EFFECTIVErains
By ingrid
@ridingbet (66857)
Philippines
August 14, 2018 2:17am CST
Because of the rains falling almost everyday, our dry and barren lawn has some grasses growing now. My sister planned to mow them; she did, but now, the growing grass is becoming thicker, denser and more unruly again.
While it is good to see more greens down to the soil, I think and hope the other flower plants should also bloom. The guava tree is bearing many fruits and I can't wait to eat some of them.
The rains are effective in giving life to some dry soils.
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@LadyDuck (458008)
• Switzerland
15 Aug 18
@ridingbet Violets spread fast and I never pull out violets, I love them.
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
16 Aug 18
@LadyDuck true. our backyard has many weeds that have blooming flowers and buds. even that tiny yellow bud from a weed, they really look good when growing between the violet flowers.
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
14 Aug 18
i agree. my lot at the back of our house is always trimmed and mowed because of these unruly weeds. now, there are the tiny yellow flowers of weeds, and some violets too, that spread fast.
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@rsa101 (37952)
• Philippines
14 Aug 18
True this season is intended for the plants that have suffered a long dry period in our place. When rain comes you can see instantly the first one to immediately bloom are the grass. I guess they are really that eager to be the first to propagate.
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@rsa101 (37952)
• Philippines
14 Aug 18
@hereandthere Well they are designed to thrive really well on any condition they are in. Most plants do require certain conditions before they would grow and bloom.
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@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
14 Aug 18
yeah. why couldn't it be the opposite - that fruits and flowers grow, bloom and yield faster, not pesky grass? i guess that's where the local term 'masamang damo' comes from! hehe!
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
14 Aug 18
that is true. grass grows wild, and they need to be constanly trimmed or mowed so they stay nice.
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@lady1993 (27225)
• Philippines
16 Aug 18
@ridingbet indeed.. did they have a good drainage system though?
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
14 Aug 18
yes that is why if not for man's abuse to nature, there should be no floods at all.
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
16 Aug 18
@lady1993 we have fair drainage system here. there are some areas where flood waters stagnate, and unless they are swept going to the hole for the drainage, they stay in their areas.
@Letranknight2015 (51515)
• Philippines
14 Aug 18
I've noticed that my Okra plants were a lot bigger now than before. Maybe It was a good idea to plant a month before the rain season.
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
14 Aug 18
yes hijo, i think that is the best time to plant. we do not need to water them because their nutrition comes down from the skies.
@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
16 Aug 18
yes. the soil is like a hungry 'venus flytrap' that wants to devour the rainwater.
now, our lawn is the the long-haired man from Woodstock that has many unruly grass.
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@JudyEv (325759)
• Rockingham, Australia
16 Aug 18
@ridingbet Haha you will have to give him a crewcut.
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
16 Aug 18
yes that is true. the grass now grows wild.
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
14 Aug 18
that is true. even us humans--- too much water in our system will cause fluid retention if our kidneys fail to excrete them.
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@scarlet_woman (23465)
• United States
14 Aug 18
we just got 2 days of rain..my yellow grass should be exploding any minute now..
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
14 Aug 18
by yellow grass, do you mean, a very dry grass that was green once but because of the sun's rays, the green turned yellow? thank you.
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@caopaopao (12395)
• China
14 Aug 18
The vitality of grass is always very strong.
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
14 Aug 18
it is. they may be 'singing in the rain'.
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@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
14 Aug 18
today the sun finally showed up but only briefly. sigh.
speaking of fruits, i saw atis (sugar apple) in the market, but most were still not ripe.
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
14 Aug 18
it is not good to see fruits that are not yet ripe to harvest. the ones who are in the losing end are the buyers of these fruits. though the atis can be kept for further ripening, i believe having the fruits ripen while still hanging in the tree is sweeter. ('parang di hinog sa pilit'--- not ripened naturally).
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
14 Aug 18
surprisingly, some of our roses flower plants are having some buds now.
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@rakski (112925)
• Philippines
14 Aug 18
@ridingbet oh nice! I would love to have a flower one time from the hibiscus plant.
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
16 Aug 18
@rakski hibiscus plants i believe are gown anywhere, that they look like wild plants already.
@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
14 Aug 18
So with our backyard and front yard, grasses becoming thick and the next problem is eliminating them. Our guava is also having more fruits.
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
16 Aug 18
we have the manual mower and my sister does that task. she prefers doing it.
@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
16 Aug 18
I'm like your sister, doing the grass off the yard.
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
14 Aug 18
really? so, is it summer there? hahaha. as if we don't live in one country.
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@thelme55 (76476)
• Germany
19 Aug 18
@ridingbet 
. We are living in the same country for now but in different directions. We had rain for about 10 minutes here today. It was better than nothing
. We are living in the same country for now but in different directions. We had rain for about 10 minutes here today. It was better than nothing1 person likes this
@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
14 Aug 18
my mother did that when she was still alive. we had so many jars of guava jelly and guava jam that sometimes we were already getting used to having them as sandwich.
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
14 Aug 18
they just need to be mowed at intervals.
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@Friendlypink (3805)
•
14 Aug 18
I miss our guava tree. It is one of my favorite fruit.
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
14 Aug 18
one can still grow a tree. i think the seeds can be good to spread around so they grow.
