Edible Lawns!!!

When in "shaggs", don't just pick up a slasher and start "doing the compound". You've got to ask first; "can I cut this grass?" then a "cucu"or aunt has to confirm that "YES you can or NO you can not because hii ni mboga!"

You know, town people are more or less like goats, (sic)! While goats can't differentiate between wild grass and crops in the sense that all are edible to them, town guys can't tell the difference in the sense that they can't tell what is edible!

I grew up in upcountry myself and happens to know which "grass" is eaten and which one is not! In our childhood outdoor games we would avoid the fields with edible "grass" to those with wild grass or even the bare fields! There was one field we liked for its Nappier carpet. We would play on it despite the fact that when the evening shower came and water touches your body, it itches badly as a result of having contacted the nappier earlier! Our "shamba" was densely encroached by this "itchy" weed. No matter the number of times you "buruga" it, it would sprout back! Luckily, it was pasture to goats. We tamed goats, alright, but letting goats into the "shamba" expecting them to "weed off" the nappier was not the wisest thing to do because goats actually do prefer the crops to the weeds! Luckily it was food to rabbits as well so we would from time to time prune it for the hutches.