Halloween-style weeding
I spent a lot of time in the garden today, whipping it into shape ready for vegetable planting. While the kids scrabbled in the leaf litter looking for pill bugs to put in their newly established pillbugaterium, I filled our green waste wheely bin with armloads of weeds. Once I got into it, I was too enthused to stop, so I kept piling weeds and prunings on to the brick paving. I’m not exactly sure what I am going to do with this mountain of vegetation. Did you read The Nargun and the Stars when you were young? It’s a spooky Australian tale which has stayed with me ever since I read it when I was about 9 or so. Instead of ancient rocks which move around at night, I have a huge weed pile – which I hope stays where it is.
** Just for those who are feeling incredulous, I did add the fireflies and teeth in Photoshop.
Responses
26th October 2008 at 7:43 pm
‘The Nargun and the Stars’! You’ve thrown me into a weird vortex of semi-memory. In the back blocks of my brain there with Worzel Gummage , Catweasel and some show about a little gypsy girl called Kitty (I think). Now I’m going to have to track them all down!
26th October 2008 at 8:15 pm
Gosh, I can definitely see a face there too. I don’t dare go near my compost bin after seeing this!
26th October 2008 at 9:21 pm
what an achievement.all those recipe links from the previous post have kept me not very far away from the computer for toooo long! and you know the AUD buys so little yen right now.in a way you are lucky your trip was postponed.
27th October 2008 at 5:47 am
I’m so glad that I’m not the only one with huge piles of weeds waiting for the bin to be emptied. But the only eyes and teeth in ours are from the cats, when they duck under and explore.
27th October 2008 at 9:23 am
I so wish I could get my butt in gear to yank out a pile of weeds like that. Instead, I just sit and think about all the things I should be doing to my yard. That weed monster represents a day of very hard work. Hats off to you.
27th October 2008 at 11:00 am
Nargun and the Stars–yes both the book (which I still have) and the TV series loomed large in my life as a kid. Such a particular creepy atmosphere! I feel like I’ve been waiting for it to become a cult classic ever since, but it’s never quite happened…
27th October 2008 at 12:47 pm
I can’t see the fireflies but I really like the teeth! Hope the slaters like their new home, we always used to call them butcher boys. Nargun is a wonderful book, it made being in still, rocky country sooo excitingly spooky…
27th October 2008 at 4:00 pm
Yes i remember the Nargun – but only the TV series, not the book. my family still refers to biiiig rocks as Narguns.
wow, way to bring back the 80s memories! 
28th October 2008 at 7:08 pm
Great monster! The teeth really make it spooky…
Greetings
Mara Zeitspieler
29th October 2008 at 8:44 pm
OMG! Nargun & the stars! time warp, engaged.
I’ll never forget that rock, 4 wheel driving over the hills…
great work on the garden. i hope to have a matching pile of my own real soon.
30th October 2008 at 7:05 am
Oohh! I laughed out loud when I noticed the teeth, that made my day! funny how the weeds still grow when we have had no rain.
13th November 2008 at 2:15 pm
One of the Sydney Festival events (January) is an adaptation of ‘The Nargun and the Stars’ http://www.sydneyfestival.org.au/2009/event/_item/event/THE_NARGUN_AND_THE_STARS. It looks amazing.
And Dan Zanes is also playing. I remember you recommending him way back… My kids and I will be going! http://www.sydneyfestival.org.au/2009/event/_item/event/DAN_ZANES_AND_FRIENDSx
26th October 2008 at 7:17 pm
Is it my imagination(or possibly your photoshop fiddling?), or does the Weed Monster have 2 dark eyes and an open mouth with 3 pointy teeth? Either way, what a great monster, and huge garden effort!