Gardening

Here is another witty poem from Teresa Harrison-Best about challenges in the garden!

Gardening

I know I should like gardening
but I find it quite a pain.
No sooner have you finished it
then you need to start again.

The weeds just seem to flourish
they’ll survive no matter what.
Dandelion’s just everywhere
from borders to your pots.

Hosta’s are just slug food
and should be name as such.
A buffet for the gastropods
they thank you very much!

Then we have the Latin names
all double Dutch to me.
A hollyhock’s a hollyhock
as plain as plain can be.

You never seem to benefit
from the labours of your work.
If and when you take time out
your garden goes berserk!

The weeds regroup and multiply
snail’s and slug’s just munch.
Your petunias are their breakfast
and your marigolds are lunch.

A glass of wine or weeding
no contest I would say.
That large cool glass of Sauvignon
would always win the day!!

 

 

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Teresa H-B

Teresa lives in Worthing with her husband Stuart and their three rescue cats. She has recently retired from a long career in the Health and Social care sector, and has taken up Mosaics, Pilates and walking cricket. Her love of writing has always been prevalent throughout her life, and she wrote Catawall, fluent in feline following major surgery as a form of therapy. Her love of rhyme and rhythm feature in Catawall and her subsequent children’s books featuring Mackerel a piratical cat who captures the heart of everyone, even the ships mice and rats! ‘Mackerel and The Jolly Daisy’, ‘Mackerel and the Treasure Map’ and ‘Mackerel Saves the Day’. Her latest project Doggee Longlegs enters young fiction aimed at older children. Doggee is about young dog who starts life in a rescue shelter, overlooked on the homing day. Teresa is a great advocate of all animals and feels passionately about animal welfare, both at home and abroad.

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