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A way of taking the 'wild' out of the 'wilderness'.<br> |
A way of taking the 'wild' out of the 'wilderness'.<br> |
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==How to== |
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# Find unclaimed wilderness |
# Find unclaimed wilderness |
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# Get tools -- scythe, spade & mattock, big stick, big dog |
# Get tools -- scythe, spade & mattock, big stick, big dog |
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# In your declining years sit and enjoy |
# In your declining years sit and enjoy |
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===Beware of=== |
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* Rabbits, Badgers and other burrowing animals, after your vegetables |
* Rabbits, Badgers and other burrowing animals, after your vegetables |
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* Deer, pigs, sheep, etc., also after your veg |
* Deer, pigs, sheep, etc., also after your veg |
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* Tax assessors, who will try to raise your taxes |
* Tax assessors, who will try to raise your taxes |
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* Tourney organisers, who will thank you for clearing a space and then send their fighters to trample over all you have done [see big stick, big dog; also consider nether orifices (the organisers', not your own)] |
* Tourney organisers, who will thank you for clearing a space and then send their fighters to trample over all you have done [see big stick, big dog; also consider nether orifices (the organisers', not your own)] |
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==See Also== |
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* [[12th century gardens]] |
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Revision as of 22:58, 26 October 2004
A way of taking the 'wild' out of the 'wilderness'.
How to
- Find unclaimed wilderness
- Get tools -- scythe, spade & mattock, big stick, big dog
- Get peasants to do the work (use the big stick to encourage them)
- Have the taller grass etc removed
- Select those flowers and vegetables already there which you wish to keep
- Have the other vegetation (weeds) removed
- Tend what is left
- Have it guarded against predatory animals, birds, etc by peasants plus big dog
- Bring in plants and vegetables from elsewhere
- Plant them and tend them
- In your declining years sit and enjoy
Beware of
- Rabbits, Badgers and other burrowing animals, after your vegetables
- Deer, pigs, sheep, etc., also after your veg
- Love-besotted swains who nick your blooms
- Tax assessors, who will try to raise your taxes
- Tourney organisers, who will thank you for clearing a space and then send their fighters to trample over all you have done [see big stick, big dog; also consider nether orifices (the organisers', not your own)]
