.3. Resuscitating The Garden Poem by David Threadgold

The soil in your garden has so many needs
Like digging and turning while pulling out weeds
Working so hard till your sweat drips like beads
Preparing each bed to accept this year’s seeds

Nobody knows all those hours you spent
Over your spade with your back fully bent
Looking for tools that your neighbour had lent
And building long poles in the shape of a tent

So many things lots of compost to spread
Rotted down well from the heap near your shed
Dug it in deep so your new plants get fed
Bringing back life to your garden once dead


© 2008 David Threadgold
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