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草は低く刈れ


集合住宅の住民による集団清掃の時、
裏庭で日陰の低い草を抜く人がいる。

日当りで作業したくないからだろう。

だが、草を抜く必要はないのだ。
背が高い草を低く刈るだけで良い。

背の低い草なら芝生と大差ない。
根まで抜いたら、雨が降ると泥沼になる。

雑草という名の草はないそうだが
田畑ならともかく、裏庭は歩ければ良い。

歩くのに邪魔な草を刈るだけ。

背の高い草だって抜く必要はない。
低い草に日陰を作らないよう刈るだけ。

庭の雑草は常在菌のようなもの。

汚れたら手を洗う。
水または湯だけで手を洗う。

洗剤や消毒はいらない。
常在菌が消え、肌が荒れてしまう。

洗剤で手を洗うのは 
背の低い草まで根こそぎ抜くようなもの。

消毒は除草剤のようなものか。
土壌が死ぬ。

背の高い草を低く刈るだけで良い。


Mow the Grass Low

Some people pull out low grass in the backyard
during group cleaning
by residents of an apartment house.

Probably because they don't want
to work in the sun.

But they don't need to pull the grass.
All they have to do is mow the tall grass low.

Short grass is not much different from grass.

If you pull it all the way to the roots,
it will become a bog when it rains.

It seems that there is no grass called weeds,
but if you walk in the backyard that is not a field,
that is all you need.

All you have to do is mow the grass
that is disturbing to walk.

Even tall grass does not need to be pulled out.

Just mow it so that
it doesn't create shade for the low grass.

Weeds in the garden are like indigenous bacteria.

Wash hands if dirty.
Wash hands only with water or hot water.

No detergent or disinfection is needed.

The indigenous bacteria disappear
and the skin becomes rough.

Washing your hands with detergent
is like rooting up short grass.

Is disinfection like a herbicide?
The soil dies.

All you have to do is mow the tall grass low.