The End of The Summer Garden

Val Mills on Mar 5, 2010

Farewell to my summer garden of home-grown vegetables.

Summer has almost gone,

taking with it that wonderful supply

of fresh home-grown vegetables,

on which we came to rely.

A few green beans still dangle

enough for a meal no doubt,

the birds have their eyes on the grapes

if we’re not quick we’ll go without.

The lettuce and parsley have served us,

providing us with meals of health,

mixed with the bright red tomatoes

of nutrients there’s been a wealth.

But sadly it’s now almost over,

the best of the garden has gone,

But over the fence from the neighbours

the passionfruit and feijoas come on.

Val Mills 6 March 2010

All photos taken by Val of our tiny home-grown garden.

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diamondpoet on Mar 5, 2010
Great photos and lovely garden,thanks for sharing.
Mary Patricia Bird on Mar 5, 2010
You have (had) a beautiful garden. Well done!
sloanie on Mar 5, 2010
You really must have green fingers, your fruit and veg look great .
Val Mills on Mar 5, 2010
I have to confess, the gardener is my husband
8Shei8 on Mar 5, 2010
I agree…great photos! And a delightful poem.
bailieman on Mar 5, 2010
You have to have green fingers to have had such fine healthy plants.
Val Mills on Mar 5, 2010
Not sure about green fingers. We just throw them in and they grow. Nice organic free fresh vegies.
Christine Ramsay on Mar 6, 2010
You’ve had a wonderful harvest, Val. We are looking forward to our summer blooms. As our garden is tiny and as we like to fill it with flowers we only have room for a few tomato plants. A great read and I hope your winter will be better than ours was.

Christine
Val Mills on Mar 6, 2010
Our garden is tiny too, Christine. You can see the size of it from the lettuce and parsley picture.
giftarist on Mar 6, 2010
A lovely garden.
standingproud on Mar 6, 2010
Wow what lovely healthy looking growths Val….
and yes here to we say bye bye to summer to:(…
Starpisces on Mar 7, 2010
lovely… and after reading, I wish I have a garden..
Shirley Shuler on Mar 7, 2010
Oh, what a lovely garden you have, Val.
PR Mace on Mar 7, 2010
I love the photos and the verses. Here we are getting ready to plant our summer garden.
albert1jemi on Mar 9, 2010
nice poem

Hi there!