Dirty Nails

My garden is coming
along. They provide
a raised garden plot to
those who want to dig
in the dirt where I live.
They just finished up-
dating them with cinder
blocks. I planted flowers
around the outside inside
of the blocks, as well as herbs. Rosemary, chives, thyme, and spearmint.  I need
flowers for my pressed
flower artwork I sell at
the local Farmer's Market. I also have
flowers in 1/3 of the
plot. Lavender, daisies,
geraniums, carnations,
forget me nots, iceland
poppies, cosmos, pansies and my echinacea came back
this year! The other 2/3's
I have 6 jalapeno peppers, zucchini, Summer squash. I still need to put in a cherry tomato (it's in a pot on
my patio) pumpkin seed,
carrots, peas (to grow up trellis) green beans, cilantro. The bottles are just garden art! And the
rocks are to stand on to pick my peas and green beans. My poem says it all!

  dirty nails

i can't wait to go outside

to play in the dirt

to dig in the dirt

to smell the dirt.

dirt runs through my blood 

my daddy

and his daddy

 tilled the earth to provide a way for me 

to put food on the table

and shoes on my dirty feet.

now

here I am

on bent knees

with my stained 

cracked hands

and dirty nails.

planting seeds of life

growing my own

by nancy craig ©


Update on my garden.(6-1-14)

I put mesh on my trellis for the peas and green

beans to grow on.

I posted this in my garden this year. It is a community style garden,

and unfortunately people take what they want. Maybe after reading

my poem people will see my love for gardening and respect

me enough to not take mine this year.

Bought pole beans at the local Farmers Market and got them in the earth.

Just a view of one of cobalt blue bottles in my garden. Pretty!

My radishes are up in just a few days! Blooms on my tomato plants and

all the squash plants are thriving! Did I mention...I love playing in the dirt!