As I squirm and leap.
Over my compost heap.
I started to think...
If we threw our kitchen scraps in a bin that was cute.
Things like egg shells, veggies, coffee grounds & fruit.
Then added them to our garden, lawn, or compost pile.
We could save landfill space and have a yard in style.
Oh how I love the way my soil tastes.
When you add in your kitchen waste.
It really is easier than you know.
Just try it and see your vegetables grow.
By the Bumblemen
Oct 23, 2009
Gardening Poem by: Peter
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!
(Found this poem in an old magazine, with no author)
Oct 20, 2009
Sage sayings by: Bryn
I've bean thinking how upbeet I am from all the peas and love in the world.
I turnip my nose at the lack of legume in economy class flying. Too marrow.
Oct 15, 2009
Garden quotes by: Mimi
Don't expect a bonsai tree to grow the miniature planting it.
My wife works over-thyme in her herb garden before she decides it is time to cummin.
Can you squash a squash?
Or can silver beet it?
Oct 15, 2009
All seasons, all ages by: A guru
PRESENT TENSE
By Jason Lehman
It was spring, but it was summer I wanted,
The warm days, and the great outdoors.
It was summer, but it was fall I wanted,
The colorful leaves, and the cool, dry air.
It was fall, but it was winter I wanted,
The beautiful snow, and the joy of the holiday season.
It was winter, but it was spring I wanted,
The warmth and the blossoming of nature.
I was a child, but it was adulthood I wanted,
The freedom and respect.
I was 20, but it was 30 I wanted,
To be mature, and sophisticated.
I was middle-aged, but it was 20 I wanted,
The youth and the free spirit.
I was retired, but it was middle age I wanted,
The presence of mind without limitations.
My life was over,
and I never got what I wanted.
Oct 11, 2009
Gardening joke about a butterfly by: Elisa
"You'll never get me up in one of those!" declared the caterpillar to the butterfly.
Timothy Leary
Oct 05, 2009
garden quotes and anecdotes by: new garden bloke
This is from the UK Telegraph gardening page about a typical exchange with staff at a garden centre and a householder.
"Hello mate. Do you sell trees?"
"Yes, indeed we do sir. What sort of tree did you have in mind?"
"Oh, I dunno. Something that will fit in the car."
Oct 04, 2009
Gardening joke from a kiwi by: Don
Crikey it's chilli in here
Let's turnip the heat.
Oct 01, 2009
Unusual Plant by: ADWells
Many years ago when I was a teenager, my Dad was out gardening one Saturday and my Mum and I went out to see how he was getting on. There was an unusual plant growing in one of the beds, and Mum asked him what it was. Dad answered without looking up, and he started slowly, "Well, I think it's a weed..." at which point Mum started to pull it up and we heard one of the main roots snap, but then Dad went on to say, "but I've decided to let it grow and see what happens." Mum and I looked at each other but we didn't say anything.
A week later I asked Dad how that plant was going. His response: "While I thought if it as a weed, it flourished. But as soon as I called it a plant, that fixed it - it died!"
