Marcia Hayden Hendrick

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In winter I like to feast my eyesOn pages of descriptionsAnd glossy three-by-fivesVarieties I can’t resist                                                                                    Get added to my growing list                                                                                                                     I order up and wait                                                                                            For the boxes to arrive I’ve got sun and rain                                                                                      And I have to weed again                                                                                    I’ve tilled the soil and planted seeds                                                      Gave it everything a garden needs                                                         I’ll offer no apology                                                                                                        For creating veggie ecstasy                                                                         Up there in the hills                                                                                                       With my garden and me                                                                               The magic in each packet of seeds                                                                                  Is beyond my comprehension                                                                                           But I see and I believe                                                                                                                                  That curled within each wrinkled speck                                                                                         Life is waiting to eject                                                                                                                                   And grow to be the bounty                                                                                                I surely love to eat                                                                                                                   I’ve got sun and rain                                                                                      And I have to weed again                                                                                    I’ve tilled the soil and planted seeds                                                      Gave it everything a garden needs                                                         I’ll offer no apology                                                                                                        For creating veggie ecstasy                                                                         Up there in the hills                                                                                                       With my garden and me                                                                               There’s peas and scarlet runner beans                                                                          Lettuce, chard and mustard greens                                                                                Garlic, dill and onion too                                                                                                                              Add flavor to a veggie stew                                                                                                With broccoli and ruby beets                                                                                             And radish for a spicy treat                                                                                                 I’ll feed my friends and family                                                                                            
On all my garden gives to me