Garden Humour – Page 2 – Cynthia Reyes

A Good Home, Flowers, Garden Humour, Gardening, Home, Humour, Life in canada, Lifestyle, Nature, Poetry

Nature, The Boss Lady

August 22, 2014September 29, 2023 Cynthia Reyes

Some gardeners will

Their flowers place

According to their “measure”

Tall ones in back

Short ones in front

‘Tis best for viewing pleasure

I wish I could

Claim this is what

Takes place in my own garden

But that would be

A lie from me

I’d have to beg your “pardon”

It started out

In this way, yes

All was in perfect order

But I forgot

To see what’s what

And Nature changed the border

So now the tall ones

Bloom in front

While short ones hide behind them

And if I want

To see most flow’rs

I have to go and find them.

***

Dedicated to all who think they can perfectly control a garden. And to those who know better.

Cynthia Reyes Copyright August 2014

A Good Home, Canadian Gardens, Garden Humour, Gardening, Gardens, Wild Carrot, Wild flowers

Her Royal Lacy-ness

July 30, 2014February 28, 2020 Cynthia Reyes

There is a place

For Queen Anne’s Lace

In nature’s open garden.

“But not in mine!”

Gardeners decline

And – oh, their hearts they harden.

Tis true, Lace will

Self-seed — and still

I love her gentle beauty

But gardeners think

That in one blink

She’ll multiply their duty.

I spied the Lace

Her pretty face

Not showing in the open

She hid herself

In clever stealth

With mint in our herb garden.

She stayed alive

Two years survived

Unseen by Garden Minder

Till recent days

He cast his gaze

And was quite shocked to find her.

Her stem he gripped

He pulled and ripped

And stared at her in horror

And thought he had

Removed it all

For he’s a true weed warrior.

I found her in

The compost bin

— This tale is not fallacious —

No-one about,

I pulled her out

Aggrieved that one so gracious

Should be thrown down

With newly-mown

Grass, in a heap of greenery

I picked her up

And filled a cup

Of water to redeem her.

And here’s the grace:

She’s fine, our Lace

She flowers now at leisure

Indeed, she blooms

Inside our rooms

For Gardener’s “viewing pleasure”.

If he’s aware

– Our Gardener Dear –

That Lace is what is blooming

He has said nought

Of what he thought

And there has been no fuming

But hold your glee

Don’t “hooray” me

For trouble’s yet a-foot

The Lacy weed

Has done the deed

And left behind a root

Though Gardener Dear

Does not know there

Is still a small plant thriving

In his herb bed

The weed so dread

Is quietly surviving.

Dedicated to people who love wildflowers.

–AND with a smiling apology to my favorite gardener–

There’s more information on the wild carrot AKA Queen Anne’s Lace, at:

http://ontariowildflowers.com/mondaygarden/article.php?id=169

A Good Home, Canadian Gardens, Earwigs, Garden Humour, Garden Pests, Gardening, Japanese Beetles, Life in canada, Living sustainably, Mosquitoes, Nature

A Gardener’s Question to God

July 12, 2014June 23, 2016 Cynthia Reyes

When you said we should love all your creatures

And I try – you know that I do

When you told us that we should love them

Did you mean mosquitoes too?

Yes, I know that some humans are awful

And I know we’ve not done very well

And it’s true that I felt some relief, God

When the Vatican redefined hell

Cause I have to confess that when bitten

My thoughts would make even you blush

And I really can wait for your answer

There is truly no need for a rush

You know how it hurts me to kill them

How I wince and regret such bad things

But please tell me why you made some creatures

Why on earth did you give them their wings?

Take that Japanese beetle for instance

In fact, I implore you, please do

Cause that Japanese beetle’s created

Leafy holes big enough to see through

God, those beetles will be my undoing

As they munch on our healthy green leaves

Did you see what they did to our garden

Do you not think them terrible thieves?

And another thing, God, that I wonder

For those earwigs are such awful pests

Who have set up their homes in our veggies

Did you mean them or just all the rest?

So dear God, I must ask you this question

Cause I know you like people with spunk

When you made such troublesome creatures

Were you maybe a little bit drunk?

There are people in my blogging network

Who’ll be horrified that I’m so bold

But I really do need to be honest

Cause I like being part of your fold

So again I must ask you this question

And I know you will tell me the truth

Do you not think that some of your creatures

Are a tiny bit mean and uncouth?

I am sorry to bug you with nonsense

And I know that I should never fuss

For some people are dealing with big things

And they never complain, swear or cuss

But dear God could you give me an answer

One day when you’ve got some free time

As to what I should think of these insects

‘Stead of writing ridiculous rhyme

When you said we should love all your creatures

And I try – you know how I do

When you said that we really should love them

Did you mean all the awful ones too?

Somewhat Inspired by Theologian C. H. Spurgeon, via Levi Thetford’s blog.

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