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Grasses We Depend Upon

8/21/2013

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And we take them all  for granted. How unfair. In seed or plant catalogues we can see ornamental cabbages, unusual potatoes, rare beetroots, jewel-like tomatoes, but try to find ornamental wheat, rye, oat or barley. Never! Such an expectation is all against the grain. Nobody imagines these grasses to be decorative, they are to be useful. And they are. We eat them.  Well, and drink them too, which can turn the prepositional phrase  'depend upon' into 'addict to' quite easily. 

Long time ago when the fields sown with grain crops were smaller, they created picturesque patterns to be admired not only by painters. Now, the vast plantations do not give any reference point for our eyes. We get bored too quickly to think a little and decide to have a better look at the leaves of grasses which secure our worldly existence. If we made a slight effort and forgot about the practical aspect of all cereals, and concentrated on their simple beauty we might experience wonder and gratitude. A great starting point for changing our perspective on wheat, rye, oat and barley. And attribute terms like great, amazing, ornamental to them. I am sure the list of "grateful" adjectives is much, much  longer. 


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