list, I find a lot of blogs, I had decided to revisit later on, marked in my "no reason for revisit colour"

I list them here. I do not think I got them all, it's in no particular order, and will be expanded as I clean up my list:

Mainely Write - A watercolour and a poem a day. And funny reflections.
Wendy's Waffle - Waffles of course and countries of the day.
Draconic Ramblings - Where the WP vs. Blogger cold war thing had confounded me, and I did not find the A-Z until now.
Just call me Froggi - I was attracted by the name; after owls, frogs are one of my favourite animals. But I had the bad luck of stumbling onto one of the bleak posts, on C for Cancer, and left post haste. I should not have done so, and will return.

To ease the visiting of my A-Z Challenge posts, here's a list of all of them.

My theme was quite simple. Each day I solved the NYT Wordle of the day, using a starter word beginning with the letter of the day.

And as the alternative badge, supplied by Lissa suggested growing things, I chose plant related starter words if at all possible

Mostly I added a few words about my chosen starter word. And maybe a bit on Wordle solving.

A is for Alder
B is for Birch
C is for Chive
D is for Daisy
E is for Erica
F is for Flora
G is for Grape
H is for Hazel and Herbs
I is for Inula
J is for John's
K is for Kiwis
L is for Lemon
M is for Melon
N is for Nymph
O is for Opium
P is for Petal
Q is for Quail
R is for Rowan
S is for Scrub
T is for Thyme
U is for Urman
V is for Viola
W is for Weeds and Wheat
X is for Xylem
Y is for Yeast (should have been Yuzus).
Z is for Zests