GrOW DaMmiT!!

This time of year excites me and confuses me all at once

I love watching things grow and the daily changing landscape

The days get warmer and longer and happier

Ok, it's me that gets happier

The confusion sets in as I try my hand at gardening

well, I call it gardening

I think a true "gardener" would cringe at 

my style, lack of knowledge, and absolute ignorance

What I really am doing I guess is planting

I also do a pretty good job of watering

then there is a lot of guessing that I do

The guessing comes in when I weed 

(is it a "good plant" or a "rotten weed")

I honestly can't tell 

Last year I started pulling blue bells out until

Thank God

My Neighbor asked me why I didn't like blue bells

And if I didn't want them She'd gladly take them

I said, "oh, they aren't a weed?"  duh

I have raspberry bushes too

I know these aren't a weed

but they are a"rotten plant" in my garden

They have chutzpah (and thorns) and not near enough berries

for the effort - these guys are taking over!!!

A "Gardener" would probably know how or learn to tame the beast

I just want the beast to go away

I love a beautiful garden

I just don't know how to get there