Graveling Potatoes

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There were potatoes planted deep In the early cold sping So soon that a frost still could come And nip the tender green Unharmed by a sudden frost's bite They grow to unusual height Then the blossoms faded fast Signaling harvest rites

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Maurice Rigoler

Date: 7/7/2015 2:59:00 PM

Reminds me of my boyhood when my grandparents grew all their vegetables in a huge garden and canned just about everything that they could. You probably know that the old word for digging up potatoes was "helling," which my have led certain translator of the Bible to render Hades (original Gree) as Hell. Thanks for stopping by. / M

Sara Kendrick
Date: 7/7/2015 3:09:00 PM

Unfamiliar term helling for digging potatoes..Good information..Sara

Skat A

Date: 7/3/2015 7:44:00 PM

Sarah Have yourself a safe and Happy 4th of July.... Love SKAT

Paul Callus

Date: 6/4/2015 3:38:00 PM

Hi Sara...I love this poem because it takes me back many years when I used to help my grandparents to dig up and collect the potatoes. Back then I wanted to become a farmer...instead I spent all my life teaching! I notice that both you and Doris wrote on this same subject:) // paul

Skat A

Date: 6/3/2015 11:03:00 PM

Sara, I like the nature and natural vast of this poem. They might fade, but will return .. as you said, harvest rites

Sara Kendrick
Date: 6/4/2015 5:39:00 AM

Thanks for dropping by..I have to write about that which I know a little about and that is what I know..I still seek to find information about nature and the natural..Sara

Constance La France

Date: 6/3/2015 10:49:00 PM

Sara, I admire gardners who grow vegetables, it takes skill and thanks for visiting my clerihew poem

Constance La France
Date: 6/4/2015 5:43:00 AM

It is a lot of work, my parents used to enjoy vegetable gardening

Sara Kendrick
Date: 6/4/2015 5:38:00 AM

My husband does love to plant a garden but we are no longer able to do all that work but he still gets out there and plants..Thanks for dropping by..Sara

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 6/3/2015 10:20:00 PM

Oh, I bet they look nice. I love potatoes!!

Sara Kendrick
Date: 6/4/2015 5:37:00 AM

He planted about 5 lbs of red potatoes..We have harvested about 8 5 gallon buckets of potatoes..My husband gives away a good amount of the harvest..I went out there on Memorial Day morning with him and we gather most of them..I am still sore and hurting...Sara