If You Once Loved A Garden


Garden Poem of the Day

Lost Gardens
By Louise Driscoll

If once you loved a garden 
That's not your garden now — 
Yellow crocus in the grass 
And budding lilac bough. 
April's a remembering time, 
You will always know 
Green splashed gold of daffodils 
Where they used to grow.

If once you loved a garden 
That love will stay with you. 
In April there's a morning 
When violets are blue. 
You come upon them suddenly, 
And suddenly you see 
A green white mist has fallen 
On the old pear tree.

Once I loved a garden 
That's not my garden now. 
In April I remember 
The smell of earth, and how 
Like folded hands in prayer, 
Holding a scented heart, 
The hyacinths come pushing 
The loose, brown soil apart.

You can't forget a garden 
Where you have planted seed, 
Where you have watched the weather 
And known the rose's need. 
When you go away from it, 
However long or far, 
You leave your heart behind you 
Where roots and tendrils are.

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Lovely red currants and violas picked by @irish.classic ❤💛💜 What red produce are you guys harvesting this week? Comment below! 😊👍 . . . 🔸️Garden Poem of the Day🔸️ . "Lost Gardens" By Louise Driscoll If once you loved a garden That's not your garden now — Yellow crocus in the grass And budding lilac bough. April's a remembering time, You will always know Green splashed gold of daffodils Where they used to grow. If once you loved a garden That love will stay with you. In April there's a morning When violets are blue. You come upon them suddenly, And suddenly you see A green white mist has fallen On the old pear tree. Once I loved a garden That's not my garden now. In April I remember The smell of earth, and how Like folded hands in prayer, Holding a scented heart, The hyacinths come pushing The loose, brown soil apart. You can't forget a garden Where you have planted seed, Where you have watched the weather And known the rose's need. When you go away from it, However long or far, You leave your heart behind you Where roots and tendrils are. . ______________________________________________________________ . 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 #redcurrants #redfruit #violas #poems #gardenpoems #poemoftheday

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Gardener's Quote of the Day

"The rake, the hoe, the shears and the broom lie at the very heart of gardening."

— Hugh Johnson

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What a masterpiece! 😊 DOUBLE TAP if you love this beautifully braided garlic by @moestuinmoeder ❤🌱 . . . 🔸️Garden Quote of the Day🔸️ . "The rake, the hoe, the shears and the broom lie at the very heart of gardening." - Hugh Johnson . ______________________________________________________________ . 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 #garlic #braidedgarlic #braidinggarlic101 #quotes #gardenquotes #quoteoftheday

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Gardening Question of the Day

Can you guys give some tips on how to grow and harvest pink celery?

 

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Garden Question of the Day: Can you guys give some tips on how to grow and harvest pink celery? Share them below! 💕🌱 . Credit to @bettinakbh for this stunning pic of Chinese pink celery 😊💕 . ______________________________________________________________ . 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 #celery #chinesepinkcelery #pinkcelery #questions #questionoftheday #gardenquestion

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