Roses And Baa-lambs

[poliphilo]

 Chalk Farm Nursery in Willingdon huddles against the bulk of the South Downs. There's a white scar on the hill from which chalk has been extracted- hence the farm's name. It's a beautiful location. We were there to buy a climbing rose. 

Chalk Farm is a real farm. Beyond the fence are fields- and in the fields are sheep. I wonder if there's a footpath up to the top of the hill?

"Remember when we were here last and the lambs were making the most terrible din," said Ailz. "That was because they'd been separated from their mothers to be fattened up for slaughter...." 

Farms are industry and industry is heartless. All those poets who wrote about pretty baa-lambs, did they think about what was really going on?

Comments

[wantedonvoyage]

It's a tough day when the farmers' kids realize this.

Did you find your climbing rose?

[poliphilo]

I did- and planted it under the pergola I want it to fill.

[paserbyp]

When will be first flowers?

[poliphilo]

Possibly later this year.