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Gardening heaven
cutting back hard and shredding
clearing new spaces
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by Scooj
Tag: Gardening
Harvest
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Tromboncino squash
a somewhat meagre return
plot 18, bed 3
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by Scooj
Pot bound
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Those extra seedlings
in waiting and unplanted
forlorn also rans
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by Scooj
Produce
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An old friend once said
you get out what you put in
which kind of makes sense
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by Scooj
Allotment royalty
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Tenant Emperor
lord and king of plot 18
my subjects in rows
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by Scooj
Bad timing
End-of-tunnel light
quashed by arrival of rain
allotment must wait
by Scooj
- I’ve been looking forward to finishing work all day today to be able to pop up to the allotment before cooking an evening meal. A badly timed shower has goofed up all my timings and my excitement. Tomorrow it will have to be.
Digging
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A song to myself
to every aching muscle
to each weary bone
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by Scooj
Allotment
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Two years of neglect
starting all over again
clearing and digging
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by Scooj
Some good comes of it
Social distancing
leads me to the allotment
two years neglected
by Scooj
Following the deaths of my father and father-in-law over the last two springs and all the ensuing emotional and practical baggage (plus a smattering of unhelpful weather), it has been almost two years since I went to my allotment. Somehow I’ve not yet been kicked off.
I visited it yesterday and I have my work cut out for me this spring (if allowed to go there) it is covered on grass and brambles. My son has volunteered to help me get it sorted, because he needs distractions from the probable boredom ahead. It felt good to see it again, and I got all my seeds out today to prepare for a new season.
Autumn cut
Out come secateurs
as wisteria leaves drop;
autumnal milestone.
by Scooj
