Tag Archives: horticulture

The tomatoes are humming

Posted on July 31, 2015 by tyler4turtles

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Out in the greenhouse, inspecting the vines, counting and sorting, wasting my time. ? One tomato this, one tomato that, protruding off in space, landing in a case, humid and sweaty with the whir…

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Apple abacus

Posted on September 3, 2014 by tyler4turtles

Fruit trees swing side to side in the breeze — their apples oscillating like beads on a giant abacus — counting the harvest.

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Cabbage patch

Posted on August 17, 2014 by tyler4turtles

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Zeppelin-sized zucchinis

Posted on November 11, 2013 by tyler4turtles

Originally posted on The ancient eavesdropper:
Out for a walk in the garden this week thinking I’d picked the last of the summer veggies, when I stumbled upon two botanical whales beached atop jute fabric, I knew I was wrong…

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Zeppelin-sized zucchinis

Posted on October 4, 2013 by tyler4turtles

Out for a walk in the garden this week thinking I’d picked the last of the summer veggies, when I stumbled upon two botanical whales beached atop jute fabric, I knew I was wrong – my mind reeling like Captain … Continue reading →

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The tomatoes are humming

Posted on August 17, 2013 by tyler4turtles

Originally posted on The ancient eavesdropper:
Out in the greenhouse, inspecting the vines, counting and sorting, wasting my time. One tomato this, one tomato that, protruding off in space, landing in a case, humid and sweaty with the whir of…

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Small potatoes

Posted on August 14, 2013 by tyler4turtles

Self awareness is small potatoes in the world’s garden. We are but one tuber tangled with billions of wormholes, minerals   & roots, thumbing  our way through the universe.

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Canning jam

Posted on July 15, 2013 by tyler4turtles

Canning jam, tin lids pop sporadically, sealing sweets under glass, stealing my tongue away from poems.

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Eating electric lettuce

Posted on July 7, 2013 by tyler4turtles

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My eyes roll down beside my feet like two golfballs brushing against neon greens, electric chlorophyll static shocking cones of my retinas, stunned silly seeing Spots run, I bend over, fingers shoveling salad foodstuffs…

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Blueberry Belt-line

Posted on July 6, 2013 by tyler4turtles

We dextrous raccoons picking fruits, finger-stained satisfaction, hands in bountiful blueberry bouquets, bowling edible marbles into buckets, a few purplish pincushions bound by threads, sleeping spiders stirred from their webs, weird mutant avian calls projected thru a loudspeaker overhead, scaring … Continue reading →

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