Tag Archives: Nature

My Wife the Gardener

She dug the plot on Monday – the soil was rich and fine,

She forgot to thaw out dinner – so we went out to dine…

She planted roses Tuesday – she says they are a must,

They really are quite lovely – but she quite forgot to dust.

On Wednesday it was daisies – they opened up with sun,

All whites and pinks and yellows – but the laundry wasn’t done…

The poppies came on Thursday – a bright and cherry red,

I guess she really was engrossed – she never made the bed…

It was violets on Friday – in colours she adores,

It never bothered her at all – all crumbs upon the floors

I hired a maid on Saturday – my week is now complete,

My wife can garden all she wants – the house will still be neat!

It’s nearly lunchtime Sunday – and I cannot find the maid,

Oh no! I don’t believe it!

She’s out there with the spade!

~Author Unknown

vintage poster

Photo of Maud Cooper and Sarah Spaulding Castle by
Charles J. Van Schaick via the Wisconsin Historical Society.

May all your gardens grow,

janbills

Bees Please!

According to the USDA: “Honeybees pollinate 80 percent of our flowering crops, which constitute one-third of everything we eat. Many plants are entirely dependent on particular kinds of bees for their reproduction.”

May all your gardens grow,

Sunflowers…

Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow. It’s what sunflowers do.

~Helen Keller

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May all your gardens grow,