Poems Heard in the Children's Garden

Garden Instructions

Plant seeds early in the spring

When the ground is warm.

Two inches deep in well-tilled soil

Where they’ll be safe from harm.

Let the sun and rain pour down.

Be careful where you hoe.

A miracle is taking place:

Seeds split and start to grow.

Snap Beans

Snap your fingers, jazzy beans,

Tap your toes,

Click your heels, strut your stuff in tight green jeans.

Go ahead and belt a tune.

Make it loud.

Wow the crowd.

Your time is short. It's way past June.

Zucchini

I have all of these zucchini!
What am I supposed to do?
I could fry them, make bread
or cook them in a stew.

I have all of these zucchini!
Can you help me with them, please?
Make some cookies or a cake
broil them with some cheese.

I have all of these zucchini!
Would you give some to your friends?
Just make sure you wash them first
then peel and cut both ends.

I have all these zucchini!
Minestrone sure sounds nice.
Throw in some beans and garlic
And a little bit of rice.  

May you all enjoy zucchini!

It's an easyplant to grow.
Just make sure you count how many
Seeds you've planted in a row.

Tomatoes

Tomato blossom, fruit so red,

All the world’s a garden bed!

Dill

Dainty Doily Dill Weed

dances in the breeze,

waving tiny blossoms,

calling to the peas!

Carrots

What does a carrot know,

Smothered in dirt below?

 Songs of worms,

Tap-tapping rains,

The smell of earth,

And growing pains.

What else does a carrot know,

Alone in the dark, below?

 Sound of boots,

Thud of hoe,

A gentle tug-

It’s time to go.