A Garden Cultivated With Love


Garden Poem of the Day

September Tomatoes
By Karina Borowicz

The whiskey stink of rot has settled
in the garden, and a burst of fruit flies rises 
when I touch the dying tomato plants. 
Still, the claws of tiny yellow blossoms
flail in the air as I pull the vines up by the roots 
and toss them in the compost. 
It feels cruel. Something in me isn’t ready
to let go of summer so easily. To destroy
what I’ve carefully cultivated all these months. 
Those pale flowers might still have time to fruit. 
My great-grandmother sang with the girls of her village 
as they pulled the flax. Songs so old
and so tied to the season that the very sound
seemed to turn the weather.

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DOUBLE TAP if you love @bigfamilyliving's beautiful garden space 🌱💕🌼 . . . 🔸️Garden Poem of the Day🔸️ . "September Tomatoes" By Karina Borowicz The whiskey stink of rot has settled in the garden, and a burst of fruit flies rises when I touch the dying tomato plants. Still, the claws of tiny yellow blossoms flail in the air as I pull the vines up by the roots and toss them in the compost. It feels cruel. Something in me isn’t ready to let go of summer so easily. To destroy what I’ve carefully cultivated all these months. Those pale flowers might still have time to fruit. My great-grandmother sang with the girls of her village as they pulled the flax. Songs so old and so tied to the season that the very sound seemed to turn the weather. . . . Have a gardening poem you'd like us to share? Visit our website to enter our Poetry Contest! ▶LINK IN BIO◀ ______________________________________________________________ . Want to be featured on our page? Use #thehappygardeninglife in your posts! 🌱 . . . . . #happygardening #happygardener #happygardeners #gardening #garden #gardener #organicgardening #urbangardening #greenthumb #growforit #growyourown #growyourownfood #homegrown #homestead #urbangarden #plant #plants #plantbased #healthy #organic #vegan #veggies #raisedbeds #veggigarden #poems #gardenpoems #poemoftheday

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Gardener's Quote of the Day

"In search of my mother's garden, I found my own."

— Alice Walker

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Here's a lovely basket of homegrown peppers by @tiny_farmstead 💚💚💚 What do you love about peppers? Drop a commebt below 🌱😄 . . . 🔸️Garden Quote of the Day🔸️ . "In search of my mother's garden, I found my own." - Alice Walker . ______________________________________________________________ . Want to be featured on our page? Use #thehappygardeninglife in your posts! 🌱 . . . . . #happygardening #happygardener #happygardeners #gardening #garden #gardener #organicgardening #urbangardening #greenthumb #growforit #growyourown #growyourownfood #homegrown #homestead #urbangarden #plant #plants #plantbased #vegetables #peppers #homegrownpeppers #bellpeppers #quotes #gardenquotes #quoteoftheday

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Gardening Question of the Day

Fill in the blank: When life gives you lemons, ___________.

 

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Garden Question of the Day - fill in the blank: . When life gives you lemons, ___________. 🍋🍋🍋 . Credit to @love.grows.in.this.garden for sharing this vid of her lovely lemon tree 🌱🍋❤ . ______________________________________________________________ . Want to be featured on our page? Use #thehappygardeninglife in your posts! 🌱 . . . . . #happygardening #happygardener #happygardeners #gardening #garden #gardener #organicgardening #urbangardening #greenthumb #growforit #growyourown #growyourownfood #homegrown #homestead #urbangarden #plant #plants #plantbased #healthy #organic #vegan #veggies #vegetables #lemons #lemontree #questions #questionoftheday #gardenquestion

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