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Caelyn Snyder's avatar

This is so, so lovely! Your rhythm and language are wonderful!

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Rachel Joy Welcher's avatar

Thank you so much Caelyn!

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Sheila Dougal's avatar

This is so, so beautiful!

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Jody L. Collins's avatar

"spaghetti every day." I love it, Rachel! Right there with you.... only with flowers :-)

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Lori Mast's avatar

Oh yes! You expressed it so well 🌱 🍅 🌱

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Maríe Faul's avatar

I love this so much.

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Peter M. Ivey's avatar

"...how can I pull up something with that kind of potential?" After starting a new flower garden in our front yard three years ago, this is the first spring that a variety of volunteers have been popping up elsewhere, and I'm loving it! I'm finding myself more protective of the volunteers than the original plant! :-)

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Kym VdP's avatar

Oh I relate to this so much. I love love love this!

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Anna Mayfield's avatar

What a sweet picture of summers in S Dakota. This poem had me smiling from ear to ear

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Paula's avatar

You are a true gardener at heart😊I can’t bear to thin the little green springing forth either!

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Rosa Lía Gilbert's avatar

LOVE! And being in Ohio the last two years I’ve been able to prove one of your lines so right: tomatoes grow like magic in the Midwest!

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Charis Crandall's avatar

I share your need to be in the earth…

https://open.substack.com/pub/charisdcrandall/p/field-notes-3?r=5aq8l&utm_medium=ios

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E R Skulmoski's avatar

What a beautiful poem!

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Rachel Joy Welcher's avatar

Thank you!

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Regina McIntosh's avatar

Oh, me too! I love gardening. But I also love canning and canning and more canning. I can everything. If it is a year that I don't have time for a garden, I buy things to can. Love this so. God bless your garden and you.

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