• Question: Do you like grass

    Asked by anon-290475 on 16 Mar 2021.
    • Photo: Karen Burstow

      Karen Burstow answered on 16 Mar 2021:

      I do – I love going for walks or picnics in green spaces. I also love the smell of freshly cut grass, which is actually caused by volatile organic compounds released when the plants are damaged.

    • Photo: Jo Brodie

      Jo Brodie answered on 17 Mar 2021:

      Hi Olly – yes, a nice lawn is a lovely thing to see and the sound of a lawnmower and the smell of freshly mown grass makes me think of warm sunny days.
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      From a botany point of view though grass, or ‘grasses’, includes lots of interesting, economically useful and edible things. My favourite ones are the cereal grasses which include things like maize / corn, rice, wheat, oats and barley. They produce delicious grains one of which (wheat), after a bit of processing, regularly ends up in my toaster and then covered in butter and jam 🙂
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      A less common barley grass is ‘bere’ (pronounced bear) barley which is grown in Orkney, in Scotland. Legend has it that it was brought to Britain by Vikings in the 8th century. Modern Orcadians (people who live in Orkney) use its grains to make beer, bread and biscuits. Grasses can also be woven to make baskets, mats and clothing.
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      Jo

    • Photo: Lizzie Pendlington

      Lizzie Pendlington answered on 18 Mar 2021:

      I do, I think it definitely brightens up places! Fun fact: did you know cats like to eat grass? It helps them with their digestion!🐱

    • Photo: Alba Park de la Torriente

      Alba Park de la Torriente answered on 23 Mar 2021:

      It depends on where the gas is. I enjoy the grass in parks and in the places where it naturally grows. BUT… in places like the Amazon and other rainforests in the world, people cut down the trees and plant grass so that beef cattle can feed and eventually they can sell them and earn a profit. These places are meant to have different kinds of trees, bushes and other herbs; not grass! When these places change all those trees for only grass, it becomes a place where only the cows can live, so the animals that used to live in that area don’t have a house anymore 🙁

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