GARDEN BLOGGERS MUSE DAY !
The first day of each month is Garden Bloggers Muse Day. This is hosted by Carolyn Gail at Sweet Home and Garden Chicago. Here fellow garden bloggers post seasonal poems,photos, pictures, musings and songs. After many years of working in schools (unfortunately not with school holidays) my summers were invariably spent planning for the new school year in September. So here is my September offering for GBMD :
'September'
"The breezes taste
Of apple peel.
The air is full
Of smells to feel-
Ripe fruit, old footballs,
Burning brush,
New books, erasers,
Chalk, and such.
The bee, his hive,
Well-honeyed hum,
And Mother cuts
Chrysanthemums.
Like plates washed clean
With suds, the days
Are polished with
A morning haze'
~ John Updike, 1932 - 2009
A second G for today is Shirl's Gardenwatch blog where Shirl is posing the question of how do folk re-use and recycle their surplus plastic pots ? Invariably these build up and before you know it you can end up with a veritable pot mountain ! Have a look at Shirl's blog to find out more about some of the excellent schemes and uses that have been posted about today. No innovative or exciting ideas here I am afraid. I grow plants for our garden club plant sale each year, so am always in need of spare pots or know other folk who will appreciate them. In the past I have also grown plants to sell at our local Country Market and I know that the producers there would appreciate empty pots. Your local allotment site might also be grateful of a donation.
A second G for today is Shirl's Gardenwatch blog where Shirl is posing the question of how do folk re-use and recycle their surplus plastic pots ? Invariably these build up and before you know it you can end up with a veritable pot mountain ! Have a look at Shirl's blog to find out more about some of the excellent schemes and uses that have been posted about today. No innovative or exciting ideas here I am afraid. I grow plants for our garden club plant sale each year, so am always in need of spare pots or know other folk who will appreciate them. In the past I have also grown plants to sell at our local Country Market and I know that the producers there would appreciate empty pots. Your local allotment site might also be grateful of a donation.
Finally himself has come up with a use for some of my empty pots whilst starting work on erecting a new greenhouse this weekend. These are florist's buckets from Wilkos, which are lot cheaper than buying the equivalent sized pot from a garden centre. Apparently using the bucket overcame the problem of low ground when it came to pouring the concrete - himself would be more technical in his explanation. Not a pretty picture but you will get the gist ~
Go over to ABC Wednesday to have a gander at more posts on the letter G.
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