Verge Devices and Arugula Plantations Date(s): 2009. Photos by Aymar. 1 - 16 of 16 Total. 1467 Visits.
1 BNR RP 10 traveling sprinkler
2 BNR RP 11 traveling sprinkler fragmented pieces of rainbow are nearly unavoidable
3 BNR RP 12 traveling sprinkler with fellow travelers
4 BNR RP 13 traveling sprinkler Full 'wingspan' against a westering sun. Not sure if there is enough runway. Let the crop dusting expert figure it out.
5 BNR RP 16 harvest The purpose of the whole exercise: a quick cash crop of arugula (roquette). Pizza dressing in the making.
6 BNR RP 20 trailer with irrigation pipes
7 BNR RP 21 trailer with irrigation pipes I surrender. No point in tackling a katiusza barehandedly. (Just hope that somebody has read the Geneva Conventions.)
8 BNR RP 24 rainbird Toctoctoc. Probably no need to actually evoke the sound track. Just missed the laying session. Fellini take: tight rope entertainers - very long balance devices - in a fog shrouded field. Should become truly interesting around Xmas. Will the water freeze before it hits the ground.
Technically: a rainbird. Could also be described as a water powered verge device. The latest in clockwork obsessions in a time and age before Galileo. Philosophical: How many mechanically upgraded clepsydras do you truly need per plot of ground. Upbeat: Your very own Jardin de Luxembourg. The Artesian fountains are on the house.
9 BNR RP 25 sunk hydrant Sunk hydrant. The tapping gear with anti tampering wrapping. The Cartesian road map (red border) just in case.
10 BNR RP 30 scum Pond scum (algae plus) is normal. Not sure if it should also be present in run off water. Neutral: free Rorschach blots.
11 BNR RP 31 scum
12 BNR RP 32 combined fertilizer Looks like a combined sowing and fertilizing operation. The only thing missing is a hoodah on top. ('Hoodah' as in Kipling.)
13 BNR RP 34 hay waggon A very prosaic hay wagon. Allegorical stowaways are conspicuous by absence. (Maybe still a good idea to check for contraband, pitchfork assisted if need be.)
14 BNR RP 36 pieplant Seeding pieplant. (Rhubarb is sorrel, buckwheat and Russian ivy related. It is usually not cultivated for its seeds.)
A flap of bract leaf, now brownish in color, is still visible. It did sheath the budding inflorescence. (With Cuckoo-pint it would be called a spathe.)
15 BNR RP 38 seeding pieplant close up
16 BNR RP 40 crushed stone Somewhat embarrassing but I do not know the name of this very common gravel. Crushed rock, mark one. Possibly limestone something. Peculiar smell even (rock should be technically odorless). Probably just dust.
