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Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Plant Tip from Mme. de Lacaussade
The spouse has been reading Adventures on the Wine Route by Kermit Lynch. Last evening, as I was preparing dinner, he asked "Do you have time to read one paragraph?". "Sure", I replied. It was this:
There are flowers, shrubs, trees, vines, and abundant vegetation all around the U-shaped chateau, with a pretty little garden in the central courtyard. During one tasting, Madame de Lacaussade went to the steps outside the main entrance to empty her glass into a flowerpot. She says plants like wine, especially red wine! "Wine is so very rich in nourishment. What I don't use for cooking I feed to my plants." Her plants appear to be abnormally healthy.
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5 Comments:
Now I'll have to tell Philo and see if this tidbit amuses him, Entangled. Isn't sharing paragraphs fun?
The flowers won't get a drink from my glass, but I guess Madame's idea could be used when cleaning up after a party.
Annie at the Transplantable Rose
Annie: My spouse often reads sentences or paragraphs to me while I work in the kitchen, but I guess he wanted to make sure I was paying attention this time :-)
I always intend to cook with leftover wine and then rarely do, so I may test Madame's theory with those forgotten bottles I find in the fridge when I can't fit anything else in the fridge.
Hmm. I'm with Annie... I don't particularly want to share my own glass, but maybe if it's bad wine... or if I have guests that leave some... :)
Will definitely try this. And if I see my plants waving drunkenly about the balcony, I'll know who to blame .... :)
Blackswamp Girl: We had a bottle over the weekend that had quite a lot of sediment in it, and we rinsed that out and dumped it on the plants. Maybe the same effect?
Sue: The spouse wondered whether wine would make the plants healthier or just happier ;-)
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