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Learning To Garden

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Learning to Garden David J Walker Watch Said Father To me and my brother As my sister And mother folded clothes and did other chores for sisters mothers Watch said Mother As father dug his fingers into the pre plowed ground Planting pole beans, peppers, And tomato plants with flowers Water Said Father That the plants may live And give us meals In the future Watch said Father and learn

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Mystic Rose Rose

Date: 9/30/2021 4:14:00 AM

it appears I cannot send you a soup mail as you have not soup box, may you please send me one, thankyou

Mystic Rose Rose

Date: 9/30/2021 4:13:00 AM

We learn so much from watching our parents when we are young, and they are wise to make us self sufficient, when they are long gone, that is what we remember the things they made us watch and learn. I for one am grateful for that, Thank you for sharing, your poetry with me, :)

David Walker
Date: 9/30/2021 6:12:00 AM

Thanks, Rose, It is so gratifying when I see my children gardening too. I home my grandchildren pick up on it.

David Walker

Date: 9/22/2021 6:53:00 AM

Janks, James. I plant a garden in the backyard every Spring as if I were supposed to, doing what my mom and dad taught me.

James Marshall Goff

Date: 9/22/2021 5:54:00 AM

Oh this was splendid, David! a community gardener myself in Minneapolis, I plant heirloom varieties of all you mentioned your Dad did, & pollinators too!